1.整點及幾點幾分
3點整 three o’clock
9點3刻 nine forty-five/a quarter to (before)ten
上午7點20分 seven twenty a.m.
下午8點10分的火車 the 8:10 p.m.train
2.半小時
5:30 five thirty/half past five
12:30 twelve thirty/half past twelve
3.幾點過幾分
(1)“小時+分鐘”按順序表示“幾點過幾分”
8:55 eight fifty-five
7:45 seven forty-five
18:16 eighteen sixteen
(2)“分鐘+past+小時”表示“幾點過幾分”
8:05 five (minutes)past eight
8:15 a quarter/fifteen past eight
(3)“分鐘+to+小時”表示“差幾分到幾點”
7:40 twenty to eight
7:45 a quarter/fifteen to eight
7:58 two to eight
4.年號或日期
【提示】 十年:a decade;二十年:two decades/a score of years
5.單位的表達
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
一塊長五英尺寬四英尺的地毯 a 4 feet by 5 feet rug
-22℃:minus twenty two degrees centigrade
6.數(shù)學算式的表達
加 plus/and 減 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.貨幣的表達
$18 eighteen dollars
£50 fifty pounds
8.其他表達