关于时刻表示法,人教版教材七年级下册Unit 2就专门学过的。
这些重点语法和相关的词汇,本人建议要回到教材,最好第几单元第几页,都要有印象。因为,教材的内容为你提供了非常重要的语境。这些图片和词汇,为你提供了信息。我们记忆单词除了根据单词结构,只是记住拼写,还有单词的意思,就要靠这些图片,为你理解提供了非常直观的语境。
一,原始方法
- 只有整点的时候,用o'clock,可以省略。
three o'clock 三点钟
five o'clock 五点钟
I went home at six (o'clock)yesterday afternoon. 我昨天下午六点钟回家的。
- 先写整点,再写分钟
7:20 seven twenty
6: 40 six forty
8:15 eight fifteen
9:30 nine thirty
What time do you go to bed ? 你几点睡觉?
At ten thirty. 十点半。
二,past,to法
- 当分钟小于或者等于30分的时候,用介词past(过)。先写分钟,再写past,最后写整点数。
7:20 twenty past seven
6: 25 twenty-five past six
注意:15分钟用a quarter, 30分钟用half
8:15 a quarter past eight
9:30 half past nine
What time does the train leave?火车几点开?
At a quarter past eleven. 十一点一刻。
- 当分钟大于30分的时候,用介词to(差),把时刻改变说法:7:45要说成:八点差15分 ,先写分钟,再写to,最后写整点:a quarter to eight(7:45)
11:50 ten to twelve
6:35 twenty-five to seven
What time does the plane arrive?飞机几点到?
At twenty to twelve. 十一点四十。
三,在时刻后面注明AM表示上午in the morning。注明PM表示下午in the afternoon。
3:50 PM ten to four in the afternoon
7:20 AM twenty past seven in the morning
四,时刻搭配的介词,不一定是at。我们在初中学习英语的时候,一般都有一个惯性思维,错误地认为只能是at,那是因为当时还没有学到until, since等词汇,实际上,可以接at, since,until, till, from, to六个介词的,具体要看当时的语境。
- We must get to school at seven thirty. 我们必须七点半到达学校。
- I get up at half past six in the morning. 我早上六点半起床。
- My father often work very late, and sometimes he works until ten to twelve. 我爸经常工作得很晚,有时候工作到十一点五十。
- How long have you been working in the office?你在办公室工作多长时间了?
Since a quarter to eight this morning.从早上七点四十五到现在。
- How long did you wait for the bus last night? 昨天晚上你们等公交车等了多长时间?
Until ten to eleven.等到十点五十分。
- How long will you wait here?你们要在这里等多久?
We'll wait until five to twelve.我们要等到十一点五十五。
- How long do you work in your restaurant? 你们在食堂里工作多长时间?
From five o'clock until seven in the afternoon.从早上五点到下午七点钟。
- I didn't go to bed until ten o'clock last night. 昨晚我十点钟才睡觉的。
- We work from 8 o'clock in the morning to six o'clock in the afternoon every day.我们每天从早上八点工作到下午六点钟。