(一),时间用基数词表示,上午用am/a.m ,下午用pm/p.m 表示如
6:25am 表示上午六点二十五分
7:30pm 表示下午七点半
时间正确读法
past:几点过几分(在30分钟之内)
7:10读作ten past seven
to :几点差几分(相差在30分之内)
7:50读作ten to eight
o'clock:整点整分
7:00读作seven o'clock
half;一半
7:30读作half past seven
a quarter;一刻钟
13:45读作a quarter to fourteen
直接按照数字顺序读
6::15读作six fifteen.
6:50读作six fifty
对时间提问时,疑问句用what time
what time is it now7?it's twenty fifteen
二,倍数表达
用times 表示倍数一般包括基数词在三倍或以上的倍数,两倍通常用“twice”或“double.”,一倍用“once”通常表达如下
1)倍数+as 形容词/副词原级 as
the new building is four times as big as old one
2)倍数 形容词/副词比较级+than
the new building is three times larger than old one
3)倍数+名词+of(size, height, width)
the street is four times the lengthy of that one
the new building is three times the height of the old one.
4)倍数 as many/ much 名词+as表示A是B的……倍多。
my little brother drinks twice as much water today as he did yesterday
5)倍数+more 名词+than A是B的……多
there are twice more students in our class than in yours