Unit1MeandMyClass文化背景资料3.docx

描述一个人的技巧当我们在一起谈论一个人的时候，我们不仅会描述她的外表（“tall”， “slender” J pretty"）,还会说说她大致的性格特点（“kind"，"reliable" , “shy”）。下 面，我们会通过几段对话，来告诉大家，如何去描述一个人。对话1:看下面的一段对话，Susan想买台笔记本电脑，Wendy给她出了一些主意。Wendy: You ought to go to Black' s. They' ve got all that sort of stuff （东西、物品）. Susan: Good idea! I didn' t think of them.Wendy: But don' t go to the manager. He' s always so miserable （总是不高兴的，总是抱怨 的）, There' s another guy who works there. He' s good.Susan: You' d better describe him to me.Wendy: Well, he' s tall and thin. And he' s got dark, curly hair.Susan: OK.Wendy: He' s really helpful and very knowledgeable （知识渊博的，有见识的）.对话2：John和他14岁的儿子聊起了学校生活。John: Oh, and you should have seen our Latin teacher!Robin: A he or a she?John: A he. Mr. Spark. He was really gangly （gangly 或者 gangling,指的是长得难看的，又瘦 又高而动作笨拙的人），and he never had a hair （当指一根头发的时候，hair是可数名词countable noun） out of place.Robin: And was he a good teacher?John: No. His lessons were actually very boring. And he was incredibly strict （在非正式 场合下，在形容词前用一个加强语气的副词，是个非常普遍的用法。比方incredibly, extremely, amazingly, unbelievably. ） . He used to sit on the corner of his desk and scowl at （怒 视） us every time we made a mistake.Robin: Sounds scary!John: He was. He had a voice like a foghorn （向雾中的船只发警告的雾角、雾喇叭，形容响亮 刺耳的嗓音）.I' 11 never forget him.对话3：Jim和Sue是同事。他们在一起评论另一个同事Joe。Jim: I think he' s been working too hard. He looks completely worn out （疲惫不堪的，筋 疲力竭的）.Sue: And he' s so shy all of a sudden. Maybe he' s got problems at home.Jim: I wouldn? t say “shy" . I' d say “unapproachable”（难以亲近的，不可亲近的，冷漠 的）. He just sits in his office all day staring at his computer screen.Sue: He used to be chatty. Don' t you remember? He was the life and soul （中心人物，最 活跃有趣的人）of the party.Jim: Shall I say something to him?Sue: I wouldn' t, if I were you.