Unit 4 ASKING ABOUT AGE 第四单元询问年龄196 How old are you?197 I'm twenty-one years old.198 My brother is not quite twenty-five,199 John is not forty-five yet, is he?200 Mr. Smith is still in his fifties.201 I'm two years older than you are.202 My brother is two years younger than I am.203 How many are there in your family?204 There are seven of us altogether.205 My sister is the oldest.206 I’m the youngest.207 Guess how old I am.208 I'd say you're about twenty-three.209 I was thirty on my last birthday.210 I'm going to be sixty-one next Tuesday.196 你多大年纪？197 我二十一岁。
198 我哥哥还不足二十五岁。
199 约翰还不到四十五岁，是吗？200 史密斯先生还是五十多岁。
201 我比你大两岁。
202 我弟弟比我小两岁。
203 你家里有几个人？204 我们一共有七个人。
205 我姐姐是最大的。
206 我是最小的。
207 猜猜我多大。
208 我说你大概二十三岁。
209 上次生日我是过三十岁。
210 下星期二我就要六十一岁了。
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS1.J ANE:H OW old are you?C HARLES:I'm twenty-seven years old.2.J AMES:H OW old is your brother?C HARLES:My brother is not quite twenty-five.3.C HARLES:John is not forty-five yet, is he?T OM:N O, he isn't. He's just forty-two.4. H ELEN:Mr. Smith is in his fifties, isn't he?T OM:Yes, I think he is.5.C HARLES:H OW old are you, Tom?T OM:I'm two years older than you are.6.T OM:How old is your brother, Charles?C HARLES:My brother is two years younger than I am.7.J ANE:How many are there in your family?T OM:There are seven of us altogether.8.C HARLES:H OW many are there in your family?J ANE:I have two brothers and three sisters.9. B ILL:Are you the youngest in your family?C HARLES:N O, I'm not. My brother is the youngest.10.C HARLES:Are you the oldest in your family?T OM:Yes, I am. I'm the oldest.11.M R.S MITH:Guess how old I am.T OM:I'd say you're about thirty years old.12.T OM:Were you thirty on your last birthday?M R.S MITH:N O, I wasn't. I was thirty-four on my last birthday 13.M R.S MITH:H OW old are you?M R.C OOPER:I'm going to be sixty-one on my next birthday.14.B ILL:Do you know how old Kenneth is?M R.S MITH:I'd say he's about sixty or sixty-one.15.B ILL:You're not very old. You're still young.T OM:Yes, I'm still young. But I'm older than you are.问与答1.简：你多大年记？査理斯：我二十七岁。
2.詹姆斯：你弟弟几岁？査理斯：我弟弟还不到二十五岁。
3.査理斯：约翰还不到四十五岁，是吗？汤姆：还不到.他刚四十二岁。
4.海伦：史密斯先生是五十多岁，不是吗？汤姆：是的，我想他是的。
5.査理斯：汤姆，你多大所纪？汤姆：我比你大两岁.6.汤姆：査理斯，你的弟弟多大了？査理斯：我的弟弟比我小两岁.7.简：你家里有几个人？汤姆：我们一共有七个人。
8.査理斯：你家里有几个人？简：我有两个兄弟和三个姊妹。
9.比尔：你是你家里最小的吗？査理斯：不是，我弟弟是最小的。
10.査理斯：你是你家里最大的吗？汤姆：是的，我最大。
11.史崈斯先生：猜猜我多大年纪。
汤姆：我说你大概三十岁。
12. 汤姆：你上次生日是过三十岁吗？史密斯先生：不是的。
上次生日我是三十四岁。
13.史密斯先生：你多大年纪？库珀先生：下次生日我便是六十一岁了。
14.比尔：你知道肯尼斯多大年纪吗？史密斯先生：我说他大概是六十或者六十一岁。
15.比尔：你不太老，你还年轻嘛。
汤姆：是的，我还年轻，可是我比你大。
SUBSTITUTION DRILLS1. How old ? Can you tell me?2. I think older than you are. How old are you?3. I'm twenty-one years old. How old are ?4. My is not quite twenty-five. How old are you?6. I'm two years than you are. How old is your sister?7. My brother is two years younger than8. How many are there in ? Can you tell me?9. There are seven of a ltogether, aren't there?10. My sister is the . There are five of us altogether.11. I'm the youngest. Guess who the is.12. Will you guess? Guess how old13. I'd say you're twenty-three. Am I right?14. I was on my last Birthday. How old are you?15. going to be sixty-one next Tuesday.16. John is still in his , isn't he?17. I'd like to know18. I'd rather not tell you19 you're close to twenty-one.20. I'm older than you are.替换练习1. 多大年纪？能告诉我吗？2.我想比你大些。
你几岁？3.我廿一岁, 多大年纪？4.我的还不满廿五岁.你几岁？5.史密斯先生还只有，不是吗？6.我比你两岁，你妹妹几岁？8. 有几个人？可以告诉我吗？9. ―共有七个人，不是吗？10.我姐姐是，我们总共有五个人。
11.我最小。
猜猜看谁？12.你要猜吗？猜猜几岁？13.我说你二十三岁。
我说对了吗？14.上次生日我过的是，你多大年纪？15.下星期二就要六十一岁了。
16.约翰还只是，不是吗？17.我想知道你，愿意告诉我吗？18.我宁愿不告诉你。
19. 你快接近廿一岁。
20.我比你大。
READING PRACTICEJoyce LewisToday is my birthday and I'm twenty-one years old. My name is Joyce Lewis and my father is Dr. Frank Lewis. He's a doctor in this city and people think he's an extremely good doctor. My mother is a nurse. She's a very good nurse. I have two brothers and one sister. Right now my older brother is in the Middle East. He speaks Arabic very well and has many friends in the Middle East. My sister is a student, and my younger brother, Tom, is a student too. Both my sister and Tom want to be teachers. They're studying languages and both of them want to be language teachers. My father's brother, Uncle Charles, is a farmer. My mother's brother, Uncle William, is an engineer. Both of my uncles are still very young. People can't guess how old they are. Uncle Charles is thirty-five and Uncle William is thirty-six. Uncle William was not well last year. He was in the hospital for several weeks. My father was his doctor. My father was with my uncle every day in the hospital, and my mother was there once or twice a week. I was there to see my uncle twice during the month of June.Questions1. Whose birthday is it today? How old is she?2. What's Joyce's father's name?3. Do people think Joyce's father is a good doctor?4. Is Joyce's mother a teacher?5. How many sisters and brothers does Joyce have?6. Where is Joyce's older brother now?7. What languages does Joyce's older brother speak?8. Does Joyce's older brother have any friends?9 What do Joyce's sister and younger brother want to be?10 What are they studying?11. Who is Uncle Charles? What does he do?12. Who is Uncle William and what does he do?13. How old do people guess Uncle Charles and Uncle William are?14. Where was Uncle William last year? Who was his doctor?阅读练习乔伊斯刘易斯今天是我的生日，我廿一岁。