start end text 0 7000 Standard Chinese, a modular approach, resource module on time and dates, Tape 4. 7000 13000 On this tape, you'll learn some additional ways to express time, plus how to say the equivalent of am and pm. 13000 17000 You'll also practice putting date and time expressions into sentences. 17000 22000 To begin, we'll review some phrases by using them in sentences. 22000 28000 The word for to arrive is 到, repeat, he arrives at five o'clock. 28000 36000 他五点钟到,他五点钟到. 36000 40000 Repeat, he arrives at six thirty. 40000 48000 他六点半到,他六点半到. 48000 54000 How would you say he arrives at eight fifteen? 54000 58000 他八点一克到. 58000 62000 Now repeat, he arrives on Wednesday at nine fifteen. 62000 74000 他星期三九点一克到,他星期三九点一克到. 74000 77000 Here's the word for airplane. 77000 79000 飞机. 79000 83000 Repeat, the plane arrives at ten twenty. 83000 90000 飞机十点二十分到. 90000 96000 飞机十点二十分到. 96000 100000 Now listen to the plane arrived at seven ten. 100000 104000 飞机是七点十分到的. 104000 108000 Repeat, the plane arrived at seven ten. 108000 113000 飞机是七点十分到的. 113000 118000 飞机是七点十分到的. 118000 127000 The sure-do construction is used to indicate a past action when the focus is on some quality of the action, not whether the action did or did not take place. 127000 132000 Here we're interested in the time an action took place, so we use the sure-do construction. 132000 139000 For more information on the sure-do construction, take a look at the reference notes for unit five of the biographic information module. 139000 143000 Now repeat, he arrived last month. 143000 148000 他是上个月到的. 148000 153000 他是上个月到的. 153000 159000 How would you say he arrived last week? 159000 164000 他是上个星期到的. 164000 168000 The verb to leave is 走. 168000 175000 Repeat to leave. 走. 175000 186000 Repeat, he's leaving next year. 他明年走. 186000 204000 Repeat, he's leaving tomorrow at eleven fifty. 他明天十一点五十分走. 204000 210000 A more complete way to express the times past the hour is to use the word to pass 过. 210000 215000 What time is this? 四点过一刻. 215000 227000 A quarter past four. 四点过一刻. 227000 239000 Repeat, three quarters past four. 四点过三刻. 239000 247000 Put the following times into English. 九点过三刻. 247000 254000 Three quarters past nine. 十点过一刻. 254000 263000 A quarter past ten. 两点过二十五分. 263000 276000 Twenty-five minutes past two. How do you say a quarter past three? 三点过一刻. 276000 284000 How do you say three quarters past seven? 七点过三刻. 284000 291000 How do you say forty minutes past ten? 十点过四十分. 291000 295000 十点过四十分. 295000 308000 Time before the hour, as in phrases such as a quarter before five, can be expressed using the verb 叉 to lack. Repeat to lack. 叉. 308000 315000 Repeat, a quarter before five. 五点叉一刻. 315000 322000 五点叉一刻. 322000 328000 In the same way, time before the hour is more completely expressed by using 叉 to lack. 328000 338000 With 叉, you can say it's so many minutes before such and such an hour. What are these times? 叉一刻三点. 338000 345000 A quarter before three. 三点叉一刻. 345000 353000 A quarter before three. 叉八分九点. 353000 360000 Eight minutes before nine. 九点叉八分. 360000 375000 Eight minutes before nine. 八分九点. 375000 389000 Repeat the following phrases after the speaker. 十点过十分. 389000 393000 6分钟前5分 393000 404000 差6分5点 404000 407000 15分钟前12分 407000 415000 12点过15分 415000 419000 1分钟前1分 419000 428000 差1颗1点 428000 431000 1分钟前2分 431000 441000 2点过1颗 441000 445000 10分钟前11分 445000 454000 11点过10分 454000 477000 10分钟前5分 477000 492000 1分钟前1分 492000 501000 2分钟前5分 501000 512000 6点钟前5分 512000 518000 8点5分 518000 526000 7点3颗 526000 532000 7点20分 532000 539000 8点3颗 539000 546000 9点11分 546000 556000 1分钟前1分 556000 563000 6点1颗 563000 568000 6点15分 568000 574000 3点10分 574000 583000 9点20分 583000 595000 4点30分 595000 604000 1点17分 604000 612000 6点5分 612000 617000 2点 617000 623000 1点 623000 625000 差15分4点 625000 631000 差1颗4点 631000 635000 2点 635000 639000 差10分2点 