新東方英語口語開口篇 Lesson 8:Age 年齡

0801
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
Can I ask how old you are?
我能問問您多大了嗎？

How old are you?
Can I ask how old you are?
May I ask how old you are?
May I have your age?
May I have your name?
Would you mind telling me your age?
What‘s your age?
What age are you?

0802
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
I just turned twenty-three.
我剛滿二十三。

I’m over 20.
I just turned twenty-one.
turn green

0803
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
I was thirty on my last birthday.
我三十歲出頭了。

I was twenty on my last birthday.

0804
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
I’d say you are about twenty.
我說你快二十了。

I’d say = I would say
about = around
I’m about twenty.
I’m not quite twenty.
I’m barely twenty.
My birthday won‘t be until next week.
Twenty‘s birthday is around the corner.
I’m twenty.
I’m twenty years old.

0805
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
Joanna is in her sixties, but she is ageing well.
Joanna六十多歲了，但保養得很好。

Well, I’m in my twenties.
My father is in his fifties.
My mother is in her fifties.
My grandmother is in her eighties.

0806
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
Guess how old I am.
你猜我多大了。

I’d say you are in your twenties.

0807
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
I’d rather not tell you my age.
我可不想談我的年齡。

I’d rather do sth.
I'd rather go for a walk.
I'd rather be office clerk.
I’d rather not do sth.
I’d rather do A than do B = prefer A to B
I’d rather browse the Internet than watch TV.
I’d do A rather than do B

0808
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
You look younger than your age.
您看起來比實際年齡年輕。

We are living in the information age.
You’re more experienced than your age.

0809
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
That singer looks mature for his age.
那個歌星看上去比同齡人成熟。

You look young for your age.
You look mature for your age.
physical age
mental age

0810
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
She is going to be eighteen, but she still acts like a kid.
她都快十八歲了，舉止卻像個孩子。

Hi, Dina, you should be your age.
Hi, Dina, you should behave your age.
Hi, Dina, you should act your age.

0811
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
You don‘t look your age.
You look mature for your age.
You look younger than your age.
You should be your age.

0812
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
I am two years older than she is.
我比她大兩歲。

I’m two years older than you are.
I‘ll no longer be his age.
When I was your age, I used to be number one in the class.
We are of the same age.
We are of an age.
the aging problem 老齡化問題

0813
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
My mother retired at the age of 55.
我媽媽五十五歲退休。

I entered school at the age of five.

0814
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
Grandfather is getting on in years.
爺爺一年比一年老了。

My grandfather is getting on in years.
He is getting on in years.

0815
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
Joanna is in her sixties, but she is ageing well.
Joanna六十多歲了，但保養得很好。

He is aging well.
She is aging well.

0816
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
The baby boomers are all grown-ups now.
嬰兒潮出生的人們現在都成年了。

Generation
baby boomer generation
generation X
generation Y

0817
Lesson Eight Age 年齡
I am too old to learn computer.
我歲數太大了，學不了電腦了。

Old dogs can not learn new tricks.
It‘s never too old to learn.