Time

Ask
- What‘s the time? What time is it?
  - It‘s
- When is the “event”?
  - It‘s at
Parts of The Day
直读: 小时的数字和分钟的数字直接读，比如6:10读作 six ten
- 差值: 分钟表示与最近整点的差值，use prepositions of time
  - 分钟不超过 30 描述为超过多少分钟，如 6:30 thirty past six, 10:20 twenty after ten
  - 分钟超过 30 描述为还差几分钟到下一个整点，如 5:50读作 ten to six, ten minutes to six
- 特殊点: 整点(O‘clock)、半点(half)、刻(quarter)有特殊的表达
  - 整点, 2:00 two o‘clock(of the clock)
  - 半点, 2:30 half past two
  - 刻, 2:15 a quarter past two, 2:45 a quarter to three
- 12 小时制: 小时位不超过 12 在末尾添加 A.M. 或 P.M. 表示上下午
大约
- It's almost two. 马上到两点了。
- It's not quite two. 还不到两点。
- It's just after two. 刚过两点。