有人说美国人是时间的奴隶
Americans are slaves to nothing but the clock.
其实美国人非常珍惜时间
而且有时候还会为时间付费
今天就为大家盘点一下和时间相关的表达
on time 准时
in time 及时
kill time 浪费时间
Time files. 时光飞逝
例：1、You must be there on time. 你必须准时到达。
2、I hope you'll send the goods off in time. 我希望你能及时发货。
3、I stayed in my room all day and tried to kill timeby reading. 我整天都呆在房间里看书打发时间。
4、Time files, our semester has come to an end. 时间过得真快，一个学期的时光就这样结束了。
Could you set the alarm for 5 am？ 你能把闹钟定在早晨五点吗？
The alarm goes off at 5 am. 我的闹钟早晨5点响。
alarm 闹钟
go off 响起
时间前面一般用介词at，表示在某个时间点
What time is it now?
=Do you know the time?
=What's the time?
=May I ask the time?
现在几点了？
小时候应该都玩过这个游戏
老狼老狼几点啦？
The clock is seven miutes slow.这表慢了7分钟。
The clock is seven miutes fast. 这表快了7分钟。
My watch keeps good time.我的表很准时。
拓展：
morning 早晨
noon 中午
midnight 午夜
am/a.m./AM/A.M. 上午
pm/p.m./PM/P.M. 下午
quarter 一刻钟
a quarter to five 差一刻钟5点