1、at, on 和 in 是表示时间的常用介词,用好这三个时间介词,可以先抓住一个大的原则,即 at 某时刻, on 某天, in某段时间,时间的跨度是由小到大。选用介词 at 的场合:用于钟点前at ten oclockat a quarter to six用于时刻前at noon/night/midnight(半夜)at sunrise(日出时)at dusk(黄昏)at dawn/daybreak (黎明)eg:We will leave at daybreak.我们将在黎明时动身。用于表示进餐时间。如:at breakfast/lunch/supper(在早餐时/午餐时/晚餐时)eg:H
2、e drinks tea at breakfast.他在早餐时饮茶。用于表示年龄时。如:at 14 (=at the age of 14 在 14岁)eg:He left home at the age of 16.他十六岁离开了家。用于一些固定短语或习惯搭配中。如:at Christmasat New Yearat Thanksgiving(感恩节 )at the beginning/end of last monthat the moment/ at that timeat this time of dayat a bad time of yearat first(起初 )at last(
3、终于)选用介词 on 的场合:用于星期、日期(包括该天的各部分 )前on Sundays/weekdayson Monday morning / afternoon / eveningeg:Im flying home on Sunday afternoon.我星期四下午乘飞机回家。“在周末”既可以说 at weekends,也可以说 on weekendseg:I often go fishing on/ at weekends.我经常在周末去钓鱼。用于 morning/afternoon/evening/night/day 前,此时这类名词前多有修饰语或带有 of 等引起的后置修饰语,指具
4、体的或不具体的某一日on a cold afternoonon the night of October 1, 1997on the first dayon his birthdayon Friday afternoon用于公共节假日前:on Teachers Dayon Christmas DayEveon National Day特别注意:at, on 都可用来表示“节假日” ,但 at 侧重指“休假的时节” ,而不是指具体的哪一天;on 侧重指具体的时日,与它连用的短语中多含“Day”at New Year(在新年期间) at Christmas (在圣诞节期间)on New Years
5、 Day(在元旦那天) on Christmas Day (在圣诞节)选用介词 in 的场合:用于泛指一天的上午、下午、傍晚如:in the morning/afternoon/evening/night用于某个较长的时间,像世纪、朝代、年、月、季节in Marchin springin 1997in the twenty-first century(在二十一世纪)in ones fifties(在某人 50 多岁时)用于表示“从现在起,多久以后或多长时间内”的短语之前Shell see me again in a weeks time.一周后她再来看我。I can draw a beauti
6、ful horse in five minutes.我可以在五分钟内画好一匹好看的马。There are seven days in a week.一周有七天。省略介词的情况:有些情况,既不用 in,也不用 on 和 at,时间前面可不带介词。家长可以让孩子认清标志,注意哪些情况下要省略介词,避免画蛇添足。next,last ,this,that 与时间名词连用作状语时Were going to work on a farm next Sunday.下个星期天,我们要去农场劳动。They visited the Great Wall last year.去年他们参观了长城。today, tomorrow, yesterday, the day before yesterday,等之前Are you free tomorrow night? 明晚你有空吗?Where did you go the day before yesterday? 前天你去哪儿了?