BOOK ONE · LESSON 066

What's the time?

几点了？

A bilingual lesson about telling the time (o'clock, quarter, half past) and asking about birthdays and ages, with 12 numbered clocks, a July calendar and four 'enjoy' pictures. Includes workbook preposition, situation and personal-answer practice, plus grammar on dates, alternative time-telling and at/in/on. 关于报时（整点、一刻、半点）以及询问生日和年龄的双语课，配12幅编号时钟、7月日历和4幅 enjoy 插图。配合教材介词、情景和自答练习，以及日期、另一种报时方式和 at/in/on 的语法练习。

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READ & UNDERSTAND

Lesson 课文

Listen and answer the questions. 听录音并回答问题。

When's your birthday? 你的生日是哪一天？
How old are you? 你多大了？

Listen and answer the questions. When's your birthday? How old are you?

1st 1 o'clock
2nd 2 o'clock
3rd 2:30
4th 1:45
5th 2 o'clock
6th 3:15
7th 4:30
8th 3:45
9th 4 o'clock
10th 5:15
11th 5:30
12th 4:45

第1幅 1点
第2幅 2点
第3幅 2点半
第4幅 1点45分
第5幅 2点
第6幅 3点15分
第7幅 4点半
第8幅 3点45分
第9幅 4点
第10幅 5点15分
第11幅 5点半
第12幅 4点45分

Two women talking, one with curly hair and one with straight blonde hair; caption: 'Enjoy yourself! I always enjoy myself.' — picture-13th

13
13th
Enjoy yourself!
I always enjoy myself.
第13幅你好好玩吧！我总是玩得很开心。

A woman with curly hair and a man in a suit, both enjoying themselves; caption: 'We're enjoying ourselves. They're enjoying themselves.' — picture-14th

14
14th
We're enjoying ourselves.
They're enjoying themselves.
第14幅我们玩得正开心。他们玩得正开心。

A man with spiky hair at an amusement park ride; caption: 'He's enjoying himself.' — picture-15th

15
15th
He's enjoying himself.
第15幅他玩得正开心。

A woman with a hat at an amusement park ride; caption: 'She's enjoying herself.' — picture-16th

16
16th
She's enjoying herself.
第16幅她玩得正开心。

New words & expressions 生词和短语

myself /maɪˈself/: pron. 我自己
themselves /ðəmˈselvz/: pron. 他们自己
himself /hɪmˈself/: pron. 他自己
herself /hɜːˈself/: pron. 她自己

Written exercise A Complete these sentences using in, at or from.

Complete these sentences using in, at or from. 用 in, at 或 from 完成以下句子。

Complete each sentence with in, at or from.

Item 3 has two blanks (one answer field with both words); item 6 has two blanks (one answer field with both words). No official key is supplied; answers are constructed from standard English usage and labelled suggested.

1I am going to see him ______ ten o'clock.

2It often rains ______ November.

3Where do you come ______? I come ______ France.

4I always go to work ______ the morning.

5What's the climate like ______ your country?

6It's cold ______ winter and hot ______ summer.

Written exercise B Answer these questions.

Answer these questions using I/you/he/she/we/they and ... o'clock, a quarter to ... past ..., half past .... 模仿例句回答问题。

Answer each question following the example pattern.

The printed example shows 'When must you come home? (1.00) → I must come home at one o'clock.' Items 1-11 follow the same pattern with the given time. No official key is supplied; answers are constructed from the printed example and labelled suggested.

ExampleWhen must you come home? (1.00)

I must come home at one o'clock.

1When must she go to the library? (1.15)

2When must you and Sam see the dentist? (3.45)

3When must you type this letter? (2.00)

4When must Sam and Penny see the boss? (1.30)

5When must George take his medicine? (3.15)

6When must Sophie arrive in London? (2.30)

7When must I catch the bus? (3.30)

8When must you arrive there? (3.00)

9When must they come home? (2.15)

10When must you meet Sam? (1.45)

11When must he telephone you? (2.45)

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Practice 练习

A Prepositions

Write these words in the correct box with at or in. 将以下词和短语列入正确的介词栏中。

Sort each phrase into the 'at' or 'in' column, following the printed examples.

The printed examples 'at six o'clock' and 'in July' are not editable. The remaining 8 phrases are each one answer field: 'at' or 'in'.

atsix o'clock

at six o'clock

inJuly

in July

1the afternoon

2the evening

3night

4a quarter past six

5summer

6half past ten

7the morning

8a quarter to three

9autumn

10half past five

B Situations

What questions do you ask in these situations? 写出适合以下情景的问句。

For each situation, write the appropriate question.

The printed word bank (six o'clock, July, the afternoon, night, the evening, March, half past six, a quarter past ten, the morning, summer, a quarter to three, autumn, half past five, September) is the source material. No official key is supplied; answers are constructed from the prompts and labelled suggested.

1You want to know a person's age. What do you ask?

2You want to know a person's birthday. What do you ask?

3You want to know the time. What do you ask?

4You ask him or her: (birthday of best friend)

C About you

Write complete answers to these questions. 用完整的句子回答以下问题。

Answer each question in a full sentence about yourself.

Personal-answer questions; no official key is supplied. Model answers are constructed from the question prompts and labelled suggested.

1How old are you?

2When's your birthday?

3When's your mother's birthday?

4When's your father's birthday?

5When's your best friend's birthday?

6How old is he or she?

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION

Grammar 语法练习

I. Answer the questions, using the information given according to the example. 仿照例句用所给的信息回答下列问题。

Answer the questions, using the information given according to the example. 仿照例句用所给的信息回答下列问题。

Answer each when's-your-birthday question with a date, following the example.

1When's your birthday? (5 February)

It's February 5th.

2When's our National Day? (1 October)

3When's New Year's Day? (1 January)

4When's Women's Day? (8 March)

5When's Labour Day? (1 May)

6When's Christmas Day? (25 December)

7When's your mother's birthday? (6 July)

8When's William's birthday? (15 August)

9When's your sister's birthday? (25 November)

10When's Children's Day? (1 June)

II. Tell the time in another way according to the example. 仿照例句用另一种方式报时。

Tell the time in another way according to the example. 仿照例句用另一种方式报时。

Rewrite each time in the alternative format, following the example.

Item 1 is a printed example and is not editable.

1It's half past four.

It's four thirty.

2It's twenty to four.

3It's twenty-five to three.

4It's a quarter to five.

5It's ten to twelve.

6It's a quarter past one.

7It's five to eleven.

8It's twenty-five past eight.

III. Fill in the blanks with 'at', 'in' or 'on'. 用 at, in 或 on 填空。

Fill in the blanks with 'at', 'in' or 'on'. 用 at, in 或 on 填空。

Fill in the correct preposition (at, in or on) in each blank.

Items 9 and 10 have two blanks each (one answer field with both words, in order).

1It's always warm here ______ spring and autumn.

2Our holiday starts ______ July 8th.

3I'm going to buy a bike ______ July.

4She's going to meet him ______ ten past six.

5It often snows in the North ______ December.

6You must be at home ______ ten o'clock!

7We're going to have a party ______ Saturday.

8We're going to eat lunch ______ noon.

9They usually do their homework ______ eight o'clock ______ night.

10We go to work ______ seven thirty ______ the morning, and arrive home ______ five ______ the afternoon.

BACK TO THE BOOK

Original sources 原始资料

Open the original pages to compare your work. 点击链接查看原文。

A little practice, every day. 每天一点，慢慢积累。