Tuesday, September 05, 2006

如何表达时间

  • 询问时间

What's the time?
What time is it?
Do you know the time?

  • 表达时间

整点表达法:……点钟+o'clock(o'clock可省略) 记得am 和pm
  
"几点几分":
  1.顺读法:按"钟点数+分钟数"的顺序。
  6:18 six eighteen 7:30 seven thirty

  2.逆读法:按"分钟数+past/to+钟点数"的顺序表达。
  A. 分钟数不超过30(包含30)时,用"分钟数+past+钟点数"表达。 如:6:05 five past six
  B.分钟数超过30时,用"分钟数+to+钟点数"表达。其中"分钟数"为60减去原分钟数,"钟点数"为下一个钟点数,表示"差几分几点"。如:  9:50 ten to ten
   

10:15 a quarter past ten
  7:30 half past seven

:-) Today I forgot how to express time in English again when I made a appointment with someone on the phone. Wrote it down. Hope I will never forget it again.

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