英语儿歌274首 第98期:Is it ten to nine

 歌词如下：

Is it ten to nine? Is it ten after eight? You can tell time!

So don't be late²!

Sixty³ minutes⁴ in an hour! 24 hours in a day!

Time to eat, and time to sleep⁵, and time to work⁶, and time to play!

What time is it now? Look at the clock!

What time is it now? Tick-tock! Tick-tock!

Is it nine twenty⁷? Is it half⁸ past⁹ eight? You can tell time!

So don't be late!

Sixty minutes in an hour! 24 hours in a day!

Time to eat, and time to sleep, and time to work, and time to play!

What time is it now? Look at the clock! What time is it now? Tick-tock! Tick-tock!

1   

参考例句：

2 late   

adj.迟的，晚的；已故的；adv.很晚，很迟，晚

参考例句：

• Why are you so late?你为什么这样晚呢？
• I'm a little late.我有点迟了。

3 sixty   

num.六十

参考例句：

• He can type sixty words within one minute.他一分钟内可以打六十个字。
• One hour has sixty minutes.一个小时有六十分钟。

4 minutes   

n.[法] 备忘录，会议记录，审判记录；分( minute的名词复数 )；分钟；瞬间；片刻

参考例句：

• After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness. 几分钟后我们的眼睛就适应了黑暗。
• In its heyday , the company ran trains every fifteen minutes. 公司在最兴隆时期每隔十五分钟就开出一列火车。

5 sleep   

vi.睡，睡觉；n.睡眠

参考例句：

• I can not get to sleep.我睡不着觉。
• Sleep is necessary to health.睡眠对健康是必要的。

6 work   

n.工作，劳动

参考例句：

• We all work hard.我们都努力工作。
• Her work is to take care of the children.她的工作是照料好孩子。

7 twenty   

num.二十

参考例句：

• This textbook has twenty lessons.这课本有二十课。
• There are twenty tomatoes in the box.箱子里有二十个西红柿。

8 half   

n./adj.半，一半，半个

参考例句：

• Half of six is three.六的一半是三。
• Half of the students go to school early.一半的学生上学早。

9 past   

n.过去，昔时，往事，早年经历，过去时；adj.过去的，结束的，卸任的，过去时的；prep.越过，晚于，超越，超出...的可能性（能力、范围等）；pass的过去分词

参考例句：

• We walked past the hospital.我们从医院旁边经过。
• The past is past.Let us look ahead.过去的事已成过去。让我们向前看吧。