一周7天
Days:
平日The working week
周末The weekend
星期一
蒙代尔
星期二
今日
星期三
Wednesday
星期四
都士日
星期五
Friday
星期六
Saturday
星期天
星期日
蒙
途易
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
问星期几:
今天是星期几?What day is it please?
周二It's Tuesday。
1年12个月months:
一月
扎纳里
二月
February
三月
匹配
四月
阿普里尔
五月
梅
六月
俊(消歧义)
一月
Feb
马尔
Apr
梅
俊
七月
朱莉(消歧义)
八月
奥古斯特
九月
September
十月
October
十一月
November
十二月
December
朱尔斯
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
五号五号
The fifth
6号6th
The sixth
7号7号
The seventh
8号8号
The eighth
9号9号
The ninth
10号10号
The tenth
11号11号
The eleventh
12号12号
The twelfth
13号13号
The thirteenth
14号14号
The fourteenth
十五号十五号
The fifteenth
十六号十六号
The sixteenth
17号17号
The seventeenth
18号18号
The eighteenth
19号19号
The nineteenth
20号20号
The twentieth
21号21st
The twenty-first
22号22nd
The twenty-second
23号23rd
The twenty-third
24号24号
The twenty-fourth
25号25号
The twenty-fifth
26号26号
The twenty-sixth
27号27号
The twenty-seventh
28号28号
The twenty-eighth
29号29号
The twenty-ninth
30号30号
The thirtieth
31号31st
The thirty-first
小时、分钟hours and minutes:
所有的时间都可以直接读成“小时分钟”。
6336010 sixten
8:30 eight thirty
2:40 two forty
如果时间在30分钟内,则可以使用“分钟past时间”。
6:10 ten past six
4:20 twenty past four
10:25 twenty-five past ten
如果叙述的时间在30分钟以内,则可以使用“(差异)分钟到(下一个)小时”。
10:35 twenty-five to eleven
5:50 ten to six
9:49 eleven to ten
只要30分钟就可以使用“half past时间”。
11:30 half past eleven
2:30 half past two
如果表达的分钟与15有关,有以下三种表达。
(15分钟又15分钟:a quarter)
9:15-nine fifteen;Fifteen past nineA quarter past nine
3:45-three forty-five;Fifteen to fourA 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。