Unit 38 What do you think of him?

第三十八课 你觉得他怎么样？

本课重点：谈论他人的行为举止

A. Texts & Notes

1. I like the way he smiles.

 (In the library, Kate is reading 'Hamlet' and Amanda is reading Keats. But they are talking about someone else.)
 Amanda: What do you think of Bob Wells? Do you like him?
 Kate: Well …
 Amanda: I think he's very nice. I like the way he smiles. And I like the way he speaks, too. He's got a sexy voice.
 Kate: A sexy voice!
 Amanda: Shush! Yes. And he is very nice, Kate. He helps you if you can't understand something. He helped me yesterday.
 Kate: Oh, yes …
 Amanda: So what do you think of him?
 Kate: I don't know him, really. perhaps he's nice, but he's very quiet. He never says anything.
 Amanda: Oh, there he is! There, you see. Don't you like the way he smiles?
 Kate: I thought you were going out with Matthew. Isn't he your boyfriend?
 Amanda: Sh! Bob's coming over.

 （在图书馆，凯特在看《哈姆雷特》，阿曼达在读济慈的诗。可是她们在谈论另一个人。）
 阿曼达：你觉得鲍勃▪韦尔斯怎么样？你喜欢他吗？
 凯特：嗯……
 阿曼达：我觉得他很不错。我喜欢他微笑的样子。我也喜欢他说话的样子。他有着诱惑异性的声音。
 凯特：诱惑异性！
 阿曼达：嘘！是的，凯特，他很不错。如果什么事情不明白，他就帮你忙。昨天他帮了我的忙。
 凯特：噢，是这样……
 阿曼达：那你觉得他怎么样？
 凯特：我并不真正了解他，也许他很不错，但是他很少说话。他从来不说什么。
 阿曼达：喔。他在那儿。你瞧，在那儿。你难道不喜欢他微笑的样子吗？
 凯特：我还以为你常和马修出去玩呢。难道他不你的男朋友吗？
 阿曼达：嘘！鲍勃过来了。

 注1. 表示对某人的看法，用下列用语：
 (1) 对某人有何看法：
  What do you think of (him)? （你看【他】怎么样？）
 (2) 表示一般的想法：
  I think he's nice.（我认为他不错。）
  I think he knows his job. （我认为他很称职。）
  I don't think he's nice.（我认为他不好。）
 (3) 表示喜欢或不喜欢某一方面：
  I like the way he speaks.（我喜欢他说话的方式。）
  I like the way he lets us get on with it.（我喜欢他那样放手让我们干活。）
  I don't like the way she sings.（我不喜欢她那种唱法。）
 way 意思是方法、方式、情形状态等。这个句型里用定语从句来描写 way ，说明喜欢或不喜欢那方面的表现。
 (4) 谈话 时，对某人看法有不同意见时，可用这样的说法来表达，较为客气、婉转：
  Perhaps he's nice, but he's very quitt.（也许他是不错，可他很少说话。）
  That's right but he … （对的，可是他 ……）
  I agree but he's very alow.（我同意，但他太慢吞吞的了。）
 (5) 如不原表态，可婉转地说：
  I don't really know him.（我不怎么了解他。）
  I can't really say.（不好说，很难说。）
 注2. I thought you were going out with Matthew. 这里的 thought 表明“我原来以为……”（可能与事实相反），如：
  I thought you were out.（我还以为你不在家。）

2. What do you think of her singing?

 (Amanda comes into Matthew's room. They have got some new records.)
 Amanda: Cleo Laine. What do you think of her singing?
 Matthew: I like it's very good.
 Amanda: And there's a Jack Jones record here. I really like the way he sings. Let's listen to him.
 Matthew: Sorry.
 Amanda: Oh, why not? He's better singer than any of these.
 Matthew: He's not better than Cleo Laine. He's a different kind of singer.
 Amanda: Diffrent, and better. Clea Laine doesn't sing as well as Jack Jones. So let's listen to Jack Jones.
 (But they can't. The record-player is broken.)

 （阿曼达来到马修的房间里。他们有一些新的唱片。）
 阿曼达： 克利奥▪雷恩。你觉得她唱得怎么样？
 马修： 我觉得她唱得很好。
 阿曼达： 这里有一张杰克▪琼斯的唱片。我真的喜欢他的唱腔。我们来听他的唱片吧。
 马修： 不行。
 阿曼达： 噢，干嘛不听他的。他比这些人都唱得好些。
 马修： 他不比克利奥▪雷恩好。他是另一派的歌唱家。
 阿曼达： 是不同派，但是更好些。克昝奥▪雷恩没有杰克▪琼斯唱得好，我们就听杰克▪琼斯的吧。
 （可是他们听不了了。唱机坏了。）

 注3. 问别人对某人的能力的看法，可说：
 What do you think of her singing?（你认为他唱得怎么样？）
这里 singing 是动名词（动词+ing)。又如：
 What do you think of his dancing?（你认为他跳舞跳得怎么样？）
也可以这样问：
 What do you think of the way Cleo Laine sings?（你觉得克利奥▪雷恩唱得怎么样？）
如果表示肯定意见，可以说：
 I like it. I think it's good.
 I think she sings very well.
 I like the way she sings.
如果表示否定意见，可以说：
 I don't like it.
 I don't think it's very good.
 I don't think she sings very well.
 注4. He's a better singer than any of them. 这里是用形容词的比较级 better 来修饰名词 singer，这又是一种对比的说法。例：
 She is a better teacher than any of them.（她是他们中最好的老师。）
 注5. 副词和形容词一样，也有比较级，用法和形容词的用法相似。如：
 Cleo Laine sings better than Jack Jones.
 Brian plays better than Peter.
 I don't think Cleo Laine sings than as well as Jack Jones.