639000 644000 3点 644000 649000 差20分12点 649000 653000 4点 653000 658000 差14分10点 658000 662000 5点 662000 666000 差5分8点 666000 670000 6点 670000 675000 差1分1点 675000 680000 6点 680000 685000 6点 685000 690000 6点 690000 695000 6点 695000 700000 6点 700000 704000 6点 704000 706000 早上 706000 712000 上午 712000 723000 上午 723000 733000 10点 733000 735000 早上 735000 738000 上午 738000 740000 4点 740000 742000 夜里 742000 745000 6点 745000 746000 夜里 746000 750000 早上 750000 752000 8点 752000 755000 早上 755000 757000 12点 757000 760000 夜里 760000 765000 中午 765000 769000 中午 769000 774000 下午 774000 779000 晚上 779000 780000 晚上 780000 781000 晚上 781000 786000 晚上 786000 787000 晚上 787000 788000 晚上 788000 789000 晚上 789000 791000 Repeat this word for evening. 791000 795000 晚上 798000 800000 Now while you're looking at the p.m. clock, 800000 802000 I'll give you some times in English, 802000 805000 you give the Chinese name for the period of the day in which they fall. 805000 807000 2 p.m. 809000 811000 下午 811000 813000 12 p.m. 814000 816000 中午 816000 818000 8 p.m. 819000 821000 晚上 822000 824000 4 p.m. 826000 828000 下午 828000 830000 9 p.m. 831000 833000 晚上 834000 836000 1 p.m. 837000 839000 下午 839000 844000 In Chinese,the period of day precedes the hour expression. 844000 847000 For example,here's how you would say 3 a.m. 848000 850000 夜裡3點鐘 850000 852000 Repeat 3 a.m. 853000 855000 夜裡3點鐘 856000 858000 夜裡3點鐘 859000 861000 Repeat 7 a.m. 862000 864000 早晨7點鐘 864000 867000 早晨7點鐘 870000 872000 Repeat 10 p.m. 874000 876000 晚上10點半 878000 880000 晚上10點半 883000 886000 Now turn to exercise 2 in your workbook. 887000 891000 In exercise 2,write in digits plus the abbreviation a.m. or p.m. 891000 894000 the time expressed in the following. 894000 895000 Number 1 897000 899000 下午2點 900000 902000 2 903000 905000 上午10點1課 908000 910000 Number 3 911000 913000 中午12點半 915000 917000 Number 4 917000 922000 晚上9點3課 922000 924000 Number 5 924000 926000 夜裡5點 929000 931000 Number 6 931000 934000 早晨6點25分 937000 939000 Number 7 939000 942000 晚上差10分9點 942000 945000 Number 8 947000 950000 夜裡差10分12點 953000 955000 Number 9 956000 958000 上午11點5分 963000 965000 Now what time is this? 967000 969000 中午12點半 969000 971000 中午12點半 976000 978000 中午12點半 982000 984000 中午12點半 987000 989000 半夜 994000 996000 Repeat midnight 996000 997000 半夜 997000 998000 半夜 1002000 1006000 半夜 is not used for fractions of the midnight hour. 1006000 1008000 12 30 midnight would be 1009000 1011000 夜裡12點半 1012000 1014000 Repeat 12 30 midnight 1015000 1017000 夜裡12點半 1020000 1022000 夜裡12點半 1022000 1028000 Let's review the material you've learned in this module. 1028000 1030000 Turn to exercise 3 in your workbook. 1030000 1033000 For each item, circle the correct answer. 1033000 1035000 Number 1 1037000 1039000 去年2月 1040000 1042000 Number 2 1043000 1045000 今年4月 1047000 1049000 Number 3 1049000 1052000 今年7月 1053000 1055000 Number 4 1055000 1057000 下月9號 1060000 1062000 Number 5 1063000 1065000 上月20號 1067000 1069000 Number 6 1070000 1072000 這個星期二 1073000 1075000 Number 7 1075000 1079000 下星期三 1079000 1081000 Number 8 1081000 1083000 8月6號 1085000 1087000 Number 9 1087000 1089000 1月21號 1093000 1095000 Number 10 1095000 1097000 6月8號 1100000 1102000 Now look at display 4. 1102000 1104000 Read the times on the clocks out loud. 1104000 1107000 Times past the half hour, use expressions with trot. 1108000 1109000 A 1112000 1113000 夜裡4點半 1115000 1116000 B 1118000 1120000 夜裡11點10分 1124000 1125000 C 1127000 1129000 夜裡差一刻3點 1130000 1131000 Or 1131000 1134000 夜裡差15分3點 1137000 1138000 D 1140000 1142000 晚上差5分8點 1144000 1145000 E 1147000 1149000 晚上6點半 1151000 1152000 F 1155000 1157000 早上10點25分 1158000 1159000 Or 1159000 1161000 上午10點25分 1163000 1164000 G 1167000 1169000 下午差10分4點 1172000 1173000 H 1174000 1175000 中午 1178000 1180000 This is the end of the tape. 1180000 1190000 Times and dates resource module tape 4.