清晨,上午,中午,下午,傍晚,晚上,午夜……
這些漢語(yǔ)得時(shí)間觀念想必你不會(huì)搞混。
可如果叫你用英語(yǔ)表達(dá),你知道怎么說(shuō)么?
可能很多人大部分會(huì)想到4個(gè)單詞:
morning
afternoon
evening
night
然而,這些單詞實(shí)際上只能涵蓋全天2/3得時(shí)間,而且范圍比較寬泛。剩下得1/3你知道怎么描述么?一個(gè)具體得時(shí)間點(diǎn)你知道怎么說(shuō)么?
跟華生一起來(lái)好好捋一下吧。
凌晨
Early Morning – starts about 2 hours before the sun comes up until around 6:00 AM.
(大約從2點(diǎn)到6點(diǎn)左右太陽(yáng)日出)
黎明
Dawn – when the sun rises
(當(dāng)太陽(yáng)照常升起)
上午
Morning –from sunrise until 12 noon
(從日出到中午12點(diǎn))
正午
Noon – 12:00 PM
(中午12點(diǎn))
午后
Early Afternoon – from noon till around 2 or so
(從中午到2點(diǎn)多)
下午
Afternoon – noon until 5
(從中午到5點(diǎn))
黃昏
Late Afternoon - from 4:00 PM till about 6:00 PM.
(從4點(diǎn)到大約6點(diǎn))
日暮
Dusk / twilight – the time just after the sun has set, but before it gets dark
(日落之后,暗夜之前)
傍晚
Early Evening – between 5 and 7
(5點(diǎn)到7點(diǎn))
晚上
Evening – from 5 or 6 till about 10
(5、6點(diǎn)到10點(diǎn)得時(shí)間)
前夜
Late Evening – 9:00 PM until midnight.
(9點(diǎn)至午夜)
夜里
Night – from sunset, after it gets dark, until sunrise
(從日落之后到日出之前)
午夜
Midnight – 12:00AM
(晚上12點(diǎn))
半夜
Middle of the night – from around 2 am until maybe 4 am
(大約2點(diǎn)至4點(diǎn)間)
看了這么多,不知道你是否能記住?
現(xiàn)在讓華生再為你整理一下吧:
時(shí)間段細(xì)分:
early(前期,上半)
late(后期,下半)
基本時(shí)間段:
morning(上午)
afternoon(下午)
evening(晚上)
night(夜里)
把上面兩個(gè)組合,就能分出更多細(xì)致得時(shí)間段
特殊時(shí)間點(diǎn):
dawn(黎明)
dusk(黃昏)
noon(正午)
midnight(午夜)
學(xué)會(huì)這些英語(yǔ),你就能自信而準(zhǔn)確地表達(dá)時(shí)間段了。
這在日常聊天和工作中,想必能讓你得口語(yǔ)更出色。