3. What a face!

 (at the exhibition, … )
 Bob: What do you think of her, Kate?
 Kate: I don't think she's very nice. What a face!
 Bob: Yes, terroble.
 Kate: Her legs are too thin.
 Bob: And she's got a big head.
 Kate: Her boyfriend's no better. I don't like the look on his face.
 Bob: And his arms are too long.
 Amanda: Matthew. What do you think of Kate?
 Matthew: I don't like the way she walks.
 Amanda: And I don't like the way she talks. Or the way she smiles. Or the way she laughs.
 Matthew: And I don't like the way she says things about her friends and laughs at them.
 Amanda: And Bob's no better. In face, he's worse than she is.

 （在展览会上……）
 鲍勃：你觉得她怎么样，凯特？
 凯特：我认为她不怎么样，瞧她那张脸！
 鲍勃：是呀，太吓人了。
 凯特：她的腿太细了。
 鲍勃：她还有个大脑袋。
 凯特：她的男朋友也不怎么样。我不喜欢他脸上的表情。
 鲍勃：他的胳膊也太长了。
 阿曼达：马修，你觉得凯特怎么样？
 马修：我不喜欢她走路的样子。
 阿曼达：我不喜欢她说话的神气，也不喜欢她微笑的样子，也不喜欢她大笑的样子。
 马修：我不喜欢她议论朋友并嘲笑他们的做法。
 阿曼达：鲍勃不比她强。实际上，他比她还糟糕。

 注6. Her boyfriend is no better.
no better 比 not better 语气更重，意思是“一样的糟”、“不见得好”。相当于：
 Her borfriend is as bad as she is.
 注7. I don't like the look on his face.
这里 look 是名词，意思是“表情”（expression）。
 注8. laugh 意思是“大笑”，laugh at 是动词短语，意思是“嘲笑”。例：
 I like the way he laughs.（我喜欢他大笑的样子。）
 I don't like the way he laughs at people.（我不喜欢他嘲笑别人。）
 注9. in face 意思是事实上、实际上，常用在句子中，作为独立成分，用来加强语气。

B. Exercise

1. 电视和录音带中有两段对话，请听写，并译成中文：
    (1) 1st Mechanic: What ?
      2nd Mechanic: I like .
      1st Mechanic: Is that all?
    (2) ist Mechanic: Ted Jones?
      2nd Mechanic: He's OK, he lets us get on with it.
      1st Mechanic: Yes, his job.

2. 按下列介绍的情况及例句，谈论 Bob 和 Mary：

   例句：
    — Do you like the way Mary sings?
    — Yes, I do, but I don't like the way she speaks. She speaks loudly.
    — What do you think of Bob? Do you like him?
    — Well, I like the way he dresses. He dresses badly.

3. 学与练（Study and Practise）

将下列句子改写：
例句：He's a very fast runner.
改写：He runs very fast.
(1) She's a good singer.
 She sings well.
(2) He's a slow walker.
 He walks slowly.
(3) She's a very good cook.
 She cooks very well.
(4) She's a fast typist.
 She typs fast.
(5) He's a good chess player.
 He plays chess quite well.
(6) He's a bad driver.
 He drives badly.
(7) She's a very good French teacher.
 She teachers French very well.
(8) He's a loud piano player.
 He plays the piano loudly.

4. 请将下面有关 Jane 的情况读一篇，然后为你的同事写一份报告。
    Jane is a very nice quiet girl. People like the way she dresses — she's always very smart — and the way she always smiles. She is very quiet and doesn't say much to her colleagues, but customer's like the way she talks to them. She's always very polite and always lietens carefully.

C. Summary

1. 说法与用法

 (1) 询问并发表对别人的看法：
  What do you think of Bob?
  Do you like the way Bob drives?
  I (quite/really) like the way he drives.
  I don't (really) like the awy he drives.
 (2) 询问并发表对别人能力的看法：
  What do you think of way Mary sings?
  What do you think of Mary's singing?
  I think/don't think it's very good.
 (3) 比较人们不同的品质和能力：
  As a driver, he is/isn't as careful as she is.
  He drvies/doesn't drives as carefully as she does.
  He drives better/worse than she does.
 (4) 对别人品质和能力简略地表示赞赏或不满：
  I think he is quite/very nice.
  I like the way he always helps people.
  Yes, that's true/Yes, I agree, but he always looks cool/ I don't like the way he never smiled.

2. 语法

 (1) 副词
  规则的：badly；loudly；quietly；slowly
  不规则的：carly；fast；late；well
 (2) 不规则副词的比较级
  well — better；badly — worse
 (3) as … as
  Bob drives as well as Tom does.
 (4) 动名词作宾语
  What do you think of Mary' singing/her singing?

What do you think of Bob?
I think he's very nice.
I like the way he smiles.
What do you think of his singing?
I think he paints very well.
I don't like the way she walks.

D. Words & Expressions

附：Follow me （欧洲版教材）

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