主題: 年終到了，日子的回顧 Dates and days in English
Days of the week in English
⦿ Monday
⦿ Tuesday
⦿ Wednesday
⦿ Thursday
⦿ Friday
⦿ Saturday
⦿ Sunday
Here are some examples:
– I work from Monday to Friday. I’m free on Saturday and Sunday.
– Our next lesson is on Wednesday.
– Saturday is his favorite day of the week because he plays football.
– The meeting is on Thursday at 10:30.
– We’ve got an appointment on Tuesday morning.
As you can see, we often use ‘on’ before the days of the week.
Months in English
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
For example:
– February is the shortest month of the year, with only 28 days.
– They’re going away on holiday in May.
– The weather is very hot here in July.
– It’s very cold in December.
– Halloween is in October.
Dates in English
When we say the date in English we normally use ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc) instead of cardinal numbers (one, two, three, etc). Let’s look at these ordinal numbers:
1st – first
2nd – second
3rd – third
4th – fourth
5th – fifth
6th – sixth
7th – seventh
8th – eighth
9th – ninth
10th – tenth
The numbers from 11-19 follow the same pattern of adding -th to the number:
11th – eleventh
12th – twelfth (the letter v changes to f)
13th – thirteenth
14th – fourteenth
15th – fifteenth
16th – sixteenth
17th – seventeenth
18th – eighteenth
19th – nineteenth
The numbers ending in -ty, like 20 and 30, change the -y to -i and add -eth. For example:
20 – twentieth
30 – thirtieth
21st – twenty-first
22nd – twenty-second
23rd – twenty-third
24th – twenty-fourth
25th – twenty-fifth
26th – twenty-sixth
27th – twenty-seventh
28th – twenty-eighth
29th – twenty-ninth
30th – thirtieth
31st – thirty-first
Here are some examples:
– Paolo’s birthday is on June 3rd. (pronounced ‘on June the third’)
– New Year’s Day is on 1st January. (pronounced ‘on the first of January’)
– We’re flying back home on Tuesday, April 10th. (pronounced ‘on Tuesday, April the tenth’)
– They’re having a party on 16th November. (pronounced on the sixteenth of November.)
– Our Wedding Anniversary is on August 11th. (pronounced ‘on August the eleventh’.)
Years in English
In English, most years are separated into two numbers. For example:
1750 – seventeen fifty
1826 – eighteen twenty-six
1984 – nineteen eighty-four
2017 – twenty seventeen
The first year of each century is pronounced like this:
1400 – fourteen hundred
1700 – seventeen hundred
2000 – two thousand
The first nine years of a century are pronounced like this:
1401 – fourteen oh one
1701 – seventeen oh one
2001 – two thousand and one
We can refer to a decade (a period of ten years) in this way:
1960-1969 – The ‘60s – pronounced ‘the sixties’
1980-1989 – The ‘80s – pronounced ‘the eighties’.
2000 – 2009 – The 2000s – pronounced ‘the two thousands’
For example:
– The Beatles were famous in the sixties.
– My parents got married in the seventies.
– Maradona played for Napoli in the eighties.
– Where were you living in the nineties?
– The internet became popular worldwide in the two thousands.
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