●有關(guān)年齡、身高和體重
    ◎你多大了?How old are you?
    *在美國(guó)，出于禮貌是不問(wèn)別人的年齡、體重和身高的。除非是自己比較熟悉的人，回避提這些問(wèn)題。
    I'm not old enough to drive. (我還不到開(kāi)車(chē)的年齡。)
    I can't drink alcohol yet. (我還不能喝酒。)
    = May I ask how old you are? (我可以問(wèn)您的年齡嗎?)
    = May I ask your age? (我可以問(wèn)您的年齡嗎?) *比較禮貌的說(shuō)法。
    ◎我48歲。I'm forty-eight.
    ◎你的體重是多少?How much do you weigh?
    = What's your weight?
    ◎75公斤左右。About seventy-five kilograms.
    *美國(guó)不用公制單位，而用pound磅(1磅大約453克，復(fù)數(shù)是pounds)。
    ◎我重164磅。I weigh a-hundred-sixty-four pounds.
    I weigh 164 Ibs.
    *Ibs.讀為pounds。
    ◎你有多高?How tall are you?
    = What's your height?
    ◎1米80左右。About one-hundred-eighty centimeters.
    *美國(guó)不用公制單位，而用foot英尺計(jì)算(1英尺大約30厘米，復(fù)數(shù)是feet；1英大約是2.5厘米，復(fù)數(shù)是inches)。
    ◎我身高5英尺3寸。I'm five feet three inches tall.
    = I'm 5′3″ tall.
    = I'm five three.
    *口語(yǔ)中常用這種省略說(shuō)法。