第一节
age
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 年龄；年老
Children enter school at the age of six, don’t they?
n. [C]（常用大写）时代
the Stone Age/the space age/in the age of Shakespeare (石器时代/太空时代/莎士比亚时期)
vt./vi. 成熟,变老
Her son’s accident aged her quite noticeably. (她儿子的事故使她明显地衰老了。)
衍生词语
aged (年老的)；
ageless (不老的,永恒的);
ageism (美)(年龄歧视：尤指对老年人的歧视)
复合词语
age-group (某个年龄段);
常见搭配Useful Phrase
中年 --- middle age
十几岁的女孩 --- teenage girls
法定选民年龄 --- voting age
法定可以喝酒的年龄 --- drinking age
成年 --- to be of age/to come of age
未成年 --- to be under age
超龄 --- to be over age
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
age before beauty --- 老人优先
Act your age. --- 别耍孩子气 (Don’t be a baby.)
look one’s age --- 容貌与年龄相称
生活用语 Street Talks
A: I want that teddy bear. It’s lovely. (玩具熊)
B: Simba, you’re 29 years old. Act your age. Don’t be sucha baby.
A: There’s one seat here. You take it, Tom.
B: No, no, no, please. Age before beauty, professor. (老人优先)
A: Oops, sorry I’m late, Jean.
B: So you’re finally here, David? I waited (for) ages, you know? （很久了）
A: Come on, let me make up for it.
电影对白 Transcripts
句型 You know it’s easier to be killed by terrorists than it is to getmarried over the age of forty. 《西雅图夜未眠》
All children are hideous at the age of eight. 《西雅图夜未眠》
Do you want me to say that you’re really really short foryour age and that they shouldn’t say anything becauseit would hurt your feelings? 《西雅图夜未眠》
对话 Mr. Robinson: Ben—how old are you now?
Ben: Twenty. I'll be twenty-one next week.
Mr. Robinson: That's a hell of a good age to be.
Ben: Thank you. Thank you very much. 《毕业生》
谚语 Proverbs
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.二十意志支配，三十智慧做主，四十判断当家。
名言 Quotations
A lady of a “certain age”, which means Certainly aged.
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