Describing People

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I. 模拟对话

T： Boys and girls， do you like superstars？ 同学们，你们喜欢明星吗？

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？ 我也非常喜欢。现在我要给大家看一些明星的照片，你们想知道他们是谁吗？

Ss： Yes. 是的。

T： Now lets have a look. （Showing them a picture of Zhang Yixing） Who is he？ 让我们看一看。（给他们展示一张张艺兴的照片）他是谁？

Ss： He is Zhang Yixing. 他是张艺兴。

T： What does he look like？ 他长得怎么样？

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，这里有很多美女。让我们看一下这个女孩。她的头发怎么样？

Ss： She has curly hair. 她留着卷发。

II. 经典句式

A. appearance （外貌）

What does Mary look like？ 玛丽长得怎么样？

What is he like？ 他长得怎么样？

She is of medium height and slightly plumpish. 她中等个头，稍微有点丰满。

She is rather tall， with sloping shoulders and a slender waist. 她相当高，肩膀倾斜，腰肢苗条。

He is forty years old， rather short and skinny， and has a thin moustache and even thinner hair on his head. 他四十岁，相当矮小而且极瘦，胡子和头发都很稀疏。

Her  good-looking   husband  is   always

neatly dressed. 她那长得好看的丈夫总是衣着干净整洁。

B. personality （个性）

Her boyfriend is a lazy but kind man. 她的男朋友是一个懒惰但很善良的人。

She has a generous mother， who is strict with her. 她有一个大方而严厉的妈妈。

The English teacher is patient with all his naughty students. 英语老师对他的淘气的学生们很有耐心。

Marys mother is open-minded while her father is traditional. 玛丽的妈妈思想开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. 他们都说他们有一个有活力、诚实、幽默的数学老师。

C. age （年龄）

How old are you？ 你多大了？

How old is he / she？ 他/她多大了？

Im eighteen. 我18岁了。

He / She is six years old. 他/她六岁了。

Uncle Wang is an old man.  王叔叔是一个老人。

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. 她有一个就其年龄来说显得成熟的孩子。

They are of an age.  他们俩年龄一样大。

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. 要被选为众议员，此人必须二十五岁以上，而且必须是在美国居住了七年以上的美国公民。

III. 口语演练

（1）

A： What did the young man look like？ 那个年轻人长什么样？

B： He was thin， short， and dark. His hair was like a bundle of straw. 他个矮，又瘦又黑，头发就像一包草。

A： How about his clothes？  他穿的衣服怎么样？

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. 他穿着脏衣服。他的衣服是由廉价的布料做的。他的外套太短，裤子太松。他穿着一双过时的胶鞋，一点也不像新生。

A： How old was he？ 他多大了？

B： About 20 years old.  大約20岁。

（2）

A： What do you think of Mr Li？ 你认为李先生怎么样？

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. 他是一个朴素、和善的人。而且他是一个好邻居，一个总是听老婆话的丈夫。他看起来已经习惯于适合所有的人。

A： What does Mr Yang look like？ 杨先生看起来怎么样？

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.  他中等个头，既不高也不矮。他有一双闪闪发光的眼睛和一个惹人注目的鼻子。他看起来很有活力。

A： How about his clothes？  他的衣着怎么样？

B： He is often dressed in black， wearing a very old suit that shines from age.  他经常穿黑衣服，一件因为年代久远而发光的旧衣服。

A： Can you say something about his personality？ 你能描绘一下他的性格吗？

B： He is a gentleman because he usually speaks in a very thin， subtle voice. He treats everybody well.  他是一位绅士，因为他总是以一种很微弱的声音说话。他对待每个人都很好。

IV. 巩固练习

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