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你会用英语准确表示年龄吗?

2023-04-02胡明蓓

语数外学习·初中版 2023年12期
关键词:基数词同學露西

胡明蓓

年龄与生活密切相关。那么,在英语中,如何准确表达年龄呢?对此,笔者总结了如下几种表示方法,以期对同学们有所帮助。

一、“整岁”的表达

1.直接用基数词。例如:

I m twelve now.

我现在十二岁了。

2.基数词+years old 。例如:

He will be sixteen years old next year.

明年他就十六岁。

3.基数词+years of age 。例如:

Lucy is ten years of age.

露西十岁了。

4.基数词-year-old 。例如:

Her three- year- old daughter can speak English.

她三岁大的女儿会说英语。

5.of+基数词。例如:

Jack is a boy of seven.

杰克是一个七岁的小男孩。

6.at age+基数词。例如:

At age fourteen, she joined the music club.

她十四岁时加入了音乐社团。

7.aged+基数词。例如:

Tom has a son aged two.

汤姆有一个两岁的儿子。

8.at the age of +基数词。例如:

He learned to ride a bike at the age of eight.

他八岁时学会了骑自行车。

二、“……多岁”的表达

1.in one s +基数词的复数形式。例如:

Many people retire in their sixties.

许多人在六十多岁时退休。

2.over+基数词(+years old)。例如:

Can you imagine she s over ninety(years old).

你能想象得到她已经九十多岁了吗?

3.above+基数词(+years old)。例如:

My father is a man above fifty (years old).

我父亲是一个五十多岁的人。

4.past+基数词(+years old)。例如:

Jane s grandpa is past eighty (years old), but he is still in good health.

简的祖父虽然八十多岁了,但是身体依然很健康。

5.more than+基数词(+years old)。例如:

He didn t marry until he was more than forty (years old ).

他直到四十多岁时才结婚。

6.基数词+something 。例如:

In looks, she seems to be thirty some- thing.

从外表上看,她似乎有三十多岁了。

三、“不满/到……岁”的表达

1.under +基数词(+years old)。例如:

They offer free deals for children under twelve(years old).

他们为不满12岁的儿童提供免费套餐。

2.less than+基数词(+years old)。例如:

He was interested in math when he was less than four (years old).

他不满四岁时就对数学感兴趣。

3.not yet +基数词(+years old)。例如:

At this time he was not yet twenty(years old).

当时他还不满二十岁。

4.hardly/barely/scarcely+基数词(+years old)。例如:

When I learned to play the guitar,I was hardly/barely/scarcely six (years old).

当我学弹吉他的时候,我还不满六岁。

四、“快满/到……岁”的表达

1.will be+基数词(+years old)。例如:

Peter will be nine (years old).

彼得快满九岁了。

2.be going on +基数词(+years old)。例如:

I am going on eleven(years old).

我快满十一岁了。

3.begetting on+基数词(+yearsold)。例如:

His sister is getting on twenty-two (years old).

他的姐姐快满二十二岁了。

4.nearly +基数词(+years old)。例如:

She is nearly forty (years old),but has a mental age of eighteen.

她虽然快满四十岁了,但是心理年龄还是十八岁。

5.almost+基数词(+years old)。例如:

My mother is a teacher, she is almost fifty (years old).

我的母亲是一名教师,她快满五十岁了。

总之,英语中年龄的表达方式可谓是丰富多样。在平时学习中,同學们要注意多总结、多积累,以此丰富语言知识储备,这样才不会有“书到用时方恨少”的懊恼和遗憾。

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