a quarter to seven

Last week, the forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers shaved its forecasts for economic growth to a 1.5% annual rate in the third-quarter and 1.4% in the fourth quarter, both down seven-tenths of a percentage point, largely due to the effect of the drought on farm output.

预测公司Macroeconomic Advisers上周将第三季度年化经济增长率预期下调至1.5%，将第四季度预期下调至1.4%，分别都降了0.7个百分点，理由主要是旱灾对农业产量的影响。

She started off to school at a quarter to seven the next morning.

第二天早上六点四十五，她就动身去学校了。

I go to school at a quarter past seven.

在七点一刻我去上学。

They often have their evening meal at about a quarter to seven.

他们常在七点四十五吃晚餐.

David usually gets up at a quarter to seven.

大卫通常在六点四十五分起床。