Time Objectives By the end of this chapter, you will be able to Ask and tell time, express time difference, and describe if time is faster or slower. Indicate time span and your flight schedule. Apply the estimation expression for times. Respond correct or incorrect to match the situation. Tell someone when and where to pick you up.

Connection Check Sound with Symbol 早 午 零 晚 正 正 钟 分 líng wăn zhĕng zhōng zăo wǔ zhèng fēng 刻 离 表 距 差 时 间 头 kè lí biăo jù tóu chā shí jiān 东 岸 半 北 京 西 上 下 bàn bĕi dōng àn jīng xī shàng xià 六 点 七 问 现 过 在 和 也 yĕ liù diăn qī wèn xiàn guò zài hé

Time and Traveling Vocabulary - 1/3 morning night Noon or afternoon Watch Time 早上／上午 zăo shàng/ shàng wŭ 晚上 wăn shàng 中午or下午 zhōng wŭ xià wŭ 表 băo 时间 Shí jiān West coast Time East coast Time 东岸 dōng àn 西岸时间 Xī àn Shí jiān 东岸时间 dōng àn Shí jiān 西岸 Xī àn 中午zhōng wŭ =Noon is between 12 and 1:00 晚上wăn shàng= evening is usually after 6 o’clock.

Time and Traveling Vocabulary - 1/3 morning Noon or night afternoon Watch Time 早上／上午 中午or下午 晚上 表 时间 West coast Time East coast Time 东岸 西岸时间 东岸时间 西 岸 中午zhōng wŭ =Noon is between 12 and 1:00 晚上wăn shàng= evening is usually after 6 o’clock.

Time and Traveling Vocabulary - 2/3 15 minutes (one quarter) 半 bàn 两点一刻 Liang dian Yí kè 十二点半 Shí èr diăn bàn 一刻 Yí kè 2:05 minutes 两点零五分 Liang diăn líng wŭ fēn 五分 Wŭ fēn 零 líng 分 fēn

Time and Traveling Vocabulary - 2/3 15 minutes (one quarter) 半 十二点半 两点一刻 一刻 2:05 minutes 五分 零 两点零五分 分

= + 正zhĕng 差 钟头 时差 距离 正好两个钟头 Time and Traveling Vocabulary – 3/3 sharp 下午两点正 xià wŭ Liang dian zhĕng 点钟 diăn zhōng 下午两点钟 xià wŭ Liang dian zhōng 两点正 Liang dian zhĕng hour exactly/happens to be … 2 hours 钟头 zhōng tóu = + 正好 zhèng hăo 两个钟头 Liăng ge zhōng tóu time difference lacking or difference distance/away from… Exactly two hours 时差 shí chā 距离 jù lí 正好两个钟头 zhèng hăo Liăng ge zhōng tóu 差 chā

Time and Traveling Vocabulary – 3/3 sharp Oclock 正 下午两点钟 下午两点正 点钟 两点正 hour exactly/happens to be … 2 hours 钟头 = + 两个钟头 正好 time difference lacking or difference distance/away from… Exactly two hours 时差 距离 正好两个钟头 差

Time and Traveling Say ~ Click ~ Disappear… morning 2:05 2 hours afternoon Noon Exactly two hours West coast Time East coast Time distance/ away from…

五點正 十二点半 九点十分 八点二十四分 一点三十七分 七点零五分 十点五十五分 十一点零八分 四点二十分 六点零九分 9:10 7:05 Read the time and Click the digital clock that matches the time 五點正 十二点半  九点十分 八点二十四分   一点三十七分 七点零五分   十点五十五分 十一点零八分 四点二十分 六点零九分 9:10 7:05 5:00 10:55 6:09 12:30 4:20 8:24 1:37 11:08

下午五点半 中午十二点正 晚上九点一刻 早上八点三十分 下午一点三刻 早上七点零五分 上午十点五十五分 晚上十一点正 下午四点二十分 Click the digital clock that matches the time 下午五点半 中午十二点正  晚上九点一刻 早上八点三十分   下午一点三刻 早上七点零五分   上午十点五十五分 晚上十一点正 下午四点二十分 晚上六点零二分 9:15pm 7:05am 5:30pm 10:55am 6:02pm 12:00pm 4:20pm 8:30am 1:45pm 11:00pm

