英语初级学习系列-04-年龄

关于年龄那些English

baby
child
youth
wrinkly老人
elderly
elderly

询问别人年龄常用句子如下：

1. Can I ask how old you are?
2. How old are you?
3. May I ask how old you are?
4. May I have your age?
5. Would you mind telling me your age?
6. What age are you?
7. What's your age?
   May I have your name?

回答别人的方式：

I just turned twenty-three.

I'm over 20.

I was thirty on my last birthday.

I'd say you are about twenty.

I'd say = I would say

about = around

I'm about twenty.

I'm not quite twenty.
我还不到20岁。

I'm barely twenty.
我仅仅（刚好）20岁。

My birthday won't be until next week.
我的生日不会到下周。

Twenty's birthday is around the corner.
20岁的生日即将来临。

I'm twenty.

I'm twenty years old.

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XXX is in the sixties, but she is ageing well.
XXX 60多岁，但是她保养的好。

I'm in my twenties.

My father is in his fifties.

My mother is in her fifties.

My grandmother is in her eighties.

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Guess how old I am.

I'd say you are in your twenties.

I'd rather not tell you my age.
我宁愿不告诉你我的年龄。

I'd rather do sth.

I'd rather go for a walk.

I'd rather be office clerk.
我宁愿做办公室文员。

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.
我宁愿浏览互联网也不愿看电视。

I'd do A rather than do B

You look younger than your age.

We are living in the information age.

You're more experienced than your age.

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That singer looks mature for his age.

You look young for your age.

You look mature for your age.

physical age.
mental age.

She is going to be eighteen, but she still acts like a kid.

Hi, Amy, you should be your age.

you should behave your age.

you should act your age.

You don't look your age.
你看起来不像你的年龄。

You look mature for your age.

You look younger than your age.

You should be your age.

I am two years older than she is.
我比她大两岁。

I'm two years older than you are.

I'll no longer be his age.
我不再是他的年龄了。

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.

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The aging problem

My mother retired at the age of 55.

I entered school at the age of five.

Grandfather is getting on in years.

My grandfather is getting on in years.

He is getting on in years
他年纪越来越大了。

XXX is in her sixties, but she is ageing well.

he is aging well

she is aging well.

The baby boomers are all grown-ups now.

generation

baby boomer generation

generation X
generation Y

I am too old learn computer.

Old dogs can not learn new tricks.

It's never too old to learn.

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