成年的 man 和成年的 woman。小孩子是 child。把他们都算在一起,就是 people。一个人可以是 tall 或 young,你也可以说说他或她的头发,也就是 hair。想问的话,就说 What does she look like?
man, woman, child, people
试一试: Ethan and Camila are at the community center. Ethan is one man. Camila is twenty-five years old. She is one ___. (woman / women / child) 答案: woman — Camila 只有一个人,而且她二十五岁了,所以是 woman。Women 是不止一个的时候用,child 年纪还小。
试一试: Maya: Who are they? Neighbor: My son and my daughter. He is six and she is nine. They are my ___. 选出对应的词: (children / child / men) 答案: children — 他们有两个,而且年纪小,所以是 children。Child 只指一个,men 说的是成年男人。而且这两个里有一个是女儿。
试一试: Men, women and children are all at the community center. There are many ___ here. (people / woman / child) 答案: people — Men、women 和 children 合在一起就是 people。Woman 只说到其中一种人,child 也只说到其中一种人,所以都不能用来指所有人。
单词
发音
例句
man (men)
/mæn/
one man, two men
woman (women)
/ˈwʊmən/
one woman, two women
child (children)
/tʃaɪld/
one child, two children
people
/ˈpiːpəl/
many people
高和年轻
Tall 是说从脚到头的距离很长:a tall man 的头离门顶很近。Young 是说年纪小:a child is young。
试一试: A child is six years old. His father is at the door, and the door is small for the father. His father is ___. (tall / young / hair) 答案: tall — 门对这位爸爸来说太小了,所以爸爸很 tall。Young 说的是六岁的孩子,不是他爸爸。Hair 不是用来形容整个人的词。
单词
发音
例句
tall
/tɔːl/
He is very tall.
young
/jʌŋ/
He is young.
头发,以及问一个人长什么样
Hair 就是长在头上的头发:my hair, her hair, his hair。问一个人长什么样,问女性就说 What does she look like?,问男性就说 What does he look like?。永远按这个顺序,当成一个整体来说。回答可以说 tall、young,或者说说头发。
试一试: You want Diego to describe a woman in his class. You ask: ___ (What does she look like? / How does she look like? / What she looks like?) 答案: What does she look like? — 这个整体用 what 开头,不是 how,而且 like 放在最后:What does she look like? 每次都按这个顺序说。