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Standard Chinese, a modular approach, resource module on time and dates, Tape 3.

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On this tape, you will learn some more expressions on the week, the month and the year, and you will begin learning clock time.

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To review a little, how do you say last week?

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上个星期.

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How do you say this week?

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这个星期.

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How do you say next week?

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下个星期.

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Now listen to the phrase for last month.

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上个月.

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Repeat last month.

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上个月.

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上个月.

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What do you think the phrase for next month is?

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Repeat next month.

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下个月.

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下个月.

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How do you say last month?

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上个月.

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How do you say next month?

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下个月.

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Repeat, he didn't work last month.

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他上个月没工作.

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他上个月没工作.

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Repeat, he isn't going next month.

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他下个月不去.

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他下个月不去.

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How do you say he didn't work last month?

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他上个月没工作.

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How do you say he isn't going next month?

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他下个月不去.

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What's the phrase for this month?

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这个月.

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How do you say he didn't work this month?

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他这个月没工作.

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And what's the word for Sunday?

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星期天.

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And the other word for Sunday?

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礼拜天.

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There's an alternate for both of these words. Listen.

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星期日.礼拜日.

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Repeat these words for Sunday.

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星期日.礼拜日.

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星期日.礼拜日.

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You can probably see that there's a similarity between the words for Sunday and Tuesday. Compare Sunday and Tuesday.

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星期日.星期二.礼拜日.礼拜二.

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Give the English for the following.星期日.

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Sunday.礼拜二.Tuesday.礼拜二.

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Tuesday.星期日.Sunday.星期二.Tuesday.礼拜二.

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Tuesday.礼拜日.Sunday.

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Now listen to the word for clock.钟.Repeat the word for clock.

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钟.钟.Listen to the phrase one o'clock.

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一点钟.The second word in the phrase 眼 is a counter and can be translated roughly as hour.

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So the whole phrase can be understood as something like one hour o'clock.

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Repeat the phrase after the speaker. One o'clock.

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一点钟.一点钟.

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Listen to this phrase. What does it mean?

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三点钟. Three o'clock.Repeat three o'clock.

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三点钟.三点钟.

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Here's the phrase for two o'clock.两点钟.

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The word 凉 is the word for two usually used with counters instead of r.

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For more on 凉,see note one in your workbook. Now repeat 两点钟.两点钟.

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How do you say one o'clock?一点钟.

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How do you say three o'clock?三点钟.

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How do you say two o'clock?两点钟.

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You'll notice that there's a tone change on 凉.

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Usually it has a low tone, but before another low tone it has a rising tone.

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Repeat two o'clock after the speaker again.两点钟.

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两点钟.

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Now repeat four o'clock, five o'clock, six o'clock, one at a time.

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四点钟.五点钟.

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六点钟.

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四点钟.五点钟.

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六点钟.

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Now repeat eight o'clock, ten o'clock, twelve o'clock.

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八点钟.十点钟.十二点钟.

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八点钟.十点钟.十二点钟.

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How would you say seven o'clock?七点钟.

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And nine o'clock?九点钟.

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Eleven o'clock.十一点钟.

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Now turn to display one in your workbook.

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Say the time expressions in Chinese and listen for the correct answers.

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Number one.五点钟.

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Number two.七点钟.

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Number three.两点钟.

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Number four.十点钟.

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Number five.十二点钟.

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Number six.三点钟.

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Number seven.十一点钟.

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Number eight.八点钟.

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Here's the word for now.

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二点钟.

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Both syllables are in the falling tone.

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Repeat the word for now.

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现在.现在.

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Here's how you say it's one o'clock.

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现在一点钟.

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What would this phrase mean?

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现在两点钟.

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It's two o'clock.

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Repeat after the speaker the phrase is for

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It's one o'clock, two o'clock, and three o'clock.

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现在一点钟.

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现在一点钟.

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现在两点钟.

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现在两点钟.

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现在三点钟.

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现在三点钟.

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Put the following sentences into Chinese.

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It's nine o'clock.

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现在九点钟.

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It's five o'clock.

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现在五点钟.

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It's twelve o'clock.

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现在十二点钟.

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It's ten o'clock.

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现在十点钟.

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Now look at display two in your workbook.

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Read the correct time for each clock face.

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We'll give the correct answer.

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Number one.

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现在八点钟.

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Number two.

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现在一点钟.

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Number three.

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现在九点钟.

