四、时间的表达

1.整点及几点几分

3点整 three o’clock

9点3刻 nine forty-five/a quarter to （before）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

4.年号或日期

【提示】 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