人人说英语初级05

　　Unit 5 Time and Date
Conversation 1
Key words and phrases¹
date
August
Conversation 1
Please fill out the form.
All right. ...What's the date today, please?
It's August the thirteen.
Conversation 2
Key words and phrases
museum
sure
quarter
past
Conversation 2
What time does the museum close? Any idea?
I'm not sure, but I think It's open until 4 o'clock.
What time is it now?
It's a quarter past three.
Conversation 3
key words and phrases
sometime²
name
March
Friday
Conversation 3
Can we have dinner together somtime this weekend?
Ok, you name the day.
How about the second of March?
What day is that?
It's Friday.
Good. Where shall³ we meet?
Additional⁴ useful expressions⁵
happen
run out
cinema
off
spare
difference
Additional useful expressions
Excuse me. Do you happen to have the time?
We are runing out of time.
take your time.
What time do we leave?
Let's meet at about seven outside of the cinema, shall we?
The train leaves for Shanghai at ten fifteen.
My birthday is on the thirteen of the May.
It's already 9 o'clock. I must be off now.
Can you spare me a few minutes?
What the time difference between Beijing and London?

1 phrases   

n.短语( phrase的名词复数 )；成语；说法；乐句

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

3 shall   

v.aux.（主要用于第一人称）将

参考例句：

• I shall always love you.我将永远爱你。
• Which club shall we join?我们要参加哪个社团？

4 additional   

adj.添加的，额外的，另外的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to set down these additional rules.有必要制定这些补充规则。
• I think we can fit in an additional room.我想我们可以再加建一间房子。

5 expressions   

n.表情( expression的名词复数 )；表示；（数学）表达式；词

参考例句：

• ritualized expressions of grief 以例行的方式表达悲伤
• The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow. 今天的时髦话往往变成明天的陈词滥调。 来自《简明英汉词典》