Standard Chinese, a modular approach, resource module on time and dates, Tape 3.
On this tape, you will learn some more expressions on the week, the month and the year, and you will begin learning clock time.
To review a little, how do you say last week?
上个星期.
How do you say this week?
这个星期.
How do you say next week?
下个星期.
Now listen to the phrase for last month.
上个月.
Repeat last month.
上个月.
What do you think the phrase for next month is?
Repeat next month.
下个月.
How do you say last month?
上个月.
How do you say next month?
下个月.
Repeat, he didn't work last month.
他上个月没工作.
Repeat, he isn't going next month.
他下个月不去.
How do you say he didn't work last month?
他上个月没工作.
How do you say he isn't going next month?
他下个月不去.
What's the phrase for this month?
这个月.
How do you say he didn't work this month?
他这个月没工作.
And what's the word for Sunday?
星期天.
And the other word for Sunday?
礼拜天.
There's an alternate for both of these words. Listen.
星期日.礼拜日.
Repeat these words for Sunday.
星期日.礼拜日.
You can probably see that there's a similarity between the words for Sunday and Tuesday. Compare Sunday and Tuesday.
星期日.星期二.礼拜日.礼拜二.
Give the English for the following.星期日.
Sunday.礼拜二.Tuesday.礼拜二.
Tuesday.星期日.Sunday.星期二.Tuesday.礼拜二.
Tuesday.礼拜日.Sunday.
Now listen to the word for clock.钟.Repeat the word for clock.
钟.钟.Listen to the phrase one o'clock.
一点钟.The second word in the phrase 眼 is a counter and can be translated roughly as hour.
So the whole phrase can be understood as something like one hour o'clock.
Repeat the phrase after the speaker. One o'clock.
一点钟.一点钟.
Listen to this phrase. What does it mean?
三点钟. Three o'clock.Repeat three o'clock.
三点钟.三点钟.
Here's the phrase for two o'clock.两点钟.
The word 凉 is the word for two usually used with counters instead of r.
For more on 凉,see note one in your workbook. Now repeat 两点钟.两点钟.
How do you say one o'clock?一点钟.
How do you say three o'clock?三点钟.
How do you say two o'clock?两点钟.
You'll notice that there's a tone change on 凉.
Usually it has a low tone, but before another low tone it has a rising tone.
Repeat two o'clock after the speaker again.两点钟.
两点钟.
Now repeat four o'clock, five o'clock, six o'clock, one at a time.
四点钟.五点钟.
六点钟.
四点钟.五点钟.
六点钟.
Now repeat eight o'clock, ten o'clock, twelve o'clock.
八点钟.十点钟.十二点钟.
How would you say seven o'clock?七点钟.
And nine o'clock?九点钟.
Eleven o'clock.十一点钟.
Now turn to display one in your workbook.
Say the time expressions in Chinese and listen for the correct answers.
Number one.五点钟.
Number two.七点钟.
Number three.两点钟.
Number four.十点钟.
Number five.十二点钟.
Number six.三点钟.
Number seven.十一点钟.
Number eight.八点钟.
Here's the word for now.
二点钟.
Both syllables are in the falling tone.
Repeat the word for now.
现在.现在.
Here's how you say it's one o'clock.
现在一点钟.
What would this phrase mean?
现在两点钟.
It's two o'clock.
Repeat after the speaker the phrase is for
It's one o'clock, two o'clock, and three o'clock.
现在一点钟.
现在两点钟.
现在三点钟.
Put the following sentences into Chinese.
It's nine o'clock.
现在九点钟.
It's five o'clock.
现在五点钟.
It's twelve o'clock.
现在十二点钟.
It's ten o'clock.
现在十点钟.
Now look at display two in your workbook.
Read the correct time for each clock face.
We'll give the correct answer.
Number one.
现在八点钟.
Number two.
现在一点钟.
Number three.
现在九点钟.
Number four.
现在四点钟.
Number five.
现在十一点钟.
Number six.
现在六点钟.
To express the half hour, just add the word for half.
半.
Repeat three thirty.
三点半.
Notice the absence of 钟.
When other time words come after 点.
钟 is usually omitted.
Repeat after the speaker, it's now three thirty.
现在三点半.
Repeat the following expressions after the speakers.
It's seven thirty.
现在七点半.
It's nine thirty.
现在九点半.
It's eleven thirty.
现在十一点半.
To express the quarter hour, Chinese has a variety of expressions just as English does.
For instance, in English, three fifteen, fifteen past three, a quarter past three all mean the same thing.
Now listen to the Chinese word for quarter of an hour.
刻.Repeat one quarter.
一刻.一刻.
The simplest way to express quarters of an hour is to use the words 刻,quarter and 半.
Listen to the Chinese for eight fifteen and eight forty-five.
八点一刻.八点三刻.
Now repeat after the speaker the phrases for eight fifteen, eight thirty and eight forty-five.
One at a time.
八点一刻.八点半.
八点三刻.八点一刻.八点半.八点三刻.
Look at exercise one in your word book.
This is the time that you hear on the tape.
Each time will be given twice.
The correct answers are in your workbook.
现在四点半.
现在六点钟.
现在两点三刻.
现在十二点一刻.
现在十一点三刻.
Now look at exercise two in your workbook.
Right in the correct times.
For the first five only the fraction of the hour is needed.
Number one.
十点一刻.
Number two.
一点一刻.
Number three.
五点半.
Number four.
九点三刻.
Number five.
四点半.
Number six.
十一点三刻.
Number seven.
八点一刻.
Number eight.
七点钟.
Number nine.
十二点半.
Number ten.
两点三刻.
Now let's go back to exercise one.
Read off the times you circled.
Number one.
四点半.
Number two.
六点钟.
Number three.
两点三刻.
Number four.
十二点一刻.
Number five.
十一点三刻.
Now exercise two.
Read off the times you recorded.
Number one.
十点一刻.
Number two.
一点一刻.
Number three.
五点半.
Number four.
九点三刻.
Number five.
四点半.
Number six.
十一点三刻.
Number seven.
八点一刻.
Number eight.
七点钟.
Number nine.
十二点半.
Number ten.
两点三刻.
Now let's work on telling time to the minute.
Here's the word for minute.
分.
Repeat one minute.
一分一分.
Listen to the Chinese for one oh five.
一点五分.
Repeat the phrase for one oh five after the speaker.
一点五分.
How would you say one ten?
一点十分.
Repeat the following times.
Two ten.
两点十分.
Five forty.
五点四十分.
Eight oh nine.
八点九分.
Twelve fifty five.
十二点五十五分.
Now turn to exercise three in your workbook.
Right in the digits for the times that you hear the speaker say.
Number one.
三点五分.
五点七分.
Number three.
九点二十分.
Number four.
十点四十分.
Number five.
六点五十九分.
Number six.
四点十三分.
Number seven.
八点一克.
Number eight.
十一点十分.
Number nine.
十二点三克.
Number ten.
七点半.
Now read display four.
Say the times in Chinese and listen to the correct answers on the tape.
Number one.
四点十分.
Number two.
十二点二十五分.
Number three.
七点三十五分.
Number four.
六点四十三分.
Number four.
四分.
Number six.
九点四十五分.
Number nine.
九点三克.
This is the end of the tape.
They need to take three.