一、Dialogue 会话
Part A A: Excuse me, Ma'am. What time is it, please?B: It's two thirty.A: Thanks. What time is the next train?B: Two forty-five.A: I see. Is it on time?B: Yes, it is.
Part BA: Hi, Tom. What time is it, please?B: It's a quarter to seven.A: Oh, no! I'm late.B: It's OK.A: What do you mean?B: My watch is fast.
二、Vocabulary & Idioms 单词短语注解
What time is it, please? I’m sorry. I don’t have watch with me.我没有手表。
三、Grammar Points 语法重点
What time is it please? =What time is it by your watch please?
What time do you have?
What time is it please?
It’s 10 in the morning.
one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight , nine , ten , eleven , twelve ,
thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen , seventeen , eighteen, nineteen, twenty
twenty-one, twenty-two….
thirty, forty, fifty, sixty , seventy , eighty ,ninety,
one hundred , one thousand , ten thousand , one hundred thousand ,one million
It's 12 noon. =It's noon.中午12点。
It's 12 midnight. =It's midnight.午夜12点。
It's five past three. = It's three o five. 3点5分,口语中顺念比较常用
x past x 以及 x to x 比较少用。
分针到15，如3点15分。
It's a quarter past three. = It's three fifteen.
It’s one fifteen. =It’s fifteen past one. =It’s a quarter past one. 一点十五分。
a quarter of the cake.蛋糕的四分之一。
分针到30，可念成thirty 或 half
如6点30分。
It's half past six.
It’s two thirty. =It’s half past two.
分针超过6，有以下念法
It’s twenty to five. 差20分5点
It’s four forty.四点四十。
It’s five to ten. 差5分到10点
It’s nine fifty-five. 9点55
准点，即分针到12
It’s one o’clock. =It’s one.
It’s seven o’clock. = It’s seven.
It’s twelve noon. =It’s twelve midnight.
精准时间表述，要念出时，分，秒。
o’clock, minute, second
It's seven twenty-one and forty-five seconds.如7点21分45秒
It's five twenty and eighteen seconds. 5点20分18秒
表示现在是上午或下午5点20分。
It’s five-twenty a.m.
It’s five-twenty p.m.
It is 5:20 a.m. (ante[lee1] meridiem[lee2] )
It is 5:20 p.m. (post[lee3] meridiem)
post[post]n.邮件;邮政;柱，桩，杆;岗位
ante[ˈænti]n.（赌纸牌下的）赌注;已付的金额;分担额;预付款
Meridiem[mə'rɪdiəm]正午
I see. =I understand.
I see a cat there. / I see a pig there.
Why can’t he come?
He is busy.
I see.
Is it on time?
This train is never late, it is always on time.
I am always on time.
I go to school on time every day.
Dialog B
What do you mean?
John is a lazybones[lee1] .
What do you mean?
He is a lazy guy.
lazybones[ˈleziˌbonz]是单复同型的单词。n.懒骨头，懒汉
Come on, lazybones, get up!
My watch is fast.
My watch is slow.
My watch is 10 minutes fast.
This alarm clock is two hours slow.
It is ten minutes fast.
四、Substitution 替换
What time is it, please?
What time is it by your watch, please?
waht time do you have ?
It is 2:30
It is two o’clock.
It is a quarter to seven.
It is 6:35.
My watch is fast/one hour fast/ slow /ten minutes slow
五、Exercises 练习
A: what time is it by your watch?
B: It’s 12 noon
A: O, no. I’m late.
B: Why?
A: My bus is always on time.
B: I see. Don’t worry.
A: What do you mean?
B: My watch is 20 minutes fast.
A: Thanks God. So it’s 20 to 12.
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