英语博客：ESL Podcast 774 – Describing Height and Build

 　　Gwen: Do you see that heavyset guy over there, the one towering over everyone else?

　　Denzel: Yeah, what about him?

　　Gwen: He’s my ex-boyfriend. I haven’t seen him in years. When I knew him he was really skinny. He’s really put on a few pounds. It’s amazing what a few years can do.

　　Denzel: None of us are as svelte¹ as we used to be.

　　Gwen: That’s true enough. I’m not as petite as I used to be, that’s for sure.

　　Denzel: How come you’ve never mentioned this ex- boyfriend before?

　　Gwen: Oh, I’d almost forgotten about him. Oh, no. I hope that guy over there didn’t see me.

　　Denzel: Who? That short, stocky guy?

　　Gwen: No, the average height guy who’s walking this way. He’s another one of my exes. I’d hoped never to see him again.

　　Denzel: It was a bad breakup?

　　Gwen: Right. Let’s head toward² the door.

　　Denzel: Why hadn’t you mentioned him before?

　　Gwen: I thought I had. There have been so many...

　　Denzel: Don’t look now, but your ex is also headed toward the door.

　　Gwen: Which one?

　　Denzel: The tall medium build guy walking next to you!

　　Script³ by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 svelte   

adj.（女人）体态苗条的

参考例句：

• The countess was tall,svelte and very pale.伯爵夫人身材修长，苗条优雅，面色十分苍白。
• Her figure is svelte.她身材苗条。

2 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

3 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。