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Number four.

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现在四点钟.

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Number five.

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现在十一点钟.

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Number six.

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现在六点钟.

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To express the half hour, just add the word for half.

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半.

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Repeat three thirty.

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三点半.

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三点半.

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Notice the absence of 钟.

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When other time words come after 点.

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钟 is usually omitted.

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Repeat after the speaker, it's now three thirty.

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现在三点半.

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现在三点半.

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Repeat the following expressions after the speakers.

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It's seven thirty.

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现在七点半.

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It's nine thirty.

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现在九点半.

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It's eleven thirty.

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现在十一点半.

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To express the quarter hour, Chinese has a variety of expressions just as English does.

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For instance, in English, three fifteen, fifteen past three, a quarter past three all mean the same thing.

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Now listen to the Chinese word for quarter of an hour.

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刻.Repeat one quarter.

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一刻.一刻.

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The simplest way to express quarters of an hour is to use the words 刻,quarter and 半.

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Listen to the Chinese for eight fifteen and eight forty-five.

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八点一刻.八点三刻.

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Now repeat after the speaker the phrases for eight fifteen, eight thirty and eight forty-five.

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One at a time.

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八点一刻.八点半.

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八点三刻.八点一刻.八点半.八点三刻.

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Look at exercise one in your word book.

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This is the time that you hear on the tape.

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Each time will be given twice.

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The correct answers are in your workbook.

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现在四点半.

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现在六点钟.

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现在两点三刻.

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现在十二点一刻.

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现在十二点一刻.

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现在十一点三刻.

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Now look at exercise two in your workbook.

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Right in the correct times.

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For the first five only the fraction of the hour is needed.

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Number one.

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十点一刻.

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Number two.

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一点一刻.

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Number three.

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五点半.

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Number four.

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九点三刻.

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Number five.

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四点半.

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Number six.

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十一点三刻.

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Number seven.

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八点一刻.

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Number eight.

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七点钟.

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Number nine.

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十二点半.

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Number ten.

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两点三刻.

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Now let's go back to exercise one.

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Read off the times you circled.

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Number one.

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四点半.

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Number two.

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六点钟.

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Number three.

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两点三刻.

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Number four.

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十二点一刻.

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Number five.

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十一点三刻.

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Now exercise two.

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Read off the times you recorded.

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Number one.

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十点一刻.

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Number two.

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一点一刻.

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Number three.

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五点半.

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Number four.

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九点三刻.

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Number five.

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四点半.

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Number six.

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十一点三刻.

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Number seven.

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八点一刻.

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Number eight.

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七点钟.

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Number nine.

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十二点半.

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Number ten.

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两点三刻.

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Now let's work on telling time to the minute.

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Here's the word for minute.

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分.

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Repeat one minute.

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一分一分.

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Listen to the Chinese for one oh five.

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一点五分.

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Repeat the phrase for one oh five after the speaker.

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一点五分.

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一点五分.

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How would you say one ten?

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一点十分.

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Repeat the following times.

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Two ten.

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两点十分.

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两点十分.

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Five forty.

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五点四十分.

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五点四十分.

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Eight oh nine.

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八点九分.

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八点九分.

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Twelve fifty five.

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十二点五十五分.

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十二点五十五分.

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Now turn to exercise three in your workbook.

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Right in the digits for the times that you hear the speaker say.

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Number one.

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三点五分.

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五点七分.

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Number three.

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九点二十分.

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Number four.

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十点四十分.

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Number five.

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六点五十九分.

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Number six.

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四点十三分.

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00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000
Number seven.

269
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:52,000
八点一克.

270
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,000
Number eight.

271
00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,000
十一点十分.

272
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000
Number nine.

273
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:06,000
十二点三克.

274
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,000
Number ten.

275
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:13,000
七点半.

276
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000
Now read display four.

277
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:19,000
Say the times in Chinese and listen to the correct answers on the tape.

278
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:23,000
Number one.

279
00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,000
四点十分.

280
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,000
Number two.

281
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,000
十二点二十五分.

282
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,000
Number three.

283
00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:47,000
七点三十五分.

284
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,000
Number four.

285
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,000
六点四十三分.

286
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,000
Number four.

287
00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,000
四分.

288
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:07,000
Number six.

289
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000
九点四十五分.

290
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000
Number nine.

291
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,000
九点三克.

292
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000
This is the end of the tape.

293
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They need to take three.