1 month
January ~ Jan. / Jan (Jan)
February ~ Feb. / Feb (February)
March ~ Mar. / Mar (March)
April ~ Apr. / Apr (April)
May (May)
June ~ Jun. / Jun (June)
July ~ Jul. / Jul (July)
August ~ / `Aug. / Aug (August)
September ~ Sept. / Sep. / Sep (September)
October ~ Oct. / Oct (October)
November ~ Nov. / Nov (November)
December ~ Dec. / Dec (December)
week:
Monday Monday,
Tuesday Tuesday,
Wednesday Wednesday,
Thursday Thursday,
Friday Friday,
Saturday Saturday,
Sunday Sunday.
weekend weekend, weekday business day, day day, week week, month month, year years.
English ordinal:
First: first = 1th
Second: second = 2nd
Third: third = 3rd
Fourth: fourth = 4th
Fifth: fifth = 5th
Sixth: sixth = 6th
Seventh: seventh = 7th
Eighth: eighth = 8th
Ninth: ninth = 9th
Tenth: tenth = 10th
Twenty-twentieth = 20th
Twenty first twenty-first = 21st
The twenty-second twenty-second = 22nd
The twenty-third twenty-third 23rd
2. Expression
May 1988 Monday 2 May: Monday, May (the) 2 (nd), 1988
1988年5月2日 ： the second (day) of May, in the year (of) 1988
美式：March 29, 1983 读作 March the twenty-ninth, nineteen eighty-three
Writing example:
October 23, 1986 → October 23 (rd), 1986
2002 January 17 → January 17 (th), 2002
2 May 1988 → May 2 (nd), 1988
Date read:
June 1: June first
June 8: June eighth
1982 年： nineteen eighty-two
1900 年： nineteen hundred
Year 2000: two thousand
2001 年： two thousand and one
time:
8:01→eight-oh-one
13:00→1pm
9:10→nine ten
10:35→ten thirty-five
15:20→fifteen twenty
17:45→seventeen forty-five
It’s eight in the morning.
The guests will arrive at 6 in the evening
It's five ten p.m.（17:10）.We need to get ready.
Its five fifty in the evening! (17:55)The guest will be here soon!
It’s six p.m. (18:00). The guests are arriving.
①She was born in 1989
②She was born in August.
③She was born in August 1989.
④She was born on 2nd August, 1989.