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1、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
2、 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
3、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 lesso
4、ns 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 fog
5、horn (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.
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