Unit 8 When is your birthday
单元语法聚焦八
一、英语日期表达法
1.英语与汉语日期表达的不同
美式英语中,其表达的顺序是“月,日,年”。2018年1月1日表达为“January 1st, 2014”,读作“January the first, two thousand and eighteen”。汉语的表达顺序是“年,月,日”。
2.日期的表达方式
(1)在“某年、某月、某年某月”前用介词in。
in 2018在2018年 in May在五月
in January, 2018在2018年1月
(2)在具体某一天或某一天的上午、下午或晚上用介词on。
on July 2nd在7月2日
on the evening of May 1st在5月1日晚上
on Wednesday morning在周三早上
(3)在上午、下午、晚上用介词in。
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in the morning/afternoon/evening
在上午/下午/晚上
(4)在中午、夜晚用介词at。
at noon/night 在中午/夜间
3.对日期提问用“What's the date?”
—What's the date today? 今天几号?
—It's July 2nd.今天是7月2日。
二、序数词
1.含义
序数词表示事物的先后顺序(第一、第二、第三等),往往与定冠词the连用。
2.构成
(1)第一至第三单独记忆。
first 第一; second第二; third第三
它们的缩写形式是1st, 2nd, 3rd。
(2)第四至第十九在基数词的词尾加th,注意“第五、第八、第九、第十二”这几个序数词的特殊变化。
fourth第四;fifth第五;sixth第六;seventh第七;eighth第八;ninth第九;twelfth第十二; nineteenth第十九
它们的缩写形式是在阿拉伯数字后加th。如: fourth, fifth, eighteenth的缩写形式分别为4th, 5th, 18th。
(3)整十的序数词由基数词将y变成ie再加th。
twentieth第二十 fortieth第四十
ninetieth第九十
(4)两位数的序数词,只需把个位数变成序数词即可。
twentythird 第二十三
sixtyeighth 第六十八
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【巧学妙记】
基数词变序数词口诀
基变序,有规律,词尾加上th;
一、二、三,特殊记,词尾字母t, d, d;
八去t,九除e,ve要用f替,然后加上th;
整十基数变序数,先把ty变成tie,然后加上th;
若是碰到几十几,只变个位就可以。
Ⅰ.用in, on或at填空
1.My birthday is ________ July.
2.—When is your sister's birthday?
—It's ________ May 2nd.
3.Linda's birthday party is ________ 3:00 p.m. ________ Sunday.
4.When do you get up ________ the morning?
5.She has lunch ________ noon at school.
Ⅱ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1.—What's the date?
—It's January the ________ (three).
2.My brother is ________ (eight) years old.
3.Today is Mary's ________ (fifteen) birthday.
4.What's her ________ (one) name?
5.There are ________ (seven) days in a week and Tuesday is the________ (three) day of a week.
Ⅲ.根据句意及首字母提示补全单词
1.Today I am 12 and it is my t________ birthday.
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2.Today is Women's Day. It is March the e________.
3.—What's ten and ten?
—It's t________.
4.It's January 1st. It is the f________ day of a year.
5.There are usually t________ days in February.
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详解详析
单元语法聚焦八
语法精练
Ⅰ.1.in 2.on 3.at; on 4.in 5.at
Ⅱ.1.third 2.eight 3.fifteenth 4.first
5.seven; third
Ⅲ.1.twelfth 2.eighth 3.twenty 4.first
5.twentyeight
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