How To Read Dates In English - Spoken English Lesson

Hello, I'm Oli.

您好，我是Oli。欢迎使用牛津在线英语。 让我问一个问题：“你的生日是什么时候？”

Welcome to Oxford Online English.

Let me ask you a question: "When is your birthday?"

This is a simple question, but many English learners can't answer without making a mistake.

这是一个简单的问题，但是很多英语 学习者不能不犯错误就回答。

This is because reading dates in English, saying months and years and dates, is quite

这是因为用英语阅读日期， 说几个月，几年和日期，是相当

complicated.

复杂。在本课中，我们将要 看看如何用英语阅读日期。

In this lesson, we're going to look at how you can read dates in English.

Let's start with an example.

让我们从一个例子开始。所以你看到了。 怎么说呢其实有两个

So you see this.

How can you say it?

Actually, there are two possibilities.

可能性。您可以说：“ 11月 14日”或：“ 11月14日”。

You can say: "November the fourteenth," or: "The fourteenth of November."

Let's do one more example.

让我们再举一个例子。你看这个。怎么样 你能说出来吗？同样，两种方式相同：

You see this.

How can you say it?

Again, the same two ways: "September the thirtieth," or: "The thirtieth of September."

“ 9月30日”，或：“ 30日 9月。”您可以看到我们通常不

You can see that we don't normally write these words, 'the' and 'of', but we do say them.

写下这些单词“ the”和“ of”，但是我们 说他们。您有时可能会听到母语

You might sometimes hear native speakers read dates without 'the', especially in American

讲者读的日期没有“ the”，特别是 美国英语。如果不确定，那就是

English.

If you aren't sure, it's better to use 'the'.

最好使用“ the”。接下来，让我们看一下年份。 那几年呢？让我们来看看五年

Next, let's look at years.

What about years?

Let's look at five years and I want you to think about how you could say them.

我想让你考虑如何 说他们考虑一下您的答案。暂停

Think about your answers.

Pause the video for a moment, and work out your answers if you aren't sure.

视频片刻，然后算出 如果不确定，请回答。好？我们看看吧。

Ok?

Let's look.

We say: "Nineteen hundred," "Nineteen oh two," "Nineteen eighty," "Two thousand and one,"

我们说：“一千九百”，“十九个哦，两个” “十九点八十分”，“两千零一十”

"Two thousand and ten," or "Twenty ten."

“两千零一”或“二十一”。我们 在几年前需要不同的规则

We need different rules for years before and after two thousand.

两千之后。所以在2000年之前 如果年份以“ 00”结尾，则不使用数百

So for years before 2000, if the year ends in '00', use hundreds not thousands.

数千。这么说：“一千九百” “1900。”如果一年结束

So say: "nineteen hundred," not "one thousand nine hundred."

If the year ends in '01', '02', '03' etc., pronounce 'zero' as 'oh', and don't say hundred.

在'01'，'02'，'03'等中，发音为'zero' 作为“哦”，不要说一百。所以我们说

So we say "nineteen oh one," "eighteen oh two," "seventeen oh five" and so on.

“十九个哦一”，“十八个哦二”，“十七个 哦五”，依此类推。如果年份以

If the year ends in a number bigger than ten, say the year in two parts.

大于十的数字，例如二年 部分。例如：“十八二十”，“十九

For example: "eighteen twenty," "nineteen fifty-five," or "nineteen ninety-nine."

五十五”或“十九九十九”。 2000年以后的几年，我们需要不同的规则。

For years after 2000, we need different rules.

For the years 2000-2009, use the full number.

对于2000-2009年，请使用完整数字。 “两千”，“两千零一”，“两

"Two thousand," "Two thousand and one," "Two thousand and two," etc.

一千零二”，等等。在2010-2019年， 您可以选择：您可以说出完整的数字

For the years 2010-2019, you can choose: you can say the full number - you can say "Two

-您可以说“两千零一”，或者您 可以将年份分为两个部分：“二十十”。

thousand and ten," or you can say the year in two parts: "Twenty ten."

The same is true for all of these years, so you can say: "Twenty eleven," or "Two thousand

这些年来都是如此，所以 您可以说：“二十一”或“两千

and eleven."

和十一。“他们都还好。对于2020和 之后，您仍然可以选择说年份

They're both ok.

For 2020 and after, you can still choose to say the year in two parts, or say the full

分两部分，或者说出全部数字，但是 说两部分的年份会更多

number, but saying the year in two parts will be more common.

So "Twenty twenty" will be more common than "Two thousand and twenty," although both are

共同。所以“二十二”会更普遍 而不是“两千二十”

还可以有时我们缩短日期并使用 简短的形式。例如，我们经常缩短

ok.

Sometimes we shorten dates and use a short form.

For example, we often shorten years from the recent past by just reading the last two numbers

通过阅读最近的几年 一年的最后两个数字。例如：

of the year.

For example: you can say "eighty-one" for 1981, like: "My brother was born in eighty-one."

您可以说1981年的“八十一”，例如： 哥哥八十一岁。” 2001年

2001 could become "oh-one": "I graduated in oh-one."

成为“哦一”：“我毕业于哦一”。 1999年可能是“九十九”，例如：“她开始

1999 could be "ninety-nine," like: "She started working here in ninety-nine."

九十九岁在这里工作。” 通过使用

We also sometimes shorten months by using the number of the month instead of the name.

月份而不是名称。所以如果你的生日 是1989年6月20日，您可以阅读

So if your birthday is the 20th of June, 1989, you could read it as: "Twentieth of the sixth,

它表示为：“第六名的八十分之一，八十九岁。” 这是很常见的，尤其是当

eighty-nine."

This is very common especially when giving information on the phone, or in a bank, in

电话中或银行中的信息 一家商店，诸如此类，人们使用

a shop, something like that, people use this quite often.

经常。好的，课程到此结束。 希望对您有用。如果你在看

Ok, that's the end of the lesson.

I hope it was useful for you.

If you're watching this on YouTube, I suggest you check out the full lesson on our website.

在YouTube上，我建议您查看 我们网站上的完整课程。完整的课程

The full lesson includes a text and exercises to help you practise this topic.

包括文字和练习以帮助您 实践这个话题。但是，仅此而已。谢谢

But that's all.

Thanks again very much for watching, and I'll see you next time.

再次非常值得一看，我会看到 你下次。再见！

Bye bye!