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Hi, and welcome back to English Today. How are
you? Now did you notice in "That's life!" the girls were very
confused about the time for dinner, "eight thirty", "nine thirty",
"ten thirty". Well that's what we are going to do in the lesson
now, is look at how you tell the time in English. And for that, I
need a clock, so here we have a
clock.
Now, when the hand is in this position on the
hour in English we say "o'clock" it's, look at this six o'clock,
now. If we move the hand into this position, so it's fifteen
minutes after, we say "it's a quarter past six", "a quarter past
six". Let's move it again, and here we have, "half past", this is
"half past six", alright thirty minutes after, "half past". Let's
move again, like this, this is "a quarter to six", "a quarter to",
forty-five minutes, alright? Now let's look at those things on the
screen because they're quit difficult to pronounce. Alright? Let's
go and see them now. So, the questions were "what time is it?" or
"what's the time?". Then we said, "it's five o'clock", we did on
the hour, "it's quarter past two", for example "it's half past
three". And "it's a quarter to nine". Those are the examples.
Alright?
Just a minute! Hello? Hello? (I'm sorry) Yes!
Yes! Yes! About the romantic weekend in Paris? Yes, yes. I'm very,
very interested, Yes! It's my boyfriend's birthday. OK. What time
is departure? Departure at nine fifteen, okay. And what time is
arrival? Ten thirty, OK, that's good. Ten thirty, great. And what
about the romantic dinner for two, yes, in the evening eight... OK!
Yes, eight o'clock that's perfect. And then there was a boat trip
on the Seine, what time is that? Eight forty-five? In the morning?
That's a bit early, ok, but that's fine! And our departure from
Paris? When is that? OK good. There forty in the afternoon.
Fantastic! Yes! Thanks great. I love it, yes, I'll book it. OK,
great, thank you very much, thank you. Yes
bye.
Fantastic, that is a holiday that I've booked
for my boyfriend and I, for his birthday for a romantic weekend.
Now, did you hear when I was speaking I was using digital time in
English? Now let's look at that on the screen. Digital time. Well
it's very easy because you just read the numbers, so for example:
"nine fifteen" is "nine fifteen" look at the screen, "ten thirty",
"eight forty-five", so very easy; if you know the English numbers,
digital time is very easy.
Now, in English we use the twelve hour clock, so
we say, "ten o'clock in the morning", we don't say "ten o'clock
a.m.", we say "in the morning", we say "three forty in the
afternoon" not "p.m.", "three forty in the afternoon". OK? And then
we say "seven o'clock, seven o'clock in the evening", we don't use
p.m., so seven o'clock in the evening. And then for example "eleven
fifteen at night". So, "in the morning", "in the afternoon", "in
the evening" and "at night". OK? So, that is telling the time in
English, that's both normal time and digital time. So, I think
you'll find that useful.
Good, well, keep studying and remember to come
back and be with us again "English Today" where you'll be learning
English live. So see you very soon. Take care, bye!
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