对时间点表达的考查一直是高考英语的重点,它渗透到各个题型中,而且,在日常生活中我们也会经常用到。另外,对世纪、年月日的表达比较繁琐,就算对学习英语很多年的人来说,也不见得可以表达准确。所以,今天小静老师总结了这两方面的内容,一起来和同学们学习!01 时间点的表达1、所有的时间都可以用“小时 + 分钟”直接读:6:10 six ten8:30 eight thirty2:40 two forty2、如果所表述的时间在半小时之内,可以用“分钟 + past + 小时”:6:10 ten past six4:20 twenty past four10:25 twenty-five past ten3、如果所表述的时间在半小时之外,可以用“(相差的)分钟 + to + (下一)小时”:10:35 twenty-five to eleven5:50 ten to six9:49 eleven to ten4、如果所表述的时间恰好为半小时,可以用“half + past + 小时”:11:30 half past eleven2:30 half past two5、如果所表述的分钟和15有关,就有三种表达法:(15分钟又叫一刻钟:a quarter)9:15 nine fifteen ; fifteen past nine ; a quarter past nine3:45 three forty-five ; fifteen to four ; a quarter to four6、整点的表达:现在是两点整。It's two./It's two o'clock.另外英语中的 noon 和midnight 可分别直接表示白天和夜晚的12点:It's (twelve) noon. 现在是中午十二点。It's (twelve) midnight. 现在是半夜零点。7、大约时间:It's almost two. 马上到两点了。It's not quite two. 还不到两点。It's just after two. 刚过两点。8、若想表明是上午,可在时间后加上a.m.如:thirteen past six a.m.(上午六点十三分)。若想表明是下午,可在时间后加上p.m.如:four o'clock p.m.(下午四点)。9.句子范例1. It's nine forty-five. =It's a quarter to ten.2. It's two seventeen. =It's seventeen past two.3. It's three. =It's three o'clock.4. It's nine thirty. =It's half past nine.5. It's six fifteen. =It's a quarter past six.6. It's three fifty. =It's ten to four.02 世纪、年代、年、月、日的表达1、世纪:①用“定冠词+序数词+century”表示例:在十七世纪 写作:in the 17th century,读作:in the seventeenth century②用“定冠词+百位进数+s”表示例:在十七世纪 写作:in the 1600s,读作:in the sixteen hundreds注意:这种情况下,实际表达的世纪数是阿拉伯数字本身加一。2、年代用“定冠词+(世纪百位进数+十位年代数)+s”表示例:在二十世纪三十年代 写作:in the 1930s,读作:in the thirties of the twentieth century或 in the nineteen thirties表示某年代的早期、中期和晚期,可以在定冠词后添加early, mid-和late例如:在二十世纪二十年代早期 in the early 1920s;在二十世纪五十年代中期 in the mid-1950s3、年月日1)年份① 读年份时一般分为两个单位来读,前两个数为一个,后两个数为一个:1949 读作:nineteen forty-nine或nineteen hundred and forty-nine② 如果是三位数,先读第一位,再把后两个数合起来读:253 读作:two fifty-three或two hundred and fifty-three③ 另外:2000 读作:two thousand,1902 读作:nineteen hundred and two或 nineteen o two④ 如果要使用year,year放在数词之前例如:in the year two fifty-three B.C. 在公元前253年2)月份月份是专有名词,除了少数几个月份外都有缩写形式:January - Jan. 一月February - Feb. 二月March - Mar. 三月April - Apr. 四月August - Aug. 八月September - Sept. 九月October - Oct. 十月November - Nov. 十一月December - Dec. 十二月注意:缩写形式后面的点不能省略,因为它是表示缩写形式的符号。3)日期:用序数词表示例:十月一日 写作:October 1, October 1st, 1 October, 1st October, (the) 1st of October等,其中的October都可以写成缩写形式Oct.读作:October the first或the first of October4)年月日用英语表达年月日的顺序:① 月\日\年例:2002年1月17日写作:January 17(th), 2002或January seventeenth, 2002(日和年之间需用逗号隔开)读作:January the seventeenth, two thousand and two②日\月\年例:2002年1月17日写作:17(th) January, 2002或the seventeenth of January, 2002(月和年之间需用逗号隔开)读作:the seventeenth of January, two thousand and two4. 介词的使用:若指在哪一年或哪一月,用介词in;若具体到某一天,需用介词on。例如:She was born in 1989.She was born in August.She was born in August 1989.She was born on 2nd August, 1989.