It is a quarter past eight.

现在是八点一刻。

You mustn't come back after a quarter past eight.

你不许晚于八点十五回来。

Don't hurry. The meeting starts at a quarter past eight.

不要匆忙，回忆八点过一刻开始。

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。