Describing People

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I. 模擬對話

T： Boys and girls， do you like superstars？ 同學們，你們喜歡明星嗎？

Ss： Yes. 是的。

T： Me too. I like them very much. Now I will show you some pictures of superstars. Do you want to know who they are？ 我也非常喜歡?，F在我要給大家看一些明星的照片，你們想知道他們是誰嗎？

Ss： Yes. 是的。

T： Now lets have a look. （Showing them a picture of Zhang Yixing） Who is he？ 讓我們看一看。（給他們展示一張張藝興的照片）他是誰？

Ss： He is Zhang Yixing. 他是張藝興。

T： What does he look like？ 他長得怎么樣？

Ss： He is tall and thin. 他又高又瘦。

T： Look， here are many beautiful girls. Now look at this girl， how about her hair？ 看，這里有很多美女。讓我們看一下這個女孩。她的頭發怎么樣？

Ss： She has curly hair. 她留著卷發。

II. 經典句式

A. appearance （外貌）

What does Mary look like？ 瑪麗長得怎么樣？

What is he like？ 他長得怎么樣？

She is of medium height and slightly plumpish. 她中等個頭，稍微有點豐滿。

She is rather tall， with sloping shoulders and a slender waist. 她相當高，肩膀傾斜，腰肢苗條。

He is forty years old， rather short and skinny， and has a thin moustache and even thinner hair on his head. 他四十歲，相當矮小而且極瘦，胡子和頭發都很稀疏。

Her? good-looking?? husband? is?? always

neatly dressed. 她那長得好看的丈夫總是衣著干凈整潔。

B. personality （個性）

Her boyfriend is a lazy but kind man. 她的男朋友是一個懶惰但很善良的人。

She has a generous mother， who is strict with her. 她有一個大方而嚴厲的媽媽。

The English teacher is patient with all his naughty students. 英語老師對他的淘氣的學生們很有耐心。

Marys mother is open-minded while her father is traditional. 瑪麗的媽媽思想開放而她的爸爸思想保守。

All of them told us that they had an energetic， honest and humourous maths teacher. 他們都說他們有一個有活力、誠實、幽默的數學老師。

C. age （年齡）

How old are you？ 你多大了？

How old is he / she？ 他/她多大了？

Im eighteen. 我18歲了。

He / She is six years old. 他/她六歲了。

Uncle Wang is an old man. ?王叔叔是一個老人。

Pamela is our oldest child. 帕米拉是我們最大的孩子。

She has a child who is old for his years. 她有一個就其年齡來說顯得成熟的孩子。

They are of an age.? 他們倆年齡一樣大。

To be elected to the House， a person must be over twenty-five years old and must have been a United States citizen for morethan seven years. 要被選為眾議員，此人必須二十五歲以上，而且必須是在美國居住了七年以上的美國公民。

III. 口語演練

（1）

A： What did the young man look like？ 那個年輕人長什么樣？

B： He was thin， short， and dark. His hair was like a bundle of straw. 他個矮，又瘦又黑，頭發就像一包草。

A： How about his clothes？? 他穿的衣服怎么樣？

B： He wore dirty clothes. His clothes were made of cheap cloth. The coat was too short and the trousers were too loose. And he wore a pair of rubber shoes， which were very unfashionable. He did not look like a freshman at all. 他穿著臟衣服。他的衣服是由廉價的布料做的。他的外套太短，褲子太松。他穿著一雙過時的膠鞋，一點也不像新生。

A： How old was he？ 他多大了？

B： About 20 years old.? 大約20歲。

（2）

A： What do you think of Mr Li？ 你認為李先生怎么樣？

B： He is a simple， good-natured man. He is， in addition， a kind neighbour， and a husband who always obeys his wife. Being firmly controlled by his wife at home， he seems to have formed the habit of being agreeable to all. 他是一個樸素、和善的人。而且他是一個好鄰居，一個總是聽老婆話的丈夫。他看起來已經習慣于適合所有的人。

A： What does Mr Yang look like？ 楊先生看起來怎么樣？

B： He is of medium size， neither too tall nor too short. With a pair of gleaming eyes and a striking nose， he looks very energetic.? 他中等個頭，既不高也不矮。他有一雙閃閃發光的眼睛和一個惹人注目的鼻子。他看起來很有活力。

A： How about his clothes？? 他的衣著怎么樣？

B： He is often dressed in black， wearing a very old suit that shines from age.? 他經常穿黑衣服，一件因為年代久遠而發光的舊衣服。

A： Can you say something about his personality？ 你能描繪一下他的性格嗎？

B： He is a gentleman because he usually speaks in a very thin， subtle voice. He treats everybody well.? 他是一位紳士，因為他總是以一種很微弱的聲音說話。他對待每個人都很好。

IV. 鞏固練習

1. —_ _？

—He is tall， strong and brave.

A. Do you like him

B. How do you like him

C. What is he like???? D. What does he like

2. —What made Tom scream？

—He suddenly found _ _ watch on the

ground.

A. a gold small nice

B. a nice gold small

C. a nice small gold

D. a small nice gold

3. —Who are elected as the volunteers？

—The two boys who are _ _.

A. the same weight and age

B. of same weight and age

C. same weight and age

D. of the same weight and age

4. —Why did he make such great wonders in

his whole life？

—Because he studied hard and _ _ he

had already learned advanced mathematics

by himself.

A. at the age of 14?? B. by the age of 14

C. at 14 years of age

D. both A and C

5. —What does he look like？

—_ _.

A. He likes going for a walk after supper

B. He looks like a solider

C. He doesnt like reading

D. He is liked by all