学会用英文报时。
在英文中,报时通常采用12小时制。24小时制仅用于旅行时间表。
问时间
| What's the time? | 现在什么时间呢? |
| What time is it? | 现在几点呢? |
| Could you tell me the time, please? | 请问现在几点呢? |
| Do you happen to have the time? | 你知道现在的时间吗? |
| Do you know what time it is? | 你知道现在几点吗? |
报时
| It's … | 现在…… |
| exactly ... | 是……整 |
| about ... | 大概…… |
| almost ... | 差不多…… |
| just gone ... | 刚过了…… |
| One o'clock | 一点钟 |
| Two o'clock | 两点钟 |
| Three o'clock | 三点钟 |
| Four o'clock | 四点钟 |
| Five o'clock | 五点钟 |
| Six o'clock | 六点钟 |
| Seven o'clock | 七点钟 |
| Eight o'clock | 八点钟 |
| Nine o'clock | 九点钟 |
| Ten o'clock | 十点钟 |
| Eleven o'clock | 十一点钟 |
| Twelve o'clock | 十二点钟 |
| Quarter past … | ……一刻 |
| one | 一点 |
| two | 两点 |
| three | 三点 |
| Half past … | ……半 |
| one | 一点 |
| two | 两点 |
| three | 三点 |
| Quarter to … | ……差一刻 |
| one | 一点 |
| two | 两点 |
| three | 三点 |
| Five past one | 一点零五分 |
| Ten past one | 一点十分 |
| Twenty past one | 一点二十分 |
| Twenty-five past one | 一点二十五分 |
| Five to two | 一点五十五分 |
| Ten to two | 一点五十分 |
| Twenty to two | 一点四十分 |
| Twenty-five to two | 一点三十五分 |
| Ten fifteen | 十点十五分 |
| Ten thirty | 十点三十分 |
| Ten forty-five | 十点四十五分 |
| noon / midday | 中午 |
| Midnight | 午夜 |
在英文中还可以在小时后加分钟,并恰当地加入am或pm,来表示时间,例如:
| 11.47am | 早上十一点四十七分 |
| 2.13pm | 下午两点十三分 |
时钟
| My watch is … | 我的手表…… |
| fast | 快了 |
| slow | 慢了 |
| That clock's a little … | 那钟有一点…… |
| fast | 快 |
| slow | 慢 |