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 整 正 鐘 分 líng wăn zhĕng zhōng zăo wǔ zhèng fēng 刻 離 錶 距 差 時 間 頭 kè lí biăo jù tóu chā shí jiān 東 岸 半 北 京 西 上 下 bàn bĕi dōng àn jīng xī shàng xià 六 點 七 問 現 過 在 和 也 yĕ liù diăn qī wèn xiàn guò zài hé

Connection Check Sound with Symbol 早 午 零 晚 整 正 鐘 分 刻 離 錶 距 差 時 間 頭 東 岸 半 北 京 西 上 下 六 點 七 問 現 過 在 和 也

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 錶 băo 時間 Shí jiān West coast Time East coast Time 東岸 dōng àn 西岸時間 Xī àn Shí jiān 東岸時間 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 錶 時間 West coast Time East coast Time 東 岸 西岸時間 東岸時間 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 兩點一刻 Liang dian Yí kè 十二點半 Shí èr diăn bàn 一刻 Yí kè 2:05 minutes 兩點零五分 Liang diăn líng wŭ fēn 五分 Wŭ fēn 零 líng 分 fēn

Time and Traveling Vocabulary - 2/3 15 minutes (one quarter) 半 十二點半 兩點一刻 一刻 2:05 minutes 五分 零 兩點零五分 分

= + 整zhĕng 差 鐘頭 時差 距離 正好兩個鐘頭 Time and Traveling Vocabulary – 3/3 sharp 下午兩點整 xià wŭ Liang dian zhĕng 點鐘 diăn zhōng 下午兩點鐘 xià wŭ Liang dian zhōng 兩點整 Liang dian zhĕng hour exactly/happens to be … 2 hours 鐘頭 zhōng tóu = + 正好 zhèng hăo 兩個鐘頭 Liăng ge zhōng tóu time difference lacking or difference distance/away from… Exactly two hours 時差 shí chā 距離 jù lí 正好兩個鐘頭 zhèng hăo Liăng ge zhōng tóu 差 chā

Time and Traveling Vocabulary – 3/3 sharp Oclock 整 下午兩點(鐘) 下午兩點整 點鐘 兩點整 hour exactly/happens to be … 2 hours 鐘頭 = + 兩個鐘頭 正好 time difference lacking or difference distance/away from… Exactly two hours 時差 距離 正好兩個鐘頭 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…

Did you know… 零líng = zero Ex. 二00八年 er ling ling ba nian, 4:05 si dian ling wu fen 點鐘diăn zhōng =O’clock 鐘 sometimes can be omitted. 分fēn =minute When referring to the length of a time, 分鐘fēn zhōng (minute) can be used. Ex. 走路到天安門要十分鐘。 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. 八點一刻=八點十五分。For 45 minutes, it is 三刻。 鐘頭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 西岸時間 半 中午 兩個鐘頭 差 兩點半 上午 錶 兩點三刻 下午 時間 晚上 時差 鐘頭 兩點鐘 距離 東岸 兩點整 正好 西岸 零 東岸時間 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 西岸時間 半 中午 兩個鐘頭 差 兩點半 上午 錶 兩點三刻 下午 時間 晚上 時差 鐘頭 兩點鐘 距離 東岸 兩點整 正好 西岸 零 東岸時間 分

Write 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 九點差五分 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 九點差五分 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: 下午五點半 中午十二點整 晚上九點差一刻 早上八點三十分 下午一點三刻 早上七點零五分 上午十點差五分 晚上十一點整正 5:30pm 12:00pm 8:45pm 8:30am 1:45pm 7:05am 9:55am 11:00pm

ORAL DRILL 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 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 fright arrives Beijing? 11:45am arrives Beijing. There is still 5 minutes from now to 7:30.

SPEAKING PRACTICE 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 Time and Traveling 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 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) *At least 12 sentences, 6 each