We'll gather at the gate of the hotel at a quarter to eight.

我们七点三刻在饭店门口集合。

It's a quarter to eight now.

现在差十五分钟到八点。

I'll meet you outside at a quarter to eight.

差一刻八点，我在外边等你。

And then I usually go to school at a quarter to eight.

然后我通常七点四十五去上学。

One morning, it was already a quarter to eight when Igot up.

一天早晨，当我起床时，已经七点四十五了。

One morning, it was already a quarter to eight when I got up.

一天早上，当我起床时已经八点差一刻了。

Contrary to his usual habit (he was almost always late) Pierre arrived at the Bergs' not at ten minutes to eight, but at a quarter to eight.

皮埃尔违反他一向迟到的习惯，这天不是八点差十分，而是八点差一刻就到了贝格家里。

One morning, it was already a quarter to eight when Igot up. I was afraid that I would be late so I put on my clothes hurriedly, and left without breakfast.

一天早上，当我起床时，已经是八点差一刻了，我担心会迟到，于是我赶紧穿上衣服，没来得及吃早餐就离开了家。

The researchers studied two different groups of Swedes, each with an average age of about 70. Individuals were followed for eight to 12 years, during which nearly a quarter died.

在这项研究中，研究人员选取了两组平均年龄70岁左右的老年人，每个研究对象都跟踪调查了8~12年，其中大约1/4的对象死亡。

Egbert says she expects Microsoft to report sales of its Windows software for PCs and laptops to drop 3 percent from a year earlier, making it the toughest quarter in eight years.

埃格伯说，她预计微软将报告其用于PC和笔记本电脑的Windows软件销售与一年前比较下降3%，使这个季度成为8年来最艰难的季度。

And Australia's official index, a weighted average of prices in eight capital cities, was boosted by booms in Perth (up by 36.9% in the year to the fourth quarter) and Darwin (17.6%).

在澳大利亚，由于珀斯和达尔文房价上涨，其中，珀斯去年包括第四季度房价上涨36.9%，达尔文则上涨17.6%，所以澳大利亚的官方指数高于八个中心城市的平均价。

Joe had been at the Three Jolly Bargemen, smoking his pipe, from a quarter after eight o'clock to a quarter before ten.

昨天晚上，乔到三个快乐的船夫酒家，从八点一刻到九点三刻都在那里抽烟。

She gets up at seven every day. She has breakfast at a quarter past eight, and starts work at a quarter to ten. She works until half past twelve.

她每天七点起床，她八点一刻吃早饭，九点三刻开始工作，一直工作到十二点半。

His work starts at half past eight, and finishes at a quarter to five.

他八点半开始工作，五点差一刻结束工作。