五点正 Ex. 十二点半 九点十分 八点二十四分 一点三十七分 七点零五分 十点五十五分 十一点零八分 四点二十分 六点零九分 5:00 : Read the time and fill in the number in the digital clock 五点正 Ex. 十二点半  九点十分 八点二十四分   一点三十七分 七点零五分   十点五十五分 十一点零八分 四点二十分 六点零九分 5:00 12 30 : 9 10 : 8 24 : : 1 37 : 7 05 : 10 55 : 11 08 : 4 20 6 09 :

5:30pm 12:00pm 9:15pm 8:30am 1:45pm 7:05am 10:55am 11:00pm 4:20pm Read the time and fill in the number in the digital clock 5:30pm : 下午五点半 中午十二点正  晚上九点一刻 早上八点三十分   下午一点三刻 早上七点零五分   上午十点五十五分 晚上十一点正 下午四点二十分 晚上六点零二分 : 12:00pm 9:15pm : 8:30am : 1:45pm : 7:05am : 10:55am : 11:00pm : : 4:20pm 6:02pm :

Translate the time into Chinese. 9:10 7:05 5:00 10:55 6:09 12:30 4:20 8:24 1:37 11:08

9:15pm 7:05am 5:30pm 10:55am 6:02pm 12:00pm 4:20pm 8:30am 1:45pm Translate the time into Chinese: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 9:15pm 7:05am 5:30pm 10:55am 6:02pm 12:00pm 4:20pm 8:30am 1:45pm 11:00pm

Did you know… 零líng = zero Ex. 二00八年 er ling ling ba nian, 4:05 si dian ling wu fen 点钟diăn zhōng =O’clock 钟sometimes can be omitted. 分fēn =minute When referring to the length of a time, 分钟fēn zhōng (minute) can be used. Ex. 走路到天安门要十分钟。 It takes ten minutes to walk to Tiananmen. 一刻 yí kè =15 minutes When referring to time, both 一刻 and十五分can be used. Ex. 八点一刻=八点十五分。For 45 minutes, it is 三刻。 钟头zhōng tóu (hour) is used as a unit of the length of time.

Read and translate Time 刻 Morning Quarter of an hour West coast time Half noon 2 hours Difference/lacking 2:30 Watch Afternoon 2:45 Time Night time difference Hour 2 o’clock Distance East coast 2 o’clock sharp Exactly/happen to West coast Zero East coast time Minute 早上 西岸时间 半 中午 两个钟头 差 两点半 上午 表 两点三刻 下午 时间 晚上 时差 钟头 兩点 距离 东岸 兩点正 正好 西岸 零 东岸时间 分

Morning West coast time Half noon 2 hours 2:30 Watch Afternoon 2:45 Say it in Chinese Time 刻 Morning Quarter of an hour West coast time Half noon 2 hours Difference/lacking 2:30 Watch Afternoon 2:45 Time Night time difference Hour 2 o’clock Distance East coast 2 o’clock sharp Exactly/happen to West coast Zero East coast time Minute 早上 西岸时间 半 中午 两个钟头 差 两点半 上午 表 两点三刻 下午 时间 晚上 时差 钟头 两点 距离 东岸 两点正 正好 西岸 零 东岸时间 分

Morning West coast time Half noon 2 hours 2:30 Watch Afternoon 2:45 Say it in Chinese Time Morning Quarter of an hour West coast time Half noon 2 hours Difference/lacking 2:30 Watch Afternoon 2:45 Time Nigh time difference Hour 2 o’clock Distance East coast 2 o’clock sharp Exactly/happen to West coast Zero East coast time Minute

五分 差五分 九点差五分 早上九點差五分 點鐘 鐘頭 兩點鐘 兩個鐘頭 正好是兩點鐘 時差兩個鐘頭 時間正好是兩點鐘 美中和美東時差兩個鐘頭 EXPANDING DRILL 五分 差五分 九点差五分 早上九點差五分 點鐘 鐘頭 兩點鐘 兩個鐘頭 正好是兩點鐘 時差兩個鐘頭 時間正好是兩點鐘 美中和美東時差兩個鐘頭

