튜터링 전화영어 79/80/81회차 <Reading Time>

[NEW THINGS]

*READING TIME

1. COMMON
- 시 분 순서대로 읽기
ex) It's 8 15.

2. (30분 이하인 경우) 분 PAST 시 
ex) 8:15 - It's 15(minutes) past 8.

3. (30분 초과) 분 TO/TILL/BEFORE 시
ex) 7:45 - It's 15(minutes) to 8.

4. 특정 단어로 대체
- 15: a quarter
- 30: half
ex) It's a quarter past 8.
ex) It's half past 8.

5. DO YOU HAVE THE TIME?
- THE가 붙으면 시간을 물어보는 것

*LITTLE VS A LITTLE
- little : 거의 없다
- a little : 조금 있다.

* -ING VS -ED
- ing : reason
- ed : affected person
ex.
The class was boring. so I was very bored.
Grammer is confusing. so I am confused.
My Date was annoying. so I was annoyed with him.
// scary 같은 특별한 케이스도 있음

*TIME (countable vs uncountable)
- countable : time means the number of occurrences.
- uncountable : time means the amount of seconds, minutes, hours, days, etc
ex. (c) We have met two times already.
ex. (uc) He has too much time to eat.

• at the top of the hour[idiom] - at the beginning of the hour //정각에
• an hour hand - 시침
• a minute hand - 분침
• idiom = 관용어
• sunrise = 해돋이, 일출

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[PRONUNCIATION]

• close [kloʊs]
• New York [nu yɔrk]
• etc [ˌet ˈsetərə; ˌɪt]
• Starbucks
• ante meridiem [ǽnti-mərídiəm,-èm]
• half [hæf]
• four [fɔː(r)]
• occurrence [əkɜːrəns]

 

[FEEDBACK]

• I want to know why don't we use 'a'?
• My homework deadline is at the top of the hour.
• It's twenty-five minutes to four.
• In our last class, we learned about the "past".
• The hour hand is a little confusing.
• Starbucks usually closes at 11 p.m.
• The sun rises at 6 A.M
• When I say 'it's 9 o'clock' how would people know whether it's a.m or p.m?

[ENGLISH COMPOSITION]

• Do I use 'past' only 30 minutes before?
• The hour hand in picture D is a little confusing.
• I'm so confused about the hour hand in picture D.
• Can you ask me the date when the class starts?