In this lesson we will learn the terms which are used in English to describe the different concepts of time.

在本課程中，我們將學習一些描述不同時間概念的術語

What's the time at your watch, Celine?

Celine，你的錶幾點了？

It's 7: 57 P.M.

晚上7點57分

Uff...It's only three minutes to 8 P.M.!

還有3分鐘就8點了

I told you, Bethany is always late.

早就告訴你了，Bethany一定會遲到

Yeah. And to think she was supposed to arrive at 20 minutes past 7...

她在7點20分的時候就應該要到了

You mean 7:20?

你說7點20分？

Yeah. I thought she'd be here by 8 at least. When will the gates open?

我想她最晚8點也該出現了，什麼時候開門？

At exactly 5 minutes after 8.

就在8點5分

I think Bethany already knows that. She'll be here before 8:05 for sure.

我想Bethany是知道的，她在8點5分之前一定會到

After I began using this digital watch I became more precise with time.

在我開始使用數位錶之後，我對時間更加嚴謹了

I'm often confused between ‘quarter to' and ‘quarter of'.

我常把 quarter to 和 quarter of 搞混

I can help you! ‘Quarter to' eight simply means 15 minutes to eight

這我幫得上忙，Quarter to eight 就是還有15分鐘才到8點

or quarter to eight means it's 15 minutes before eight. Quarter of eight means 7: 45.

8點前1刻指的是8點前15分鐘。Quarter of eight 意思是還有15分鐘才到8點

Alright! I understand. What's the time now?

我懂了，現在幾點了？

It's quarter past five, 5:15.

現在是5點過了1刻，5點15分

Gosh! An hour passed by so fast! I arrived at a quarter after four right?

啊呀，1小時這麼快就過了！我是在4點1刻鐘來的吧？

Yup, at 4:15.

沒錯，就在4點15分

I was late today by almost 30 minutes! I reached there at half past nine.

我今天遲到了快30分鐘，在9點半的時候我才到達那裏

Not a big deal! Half an hour is not much.

這沒什麼大不了，也不過才半小時

I'm never late. It counts!

我從不遲到的，這很重要！

Suzie is often late by an hour! She arrives at the office around 10 A.M.

Suzie通常遲到1小時，大約上午10點她才會進辦公室

Let her be so, Celine. I don't have to be late because Suzie is late.

別管她，Celine，我不會因為Suzie遲到而讓自己也遲到

I had a scary dream last night. I woke up at 1AM.

昨夜我作惡夢，1點醒過來

You mean 1 in the morning?!

你的意思是在凌晨1點？

1 AM is always morning, dude. 1 PM is in the afternoon.

凌晨1點當然是早晨，老兄，下午1點是在午後

What about 12 o'clock? Is it PM or AM?

那12點鐘呢？是上午還是下午？

12 AM is midnight and 12 PM is noon or midday.

凌晨12點說的是半夜，下午12點講的是正中午

Right. So PM starts from noon to 12 AM.

所以說PM是從正中午到凌晨12點

Yup. In the same way, AM starts from midnight to 12 PM!

同樣的道理，AM是從半夜到中午12點

Oh! This Ante Meridian and Post Meridian thing is so confusing.

這些上午下午什麼的，實在讓人霧煞煞

Not anymore I hope!

我希望別再這樣了

And to think she was supposed to arrive at 20 minutes past 7...

她在7點20分的時候就應該要到了

She'll be here before 8:05 for sure.

她在8點5分之前一定會到

quarter to eight means it's 15 minutes before eight.

差1刻鐘到8點，就是還有15分鐘才到8點

I arrived at a quarter after four right?

我是在4點1刻鐘來的吧？

I reached there at half past nine.

在9點半的時候我才到達那裏

Suzie is often late by an hour!

Suzie通常會遲到1小時

1 AM is always morning, dude. 1 PM is in the afternoon.

凌晨1點當然是早晨，老兄，下午1點是在午後

12 AM is midnight and 12 PM is noon or mid day.

凌晨12點說的是半夜，下午12點講的是正中午