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Unit 1 Hello! Nice to Meet You
Unit 2 Are You Mrs. Green?
Unit 3 Where Are You from?
Unit 4 What’s This in English?
Unit 5 What Are They?
Unit 6 What Time Is It?
Unit 7 People
Unit 8 Housing
Unit 9 Office
Unit 10 Daily Routines
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Dialogue1 对话1

— Excuse me. Can you tell me the time, please?

— Sure. It’s a quarter past eight.

— Thank you.

— You’re welcome.

Dialogue2 对话2

— What time is it by your watch?

— It’s four o’clock. Oh, sorry, my watch is five minutes fast. The exact time is five minutes to four.

— Thanks.

— You’re welcome.

 

 

 

 

语法要点

I. 时间的表达法(time expressions)

1.整点的表达法:

基数词+o’clocko’clock常可省略。如:

6点钟-six o’clocksix 或 6

It’s 7 (o’clock). (现在7点钟)

2.“几点几分”的表达法:

a. 直接读、写数字。如:

10:29 — ten twenty-nine   7:05 — seven five

12:30 — twelve thirty    8:10 — eight ten

b. 借助past 或to 表达,分钟数不超过30分钟时,用“分钟数+past+钟点数”的形式表示“几点几分”。如:

8:20 — twenty past eight    9:10 — ten past ten

7:05 — five past seven     10:25 — twenty-five past ten

分钟数超过30分钟时,用“分钟数+to+下一个钟点数”的形式表示“几点差几分”。如:

10:50 — ten to eleven    1:35 — twenty-five to two

2:55 — five to three     6:45 — a quarter to seven

3.“半点”的表达法:

halfpast + 钟点数。如:六点半(6:30)— half past six

II. 英语句子的类型

英语句子按照其用途可分为陈述句、祈使句、疑问句和感叹句。

1.陈述句指用于叙述事实的句子。它可以是肯定句,也可以是否定句。如:

The meeting is good.(会议很成功。)

I am a manager.(我是个经理。)

He is not/ isn’t a teacher. (他不是一个老师。)

2.疑问句是用来提出疑问的句子。疑问句有四类:一般疑问句、特殊疑问句、选择疑问句和反意疑问句。

3.祈使句指表示愿望、请求、建议、命令等的句子。祈使句在表示客气的请求时常加上please (请);主语即听话者you 通常被省略;动词用动词原形。如:

Excuse me.(请原谅。)

Listen to me, please.(请听我说。)

4.感叹句是表示喜怒哀乐等强烈感情的句子。如:

What a nice house it is! (多好的一幢房子!)

How pleased we are to see you today!(今天见到你我们是多么高兴啊!)

How hard he works. (他工作多努力!)

Exercises

I. 用英语写出下列时间。

1.1:15        2.4:10

3.10:05        4.6:50

5.6:45        6.8:00

 

1. a quarter past one/ one fifteen/ one and a quarter

2. ten past four/ four ten

3. five past ten/ ten five

4. ten to seven/ six fifty

5. a quarter to seven/ six forty-five

6. eight (o’clock)

 

II. 将下列句子译成英语。

1. 请问几点了?

Can you tell you the time, please?

2. 你的表几点了?

What’s the time by your watch?

3. 我的表快了10分钟。

My watch is ten minutes fast.

4. 准确时间是8:15。

The exact time is a quarter past eight.