Lesson95
GEORGE: Two return tickets to London, please. What time will the next train leave
ATTENDANT: At nineteen minutes past eight. GEORGE: Which platform
ATTENDANT: Platform Two. Over the bridge. KEN: What time will the next train leave GEORGE: At eight nineteen. KEN: We've got plenty of time.
GEORGE: It's only three minutes to eight. KEN: Let's go and have a drink. There's a bar next door to the station.
GEORGE: We had better go back to the station now, Ken.
PORTER: Tickets, please.
GEORGE: We want to catch the eight nineteen to London.
PORTER: You've just missed it!
GEORGE: What! It's only eight fifteen.
PORTER: I'm sorry, sir. That clock's ten minutes slow.
GEORGE: When's the next train PORTER: In five hours' time!
乔 治:买两张到伦敦的往返票。下一班火车什么时候开
服务员:8点19分。 乔 治:在哪个站台
服务员:2号站台。过天桥。 肯:下一班火车什么时候开 乔 治:8点19分。
肯:我们时间还很宽裕。 乔 治:现在才7点57分。
肯:让我们去喝点东西吧,车站旁有一个酒吧。
乔 治:肯,我们现在最好回车站去。 收票员:请把车票拿出来。
乔 治:我们要乘8点19分的车去伦敦。 收票员:你们刚好错过了那班车。 乔 治:什么!现在只有8点15分。 收票员:对不起,先生,那个钟慢了10分钟。
乔 治:下一班车是什么时候 收票员:5个小时以后!
【知识点讲解】
1. 这一课我们来学习表达准确时间的说法。首先时、分、秒的说法分别是:hour, minute, second;表达整点的说法很简单,可以直接说数字,或数字加o'clock。比如8点钟,可说It's eight. 或者 It's eight o'clock.
表示更精确到分钟的方法有两种。比如8点20分,可以直接按顺序说出数字:It's eight twenty;也可以先说分秒,再说整点:It's twenty past eight.
半点和15分钟有特别的表达方式,比如8点半,可以说成eight thrity,也可以说成half past eight;一刻钟也可说成a quarter,比如8点15分可说成eight fifteen,
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或a quarter past eight(注意不能说成eight a quarter);或者差一刻9点,可表达为eight fourty five,也可以说成a quarter to nine.
2. return ticket,往返票;在美式英语中讲 round ticket. 3. in five hours' time 意思是5小时之后。
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