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What time is it? 几点了？
用英语说时间。提问：What time is it? 回答总是以形式主语 "It's" 开头：It's three o'clock。关于分钟：(a) quarter past three（3:15），half past three（3:30），(a) quarter to four（3:45）。一天的时段：in the morning，in the afternoon，in the evening，at night。新词：time、hour、minute、o'clock、half、quarter、morning、afternoon、evening、night。
Dialogue
Where's "it"? — "it" 在哪？
- Emma Minsu, what time is it? 民秀，几点了？
- Minsu Is three o'clock. 三点。（口误：英语需要形式主语 "It's"——应说 "It's three o'clock"，不能省略 "it"）
- Emma Start with "It's": It's three o'clock. 用 "It's" 开头：It's three o'clock。
- Minsu Oh, it's three o'clock. It's late! 哦，三点了。晚了！
Dialogue
At what time? — 几点？
- Jack Emma, what time is the class? 艾玛，课几点开始？
- Emma It's at nine o'clock. 九点。
- Jack And what time is it now? 现在几点了？
- Emma It's a quarter to nine. It's early. 八点四十五。还早。
Vocabulary
- time
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noun 时间
- hour
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noun 小时
- minute
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noun 分钟
- o'clock
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noun 点钟
- half
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noun 半
- quarter
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noun 一刻钟
- morning
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noun 早上
- afternoon
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noun 下午
- evening
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noun 傍晚
- night
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noun 夜晚
Grammar
说时间："It's …"
Explanation
英语说时间总是用形式主语 "It's"：It's three o'clock，It's nine o'clock。绝不能省略 "it"，尽管许多语言这里没有主语。分钟：到半点用 "past"，之后用 "to"：five past three（3:05），(a) quarter past three（3:15），half past three（3:30），(a) quarter to four（3:45）。一天时段用介词：in the morning，in the afternoon，in the evening——但 at night。提问：What time is it? 表示约定时间用 "at"：The class is at nine。
Examples
- What time is it? — It's three o'clock. 几点了？——三点。
- It's half past two. 两点半。
- It's a quarter to four. 差一刻四点（3:45）。
- The class is at nine in the morning. 课上午九点开始。
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