一. 时间点的表达
1、所有的时间都可以用“小时 + 分钟”直接读：
1:9 one nine
2:40 two forty
3:35 three thirty-five
4:12 four twelve
5:27 five twenty-seven
6:10 six ten
7:31 seven thirty-one
8:30 eight thirty
9:49 nine forty-nine
10:01 ten one
11:29 eleven twenty-nine
12:54 twelve fifty-four
2、如果所表述的时间在半小时之内，可以用“分钟 + past + 小时”：
1:12 twelve past one
2:23 twenty-three past two
3:24 twenty-four past three
4:09 nine past four
5:16 sixteen past five
6:10 ten past six
7:19 nineteen past seven
8:02 two past eight
9:11 eleven past nine
10:13 thirteen past ten
11:29 twenty-nine past eleven
12:25 twenty-five past twelve
3、如果所表述的时间在半小时之外，可以用“（相差的）分钟 + to + （下一）小时”：
1:31 twenty-nine to two
2:35 twenty five to three
3:44 sixteen to four
4:47 thirteen to five
5:36 twenty-four to six
6:43 seventeen to seven
7:48 twelve to eight
8:59 one to nine
9:49 eleven to ten
10:37 twenty-three to 11
11:45 fifteen to twelve
4、如果所表述的时间恰好为半小时，可以用“half + past + 小时”：
1:30 half past one
2:30 half past two
3:30 half past three
4:30 half past four
5:30 half past five
6:30 half past six
7:30 half past seven
8:30 half past eight
9:30 half past nine
10:30 half past ten
11:30 half past eleven
12:30 half past twelve
5、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）
1:15 one fifteen = fifteen past one = a quarter past one
1:45 one forty-five = fifteen to two = a quarter to two
2:15 two fifteen = fifteen past two= a quarter past two
2:45 two forty-five = fifteen to three = a quarter to three
3:15 three fifteen = fifteen past three= a quarter past three
3:45 three forty-five = fifteen to four = a quarter to four
4:15 four fifteen = fifteen past four= a quarter past four
4:45 four forty-five = fifteen to five = a quarter to five
5:15 five fifteen = fifteen past five = a quarter past five
5:45 five forty-five = fifteen to six = a quarter to six
6:15 six fifteen = fifteen past six = a quarter past six
6:45 six forty-five = fifteen to seven= a quarter to seven
7:15 seven fifteen = fifteen past seven = a quarter past seven
7:45 seven forty-five = fifteen to eight= a quarter to eight
8:15 eight fifteen = fifteen past eight= a quarter past eight
8:45 eight forty-five = fifteen to nine = a quarter to nine
9:15 nine fifteen = fifteen past nine = a quarter past nine
9:45 nine forty-five = fifteen to ten = a quarter to ten
10:15 ten fifteen = fifteen past ten = a quarter past ten
10:45 ten forty-five = fifteen to eleven= a quarter to eleven
11:15 eleven fifteen = fifteen past eleven= a quarter past eleven
11:45 eleven forty-five = fifteen to twelve= a quarter to twelve
12:15 twelve fifteen = fifteen past twelve = a quarter past twelve
12:45 twelve forty-five = fifteen to one= a quarter to one
6、整点的表达：
现在是两点整。It's two./It's 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：
noon:
We should be there by noon(twelve).
我们应该最晚中午到达。
It's (twelve) noon.
现在是中午十二点。
midnight:
They had to leave at midnight .
他们不得不半夜离开。
It's (twelve) midnight.
现在是半夜零点。
7、大约时间：
It's almost two.
马上到两点了。
It's almost noon.
快中午了。
It's almost midnight.
快午夜了。
It's not quite two.
还不到两点。
It's just after two.
刚过两点。
8、若想表明是上午，可在时间后加上a.m. 如：
Sometimes I'd even call up at 4 a.m.
有时我甚至早上四点都打电话。
It starts at 10 a.m.
上午10点开始。
He arose at 6:30 a.m. as usual.
同往常一样，他在早上6:30起了床。
若想表明是下午，可在时间后加上p.m. 如：
The appointment is at 3 p.m.
约会定于下午3点。
The spa closes at 9:00 pm.
休闲健身中心晚上9点关门。
9、句子范例
1.It's nine forty-five. =It's a quarter to ten.
2. It's two seventeen. =It's seventeen past two.
3. It's three. =It's three o'clock.
4. It's nine thirty. =It's half past nine.
5. It's six fifteen. =It's a quarter past six.
6. It's three fifty. =It's ten to four.
二. 世纪、年代、年、月、日的表达
1、世纪：
①用“定冠词+序数词+century”表示 例：
在十七世纪 写作：in the 17th century，读作：in the seventeenth century
②用“定冠词+百位进数+s”表示 例：
在十七世纪 写作：in the 1600s，读作：in the sixteen hundreds
注意：这种情况下，实际表达的世纪数是阿拉伯数字本身加一。
2、年代 用“定冠词+(世纪百位进数+十位年代数)+s”表示 例：
在二十世纪三十年代 写作：in the 1930s，读作：in the thirties of the twentieth century或 in the nineteen thirties
表示某年代的早期、中期和晚期，可以在定冠词后添加early, mid-和late 例如：
在二十世纪二十年代早期 in the early 1920s；在二十世纪五十年代中期 in the mid-1950s
3、年月日
1）年份
① 读年份时一般分为两个单位来读，前两个数为一个，后两个数为一个：1949 读作：nineteen forty-nine或nineteen hundred and forty-nine
② 如果是三位数，先读第一位，再把后两个数合起来读：253 读作：two fifty-three或two hundred and fifty-three
③ 另外：2000 读作：two thousand，1902 读作：nineteen hundred and two或 nineteen o two
④ 如果要使用year，year放在数词之前 例如：
in the year two fifty-three B.C. 在公元前253年
2）月份 月份是专有名词，除了少数几个月份外都有缩写形式：
January - Jan. 一月
February - Feb. 二月
March - Mar. 三月
April - Apr. 四月
May 五月
June - Jun. 六月
July - Jul. 七月
August - Aug. 八月
September - Sept. 九月
October - Oct. 十月
November - Nov. 十一月
December - Dec. 十二月
注意：缩写形式后面的点不能省略，因为它是表示缩写形式的符号。
3）日期：用序数词表示 例：
十月一日 写作：October 1, October 1st, 1 October, 1st October, (the) 1st of October等，其中的October都可以写成缩写形式Oct. 读作：October the first或the first of October
4）年月日 用英语表达年月日的顺序：
① 月\日\年 例：2002年1月17日 写作：January 17(th), 2002或January seventeenth, 2002（日和年之间需用逗号隔开） 读作：January the seventeenth, two thousand and two
②日\月\年 例：2002年1月17日 写作：17(th) January, 2002或the seventeenth of January, 2002（月和年之间需用逗号隔开） 读作：the seventeenth of January, two thousand and two
4. 介词的使用： 若指在哪一年或哪一月，用介词in；若具体到某一天，需用介词on。例如：
She was born in 1989.
她出生于1989年。
She was born in August.
她八月份出生。
She was born in August 1989.
她出生于1989年8月。
She was born on 2nd August, 1989.
她出生于1989年8月2日。
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