2.鐘的指針指在八點半上, 我們該讓孩子們上床睡覺了。
The hands of the clock pointed to half past eight.It was time we put our children to bed.
3.那天早上八點半,我正在《紐約客》編輯部的辦公室寫一篇有關印度艾滋病情況的稿件。
At eight-thirty that morning I was in my office at The New Yorker working on a story about AIDSin India.
時間的英文快速表達方法
一 最直接的讀法:“小時 + 分鐘”:
5:10 five ten
7:30 seven thirty
2:40 two forty
二 巧用介詞法:
。1)所表述的時間在30分鐘之內,用“分鐘 + past/after + 小時”:
6:10 ten past six(英式) / ten after six(美式)
4:20 twenty past four / twenty after four
10:25 twenty-five past ten / twenty-five after ten
。2)所表述的時間在30分鐘之后,用“(相差的)分鐘 + to/before + (下一)小時”:
10:35 twenty-five to eleven(英式 ) / twenty-five before eleven(美式)
5:50 ten to six / ten before six
9:49 eleven to ten / eleven before ten
。3) 所表述的時間恰好為半小時,用“half + past + 小時”:
11:30 half past eleven
2:30 half past two
。4) 所表述的分鐘和15有關,有三種表達法:
。15分鐘又叫一刻鐘:a quarter)
9:15 - nine fifteen ; fifteen past nine ; a quarter past nine(英式)/
a quarter after nine(美式)
3:45 - three forty-five ; fifteen to four ; a quarter to four/a quarter before four
(5)整點
現(xiàn)在是五點整。
It's five.
It's five o'clock.
It's five o'clock sharp.
It's five o'clock on the dot.
It's five o'clock on the nose.
It's exactly five o'clock.