英语口语课堂 96 谈论人

Talking About People 谈论人

[00:06.69]What does he/she...look like?

[00:09.72]他/她长什么样儿?

[00:12.75]A:My brother joined the army last year.

[00:15.02]A:我弟弟去年参军了.

[00:17.29]B:Oh,what does he look like?Is he tall?

[00:19.72]B:哦,他长什么样儿?个子高吗?

[00:22.15]A:He's tall and strong.

[00:24.12]A:他又高又壮.

[00:26.10]B:I can tell it from your build.

[00:28.02]B:从你的块头能看得出来

[00:29.94]...likes...

[00:32.31]……喜欢……

[00:34.69]A:Come on,fellows.Let's enjoy my wife's cooking!

[00:37.17]A:过来，伙计们，尝尝我妻子的手艺吧!

[00:39.65]B:Em,it's delicious!

[00:41.98]B:太好吃了!

[00:44.30]A:Thank you!My wife likes cooking very much.

[00:47.02]A:谢谢，我妻子特别喜欢烹调。

[00:49.74]B:You're lucky.

[00:51.41]B:你真幸运!

[00:53.08]What's...like?

[00:55.90]……什么样?

[00:58.72]A:I visited the famous variety show host,Dennis.

[01:01.70]A:我拜访过著名的综艺主持人丹尼斯。

[01:04.68]B:What's he like?

[01:06.16]B:他人什么样?

[01:07.63]A:Oh,he's a very serious person.

[01:09.81]A:噢，他很严肃。

[01:11.99]B:You must feel very uneasy¹ at his home.

[01:14.33]B:在他家你肯定感到不自在。

[01:16.67]How old is...?

[01:19.10]……多大了?

[01:21.53]A:I like the kid.He's so loving.

[01:23.71]A:我喜欢这孩子，他可爱极了。

[01:25.89]B:How old is he?

[01:27.51]B:他多大了?

[01:29.13]A:Twelve.He's very sensible² for his age.

[01:31.66]A:十二岁，已经很懂事了。

[01:34.20]What's the color of...?

[01:36.98]……是什么颜色的?

[01:39.76]A:My friend Jean is very beautiful.

[01:42.03]A:我的朋友珍非常漂亮。

[01:44.31]B:What's her figure?

[01:45.89]B:体形怎么样?

[01:47.47]A:Perfect,and I like her charming³ eyes too.

[01:50.04]A:完美无缺，我还喜欢她迷人的眼睛。

[01:52.61]B:What's the color of her eyes? A:Dark bule.

[01:55.25]B:什么颜色的?A:深蓝色的。

[01:57.89]...is...

[01:59.86]……是……。

[02:01.84]A:What do you think of the speech the man delivered just now?

[02:04.42]A:你觉得那个人发表的演说怎么样?

[02:07.01]B:Don't believe him.He's a liar⁴.

[02:09.28]B:别听他的，他经常撒谎。

[02:11.55]A:We cannot expect politics to be true anyway. B:Exactly.

[02:14.39]我们可不能指望政治都是真话.是啊.

[02:17.22]...prefers...to...

[02:20.60]……愿意……而不愿……

[02:23.99]A:Tony looks very handsome in the suit.

[02:26.36]A:托尼穿那件衣服很英俊。

[02:28.74]B:He prefers suits to jackets.

[02:30.87]B:他愿意穿西装，不愿穿夹克。

[02:33.00]A:Judge from his look,he's a very serious person.

[02:35.92]A:从外表来看他很严肃。

[02:38.85]B:As a matter of fact,he is.

[02:40.98]B:事实上他本来就很严肃。

[02:43.11]...is very strict with...

[02:46.79]……对……要求很严。

[02:50.48]A:What do you think of your teacher?

[02:52.40]A:你觉得你的老师怎么样?

[02:54.32]B:He's very strict with us.

[02:56.29]B:他对我们要求很严。

[02:58.26]A:And I hear he gives very good lectures.

[03:00.60]A:我听说他讲课很好。

[03:02.94]B:Indeed.He's strict with himself too.

[03:05.31]B:确实是这样，他对自己要求也很严。

[03:07.69]We can see every lecture of his is well-prepared.

[03:10.37]我们能看出他每次讲课都做了精心准备。

[03:13.04]They have moved to...

[03:16.13]他们已搬到……了。

[03:19.21]A:I haven't met the Smiths for a long time.

[03:21.69]A:我好久没见到史密斯一家人了。

[03:24.17]B:They have moved to Chicago.

[03:26.05]B:他们已经搬到芝加哥去了。

[03:27.93]A:Why? B:Mr.Smith has changed his job.

[03:30.66]A:怎么回事?B:史密斯先生换工作了。

[03:33.39]His grandfather is a/the...

[03:37.57]他的祖父是……

[03:41.75]A:His grandfater is the richest person in the area.

[03:44.27]A:他的爷爷是那一带的首富。

[03:46.80]B:What a miser⁵!He cycles to school every day.

[03:49.68]B:吝啬鬼!他每天还骑自行车上学!

[03:52.57]A:His grandfather's money is not his.

[03:54.84]A:他爷爷的钱又不是他的。

[03:57.11]B:I can't understand him anyway.