Fill in the hours and minutes according to the time given: 下午五点半 中午十二点正 晚上九点差一刻 早上八点三十分 下午一点三刻 早上七点零五分 上午十点差五分 晚上十一点正 5:30pm 12:00pm 8:45pm 8:30am 1:45pm 7:05am 9:55am 11:00pm

ORAL DRILL (textbook p.83) Replace the underlined words with the given words: 1. 現在是晚上九點整。（八點差五分，中午十二點零七分，三點一刻，早上十一點半，下午四點整） 2. 時差正好是兩個鐘頭。 （一，四，十，六，十二，八） 3. 我的錶也是兩點三十分。（美國時間，中國時間，一點半，五點三刻）

TRANSLATION (textbook p.84) Excuse me, may I ask what time it is now? It is 12:00 pm sharp now. My watch is American time. The time difference between China and American is exactly 12 hours. There is 3 hours difference between American east coast and west coast. What time your flight arrives Beijing? 11:45am arrives Beijing. There is still 5 minutes from now to 7:30.

SPEAKING PRACTICE (textbook p.84) 1. Say the current time in Chinese. 2. Tell your class schedule, such as when it starts and when it finishes 3. Based on the given scenario, create a dialogue in Chinese. It is 7:00 a.m. sharp on Thursday morning. You arrive in the China airport from the USA and want to adjust the time of your watch, but you don’t know what time it is in China. The time difference between the east coast of the USA and China is 12 hours. Ask a person in the airport about the time and give the responses you might get from the person.

CHAPTER DIALOGUE #43/II-1 Time and Traveling (textbook p.81) A: American C: Chinese A﹕對不起，請問現在幾點鐘？ C﹕現在是十點三十分。 A﹕我的錶是美國時間，現在也是十點三十分。 C﹕美國時間是晚上十點半。現在中國是早上十點半。 A﹕美國和中國的時差正好是十二個鐘頭。 C: 是的。可是，美國東岸和西岸有三個鐘頭時差。 A﹕是的，美國西岸時間現在是晚上七點半。 C﹕我們的飛機幾點鐘到北京？ A﹕中午十二點差一刻到北京。 C﹕十一點三刻距離現在還有一個鐘頭零五分。

Read the chapter dialogue and answer the questions in English What time is it now according to the Chinese person? What time does the American have? What is the difference between the American’s and the Chinese person’s time? What is the time difference between the USA and China? What is the time difference between East coast and the West coast in the USA? What time is it on the West Coast in the USA? What time does their airplane arrive at Beijing? How much longer before it is 11:45 AM?  

LISTENING COMPREHENSION #44/II-2 Listen to the conversation, write your answers in English, and say it back in Chinese. 美﹕對不起，請問現在幾點鐘？ 中﹕現在是十二點差五分。 美﹕我的錶正好也是十一點五十五分。 中﹕你是美國人嗎？ 美﹕是，我是美國人。美國是晚上時間，中國是早上時間。 中﹕中國和美國的時差正好是十二個鐘頭。 美﹕太好了，我們的飛機兩點整到北京。 中：美國時間也是兩點整。 美：可是美國西岸時間不是晚上兩點鐘。 中：美國東岸和西岸有三個鐘頭的時差。 美：美國西岸現在時間是晚上九點鐘。

LISTENING COMPREHENSION Answer the questions in English 1. Is it day or night in China when the conversation occurs? 2. What time does his watch show? 3. What time does the airplane arrive in Beijing? 4. What is the time difference between the two countries? 5. What is the time difference between the east coast and west coast? 6. What time is it on the west coast?

Wrap up test write and speak You are in the airplane when the conversation occurred. You will arrive in Beijing at 10:00am US time, and there is still one hour and 15 minutes before 10:00. You need to adjust your watch. Indicate that there is 15 hours difference between China and the West Coast USA. Ask the Chinese person the current Chinese time. ( Your time is west coast time. You need to convert the arrival time to China time.) *At least 12 sentences, 6 each