English Vocabulary In Use 初级（五）

Bettina Schwenke is a very tall woman.

Tom Jakes is quite short .

If you aren’t tall or short, you are of medium height .

Agata Sanchez is really slim .

I was very thin when I was in hospital.

[slim is more polite than thin]

The doctor said I am overweight . [weigh too much]

Their cat is very fat . It needs to go on a diet.

slender 体态优美

medium 中等的，中间的，半生熟的

rare 一分熟

1 minute each side

medium rate 三分熟

2 minutes each side

medium 五分熟

3 minutes each side

medium well 七分熟

4 minutes each side

well 十分熟

5 minutes each side

I'm a bit short. 我手头有点儿紧。

I'm not short of money. 我从来不缺钱。

Suri has dark skin and dark hair .

She has brown eyes.

Polly has blonde (or fair) hair and fair skin .

She has blue eyes.

Ben has a beard and long hair .

He has green eyes.

Luca has a moustache and short hair .

You can also use has got , for example, Suri has got dark hair and dark skin .

My mother is a very beautifu l woman. [very pretty]

My dad’s a very good-looking man.

My sister is pretty . (usually girls / women only)

Bob’s an ugly man. [ugly = the opposite of beautiful or good-looking]

I’m not ugly or beautiful, I’m just average-looking !

droopy moustache 下垂的胡子

droop

The palnt needs aome water. It's starting to droop.

a round face 圆脸

a pointed face 网红脸

straight nose 笔挺的鼻子

upturned nose 朝天鼻

shoulder-length hair 齐肩的头发

People are tall.

[NOT People are high ].

People have blonde or dark hair.[NOT hairs ].

My grandmother is 97. She’s very old .

My sister is 14. She’s young , but would like to be older .

My father is 56. He’s middle-aged , but would like to be younger!

This hospital is for elderly people. (more polite than old)

A: How tall is Bettina / Tom?

B: She’s 1.85 metres tall. / He’s 1.48 metres tall.

A: How heavy are you? / How much do you weigh ?

B: I weigh 62 kilos / 74 kilos, etc.

A: **How old is he? **

B: He’s 84.

A: What does Gemma / your sister look like ?

B: She’s tall and dark. She’s very pretty.

Some of the words on this page are a little negative, so be careful how you use them. It’s better not to say to someone: ‘You are fat / thin / ugly / old.’

学完新概念英语4需要再学习吗

这两本书我恰巧都学过，所以还是可以提供一些意见的。其实新概念侧重的不是词汇，而是综合的英语知识，vocabulary in use则侧重词汇。所以这两套资料本来就不是同一类型的书。

如果你只是想考研啊什么的，新概念四就足够了；如果你有出国，已经掌握足够的英语知识，想加增英语词汇，那就用vocabulary in use吧。

《in use》的词汇高级有好几版，最早的一版是《upper-intermediate and advanced》，我个人不大喜欢那版书，难度跨度颇大。这本书后来被优化成新版（似乎新版没有中文版）的《upper-intermediate》，在词汇方面做了一些调整，完全符合CEFR-B2的标准。如果你有兴趣，还可以进一步学习新版的《advanced》， 那本书是CEFR-C1, C2的难度。

vocabularyinuse对应等级

Elementary 初级:适合英语起步不久的孩子,比较适合用到小学三四年级

Intermediate 中级(分上下两册):适合有一定英语基础,比较适合小学中高年级和中学生使用

Advanced 高级:适合中高阶段的英语学习者,一般是高中生到成年人 有四本