英語中時刻的表達(dá)法講解與專項(xiàng)練習(xí)

EnglishTimeExpressions:ExplanationandPractice1.WholeHourMethod:Ifthetimeisawholehour,use"hournumber+o'clock"toexpressit.O'clockcanbeomitted.Forexample,8:00canbereadaseighto'clockoreight.2.SequentialMethod:Thesequentialmethod,alsoknownasthedirectreadingmethod,isusedfortimesthathavebothhourandminutenumbers.Usually,readthe"hournumber"first,thentheminutenumber.Forexample,7:20canbereadasseven-twenty.3.ReverseReadingMethod:Thismethodisto"readtheminutenumberfirst"andthen"readthehournumber".Whenusingthismethod,payattentiontotwopoints:1.Iftheminutenumberiswithin30,use"minutenumber+past+hournumber"toexpressit.Thepreposition"past"means"past".Forexample,6:10canbereadastenpastsix.2.Whentheminutenumberisexactly"thirtyminutes",youcanuse"hournumber+thirty"inthesequentialmethod,oruse"half+past+hournumber".Forexample,7:30canbereadasseventhirtyorhalfpastseven.3.Iftheminutenumberisover30,use"(60-minutenumber)+to+(hournumber+1)"toexpressit.Thepreposition"to"means"difference".Forexample,6:35canbereadastwenty-fivetoseven(twenty-fiveminutestoseven).Inthe"reversereadingmethod",whentheminutenumberinvolves"15minutes",itisgenerallynotexpressedasfifteen,butasaquarter.Forexample,10:15canbereadasaquarterpastten(usuallynotfifteenpastten).Practice:1.Usethesequentialmethodtowritethefollowingtimes:1.8:00-eighto'clock2.9:15-ninefifteen3.10:08-teneight4.11:30-eleventhirty5.14:45-fourteenforty-five6.20:53-twentyfifty-three2.Usethereversereadingmethodtowritethefollowingtimes:1.7:00-seveno'clock2.5:26-