时间表达
1. 整点及几点几分
- 3点整: three o’clock
- 9点3刻: nine forty-five / a quarter to ten
- 上午7点20分: seven twenty a.m.
- 下午8点10分的火车: the 8:10 p.m. train
2. 半小时
- 5:30: five thirty / half past five
- 12:30: twelve thirty / half past twelve
3. 几点过几分
- (1)“小时+分钟”按顺序表示“几点过几分”
- 8:55: eight fifty-five
- 7:45: seven forty-five
- 18:16: eighteen sixteen
- (2)“分钟+past+小时”表示“几点过几分”
- 8:05: five (minutes) past eight
- 8:15: a quarter / fifteen past eight
- (3)“分钟+to+小时”表示“差几分到几点”
- 7:40: twenty to eight
- 7:45: a quarter / fifteen to eight
- 7:58: two to eight
其他表达
4. 年号或日期
- 十年: a decade
- 二十年: two decades / a score of years
5. 单位的表达
- 2×3英尺: two feet by three feet
- 2×3×6英寸: two inches by three inches by six inches
- 三磅五盎司: 3 pounds 5 ounces
- 一块长五英尺宽四英尺的地毯: a 4 feet by 5 feet rug
- -22℃: minus twenty two degrees centigrade
6. 数学算式的表达
- 加: plus / and
- 减: minus / from
- 乘: times / multiplied by
- 除: divided by
- 5+8=13: Five plus eight is / equals thirteen.
- 15-6=9: Fifteen minus six is / equals nine.
- 4×5=20: Four times five is / equals twenty.
- =Four multiplied by five is / equals twenty.
- 8÷2=4: Eight divided by two is / equals four.
7. 货币的表达
- $18: eighteen dollars
- £50: fifty pounds
8. 其他表达