[03:59.15]B:反正我想不通。

[04:01.19]Bob is very popular among...

[04:05.07]鲍伯很受……喜欢。

[04:08.95]A:Bob is really handsome.

[04:10.72]A:鲍伯真英俊。

[04:12.50]B:That's why he's very popular amomg girls.

[04:14.82]B:所以他很受女孩青睐。

[04:17.15]A:I wish I were just as handsome.

[04:19.13]A:我有那么帅该多好啊!

[04:21.12]B:You are!

[04:22.70]B:你本来就很帅嘛!

[04:24.28]He has worked...

[04:27.31]他已经在……干了……

[04:30.34]A:He has worked five years in that bank.

[04:32.77]A:他在那家银行已经干了五年。

[04:35.20]B:He must be an experienced⁶ accountant.

[04:37.49]B:他做会计肯定很有经验。

[04:39.77]A:You said it.Let's ask him to work in our bank.

[04:42.64]A:你说对了，请他到咱们银行工作吧。

[04:45.52]B:Great minds think alike⁷.

[04:47.40]B:英雄所见略同。

[04:49.28]Mary likes...

[04:52.11]玛丽喜欢……。

[04:54.95]A:Mary likes mountain climbing.

[04:57.01]A:玛丽喜欢爬山。

[04:59.08]B:What?No kidding!

[05:01.00]B:什么?不是开玩笑吧!

[05:02.92]A:Yes,she's a professional climber.

[05:04.99]A:不，她是职业登山运动员。

[05:07.07]B:I can't believe it!

[05:08.99]B:我都不敢相信呢!

[05:10.91]He will never do well in...

[05:14.24]他不学……的料。

[05:17.57]A:Paul falled again.

[05:19.70]A:保罗又不及格。

[05:21.83]B:He'll never do well in mathematics.

[05:23.96]B:他的数学是学不好了。

[05:26.09]A:How can we help him?

[05:27.71]A:我们怎么帮他呢?

[05:29.33]B:Well,I can't help.

[05:31.06]B:哎呀，我可无能为力。

[05:32.80]He loves...

[05:35.48]他喜欢……。

[05:38.16]A:He loves that blonde girl.

[05:40.18]A:他喜欢那金发女郎。

[05:42.20]B:Yes,he once gave her seven roses.

[05:44.53]B:对，有一次他送给她七朵玫瑰花。

[05:46.85]A:Did she accept it?

[05:48.54]A:她接受了吗?

[05:50.22]B:No way to know.

[05:51.80]B:我没法知道了。

[05:53.38]He's very...

[05:56.06]他很……

[05:58.74]A:Our philosophy teacher is very humorous.

[06:01.56]A:我们的哲学教师很幽默。

[06:04.38]B:I usually have the wrong notion⁸ that he's very serious.

[06:07.16]B:我总以为他很严肃。

[06:09.95]A:No,not at all.The examples he gives are very interesing.

[06:13.19]A:不，一点也不。他的例子非常有意思。

[06:16.42]B:No wonder when I pass your room,I always hear your laughter.

[06:19.40]B:怪不得我每次经过你们教室都听见笑声呢。

[06:22.38]My friend George has been to...

[06:26.35]我的朋友乔治去过……

[06:30.32]A:My friend George has been to Switzerland twice.

[06:32.80]A:我的朋友乔治去过瑞士两次。

[06:35.28]B:Does he like that country?

[06:37.17]B:他喜欢那个国家吗?

[06:39.05]A:Yes,he likes the people and the quietness there.

[06:41.83]A:对，他喜欢那儿的人和那里安静的环境。

[06:44.61]B:Would you ask him to tell us more about the country?

[06:47.34]你让他给我们多提供点儿那里的信息好吗?

1 uneasy   

adj.心神不安的，担心的，令人不安的

参考例句：

• He feels uneasy today.他今天心里感到不安。
• She had an uneasy feeling that they were still following her.她有一种他们仍在跟踪她的不安感觉。

2 sensible   

adj.可察觉的，意识到的，实用的；n.可感知物

参考例句：

• Are you sensible of the dangers of your position? 你觉察到你处境中的危险了吗？
• He was sensible enough to mind his own business.他颇有见识，不去管闲事。

3 charming   

adj.迷人的，可爱的

参考例句：

• She looked small and gentle and altogether charming.她看起来小巧文雅,十分迷人。
• She has charming manners.她具有媚人的风姿。

4 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

5 miser   

n.守财奴，吝啬鬼 (adj.miserly)

参考例句：

• The miser doesn't like to part with his money.守财奴舍不得花他的钱。
• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。

6 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。

7 alike   

adj.同样的，相像的；adv.一样地；同程度地　

参考例句：

• The twins are so alike that I can't tell which is which.这对双胞胎一模一样，我分辨不出谁是谁。
• All stories seemed dreadfully alike,no matter who told them.看来，不管谁讲，故事都是千篇一律的。

8 notion   

n.概念，意念，看法

参考例句：

• One common Chinese notion is that the elders ought to be respected.中国人共有的一种观念是长者应受到尊敬。
• He had a sudden notion to visit all his relatives.他心血来潮，突然想去拜访他所有的亲戚。