英语外貌知识选读.doc

. 外貌 Physical Appearance 对人物外表描写。同时，肖像的描写并不是一次性的，注意人物经过时间的推移、环境的变迁，或与人接触后，其外貌可能发生的转变。 例文1 Robert is 21 years old. He is about 5 feet, 9 inches tall . His face is long and narrow . His eyes are green. His hair is light brown. He doesnt look very Italian. He smiles a little and usually has a friendly look on his face . He isnt fat and he isnt thin. His build is average. 译文 罗伯特21岁了，他身高大约5.9英尺，脸瘦瘦长长的，绿眼睛。浅棕色的头发，看起来不大像意大利人。他总是面带微笑，非常友好。他不胖也不瘦，中等身材。 注释1 当我们描写一个人的体型的时候，我们也可以分为以下两个部分： (1) 体格（build）: fat 肥胖的; thin 瘦的; slim 苗条的; overweight 超重; slight 瘦小的; well-built身材魁梧。 A. She is a slim girl, while her boyfriend is well-built. 她很苗条，她的男朋友很魁梧。 B. She is a little overweight, so she decided to lose weight. 她有一点超重，所以她打算减肥。 (2) 身高 （height） medium height 中等身材; average height 一般身材; below average 低于平均身高; tall 高的; short 矮的; tallish 有些高的; middle-sized 身高中等的; of medium height 中等身材; 1.78 meters 身高1.78米. A. He used to be middle-sized, but when he is getting old , he is becomeing short. 他原本是中等身材，但随着年龄的增长，她变矮了。 注释2 在描写面部容貌的时候，可以从脸型、头发、五官入手。 1. 脸型（face）: round 圆的; thin 瘦的; long 长的; square 方的。 A. She eats too much these days , so her face is getting round. 她最近吃得太多了，所以她的脸变圆了。 2. 头发（hair）: (1) 发型（hair style）: straight 直的; curly 卷发的; pigtails 辫子; crew cut 平头; bald秃头的。 A. Her hair is brown and curly. 她有着一头棕色而卷曲的头发。 (2) 发色(hair color): jet-black 乌黑的; fair 金色的; blonde 淡黄色的; golden 金黄色的; dyed 染色的; brunette 浅黑色的; mousey 灰褐色的; chestnut 栗色的. A. She is a beautiful girl with fair hair. 她是一个金发美女。 3. 五官： (1) 眼睛（eye）: deep-set 深陷的; sunken 凹陷的; bulging/protruding 凸出的; eyelashes 睫毛; eyebrows 眉毛. A. His eyes are deep-set because he has worked till midnight for a long time. 他的眼睛深陷，因为他这段时间经常工作到深夜。 B. He had the most beautiful blue eyes I had ever seen. 她有一双我从未见过的漂亮蓝眼睛。 (2) 鼻子(nose): long 长的; straight 挺直的; big 大的; small 小的; flat 扁平的; hooked 钩状的. A. He was born a hooked nose. 他天生是鹰钩鼻。 B. His nose is very big, so he d