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问身体状况,问性格,问意见……What和How可以这么说

2018-10-11  本文已影响36人  fanfan萌哒

只要想用英语提问,What和How几乎是避不开的一对“好基友”。What’s your name? How are you这种超常见的问句就不提了,我们今天要学点很常见,但大家又不那么熟悉的用法。

对象是人

How is your brother?    (询问健康状况)

What is your brother like?       (询问性格特点)

对象是物

What was the journey like?

How was the journey?

这两个句子都可以表示对某事/某物的看法、评价,但How……? 一般单独使用(eg: How are your foreign language skills?  你的外语水平如何?)What……则多作为宾语成分用于一个句子中(eg: You can see what the college is like for yourself and apply if

you'd like. 你可以自己上网看看这是所什么样的大学,如果愿意的话,也可以在网上申请。)

现在大家都会经常玩知乎,肯定会时不时看到这样的问题:减肥成功是一种什么样的体验?有一个帅气/漂亮的男/女朋友是一种怎样的体验?诸如此类。那这种“……是一种怎样的体验”的句式用英语怎么表达呢?参考知乎的美国“老师”Quora就能发现,老外用的正是What is it like to do sth?

eg: What is it like to work at McKinsey?                                   

      What is it like to have a beautiful wife?                                     

      What is it like to answer 4000 questions on Quora?

关于“问意见”还有两个句型

What do you like about it?  (询问具体细节)

How do you like it?     (询问大概意见)

eg: How does he like Dartmouth? 他觉得达特茅斯学院怎么样?

How did you like the orientation session today? 今天的迎新晚会,你感觉如何?

如果想问某人目前的生活状况,可以说:How are things going with Jeff? 杰夫现在怎么样?

How do/would you like it?  还有一个特殊用法需要记住。比如在餐厅或咖啡馆,服务生想询问顾客对咖啡或某道菜的要求,就可以这么说。

A: I’llhave a coffee, please.

B: How do/would you like it?

A: Milk, no sugar.

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