日期和时间

●询问时间

今天几号? What's today's date?

Fill out the form. (请填这张表。)

What's today's date? (今天几号?)

It's the tenth. (今天10号。)

= What date is it today?

= What's the date?

= What's the date today?

8月13日。 It's August thirteenth.

表示日期的时候在数字后面加th。但是1号、2号、3号分别是first、second、third。

= It's the thirteenth of August.

今天星期几? What day is it?

*What's today's date? 表示问几号；What day is it? 表示问星期几。

= What day is it? (今天星期几?)

It's Friday. (星期五。)

星期四。 It's Thursday.

现在几点? Do you have the time?

问时间时记住在time前加the。

= What time is it now?

= Have you got the time?

= What time have you got?

May I ask the time? (我可以问您现在几点吗?)

Could you tell me what time is it now? (您能告诉我现在几点吗?)

快到中午了。 It's almost noon.

夜里零点是midnight。

现在1点钟了。 It's one o'clock.

1点45分。 It's a quarter to two.

a quarter 是四分之一的意思，在这儿是60分钟的四分之一的意思，即15分钟。另外，这里的to是表示“～前”的意思，即“差15分2点”。

= It's 1∶45./It's one forty-five.

= It's a quarter of two.

= It's a quarter till two.

1点5分。 It's five after one.

= It's five past one.

= It's five minutes after one o'clock.

指针正指到3点15分。 The clock says 3∶15 (three fifteen).

= It's 3∶15.(现在3点15分。)

= My watch says 3∶15.

watch“手表”。

3点15分。 It's a quarter after three.

= It's a quarter past three.

差10分2点。 It's ten to two.

= It's 1∶50 (one fifty).

9点半。 It's nine thirty.

= It's half past nine.

●有关时间

那只表慢5分钟。 The clock is five minutes slow.

Thanks for telling me. (谢谢你告诉我。)

= The clock is five minutes behind.

The clock is five minutes fast. (那表快5分钟。)

该走了。 Well, time to go.

= Well, it's time to leave now.

大约什么时候? About when?

大约几点? About what time?

还来得及吗? How's the time?

这句是用于某活动过程中询问“时间怎么样?来得及吗?”

= How are we doing for time?

What's the time like? (时间怎么样?)

我没有时间。 I have no time.

= I'm really busy now. (我现在真的很忙。)

= I don't have time.

= I haven't got time.

= I don't have any time.

你得再等5天。 You must wait for five more days.

= Five more days to go. (再等5天吧。)

= Only five days left. (只剩下5天了。)

怎么花那么长时间? What is taking so long?

= Why is it so time-consuming?

白白浪费了一整天。 I wasted a whole day.

= I wasted my whole day (away).

到时间了。 Time has come.

时间就是金钱。 Time is money.

表示“时间宝贵”的谚语。

= Time is golden.

= Time is precious.

我看了两个小时的电视以打发时间。 I killed two hours watching TV.

没有时间了。 Time is up.

= There's no time left.

你有空闲的时间吗? Do you have some free time?

= Are you free now?

= Are you available now?

我看时间差不多了。 It's about time.

*about time 表示“终于”、“觉得差不多了”。

电脑能帮我们省时间。 Computers save us time.

= Computers are efficient.