一星期七天
days:
工作日The working week | 周末The weekend | |||||
周一 Monday | 周二 Tuesday | 周三 Wednesday | 周四 Thursday | 周五 Friday | 周六 Saturday | 周日 Sunday |
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
问星期几：
今天星期几？What day is it please?
星期二 It's Tuesday.
一年十二个月months:
一月 January | 二月 February | 三月 March | 四月 April | 五月 May | 六月 June |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
七月 July | 八月 August | 九月 September | 十月 October | 十一月 November | 十二月 December |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
日期 dates:
1号 1st | the first |
2号 2nd | the second |
3号 3rd | the third |
4号 4th | the fourth |
5号 5th | the fifth |
6号 6th | the sixth |
7号 7th | the seventh |
8号 8th | the eighth |
9号 9th | the ninth |
10号10th | the tenth |
11号11th | the eleventh |
12号12th | the twelfth |
13号13th | the thirteenth |
14号14th | the fourteenth |
15号15th | the fifteenth |
16号16th | the sixteenth |
17号17th | the seventeenth |
18号18th | the eighteenth |
19号19th | the nineteenth |
20号20th | the twentieth |
21号21st | the twenty-first |
22号22nd | the twenty-second |
23号23rd | the twenty-third |
24号24th | the twenty-fourth |
25号25th | the twenty-fifth |
26号26th | the twenty-sixth |
27号27th | the twenty-seventh |
28号28th | the twenty-eighth |
29号29th | the twenty-ninth |
30号30th | the thirtieth |
31号31st | the thirty-first |
小时，分钟 hours and minutes：
所有的时间都可以用“小时 分钟”直接读：
6:10 six ten
8:30 eight thirty
2:40 two forty
如果所表述的时间在半小时之内，可以用“分钟 past 小时”：
6:10 ten past six
4:20 twenty past four
10:25 twenty-five past ten
如果所表述的时间在半小时之内，可以用“（相差的）分钟 to （下一）小时”：
10:35 twenty-five to eleven
5:50 ten to six
9:49 eleven to ten
如果所表述的时间恰好为半小时，可以用“half past 小时”：
11:30 half past eleven
2:30 half past two
如果所表述的分钟和15有关，就有三种表达法：
（15分钟又叫一刻钟：a quarter）
9:15 - nine fifteen ; fifteen past nine ; a quarter past nine
3:45 - three forty-five ; fifteen to four ; a quarter to four
整点：
现在是两点整。
It's two.
It's two o'clock.
It's two o'clock sharp.
It's two o'clock on the dot.
It's two o'clock on the nose.
It's exactly two o'clock.
另外英语中的 noon 和midnight 可分别直接表示白天和夜晚的12点：
It's (twelve) noon. 现在是中午十二点。
It's (twelve) midnight. 现在是半夜零点。
大约时间：
It's almost two. 马上到两点了。
It's not quite two. 还不到两点。
It's just after two. 刚过两点。
*若想表明是上午，可在时间后加上a.m.，如：thirteen past six a.m.（上午六点十三分）。若想表明是下午，可在时间后加上p.m.，如：four o'clock p.m.（下午四点）。
秒second，被我忽略了。
时间名词前的介词Prepositions：
1. 具体某天，或具体某天的上午，下午和晚上，前面都用 on.
I was born on the 7th of July.
On Sunday mornings, he usually goes to visit his parents.
On weekends, we don't go to work.
但：I don't usually work at the weekend.
On that very afternoon, I met Jane for the first time.
但泛指上午，下午，晚上，前面用in
in the morning in the afternoon in the evening
I read newspaper in the morning and watch TV in the evening.
别忘了，在晚上，还用 at night
2. 世纪，年，季节，月和一段时间，前面用 in.
In England, it often snows in December.
Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
I was born in September, 1997. My birthday is on September the 7th.
3. 具体某个时间点，前面用at:
The shop closes at midnight.
Jane went home at lunchtime.
I stay with my family at Christmas.
We finished the test at the same time.
He's not home at present. Try later.
4. 当有last, next, every, this时，我们不用at, in, on.
I went to London last June.
He's coming back next Tuesday.
I go home every Easter.
We'll call you this evening.
别忘了以下词汇哦：
AD “公元”是 Anno Domini (拉丁语 "主耶稣纪元")的缩写。
BC “公元前”是 Before Christ的缩写。
millennium 千年，千禧。
century 世纪，百年。
decade 十年。
the Twenties 二十年代。
