Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体

What color is your phone book?
你的电话簿是什么颜色的？
 
red        orange      yellow         green        blue 
purple   pink           grey            black         white   
sand     土黄色
What color is it?
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
The book has a red cover.
这本书的书皮是红色的。

My book has a red cover.
cover n. 皮  
book cover  
cover girl
This is the cover story.
cover v. 覆盖  
In the morning we covered 10000 meters.
I’ll cover it.
take cover
You can’t take cover under a tree when it’s storming.
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
What kind of computer do you have?
你的电脑是什么样的？

What brand is your car?  
It's a BMW. 
I bought a Toyota.
What kind is it?
What’s the model? 
It’s a VIOS.
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
What size automobile do you want?
您想要多大的汽车？

What size car is it?
I want a small one.
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
What table shape do you take?
您想要什么样的桌子？

angle 三角形
round 圆形
square 正方形 
rectangular 长方形
oval 椭圆形  
What shape do you want?
What material shirt do you take?
What material shirt do you wear？
It’s cotton.
What style do you want?
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
How much does your laptop weigh?
你的手提电脑有多重？

How much is it? = What is the price of it?
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
How big is this apartment?
这套公寓有多大？

It’s about 120 square meters.
有120平米。
How big is the living-room?
How big is the apartment？
Well, it’s about 60 square meters.
How big is it? = What’s the coverage (of this apartment)?
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
What is the width of the bookcase?
这个书架有多宽？

wardrobe 衣柜
How wide is it? = What’s the width of it?
How long is it? = What's the length of it?
How high is it? = What's the height of it?
What’s the lengh of the Great Wall?
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
The cabinet is four meters long.
这个柜子有四米长。

The wardrobe is 2 meters long.
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
I’d like a small one, but my husband prefers a big one.
我想要部小车，但我先生喜欢大车。

prefer A to B         
I prefer kiwifruit to the apples.
prefer to do A rather than do B  
I prefer to walk rather than take a bus.
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
Will you measure this door?
量量这扇门好吗？

Noboday can measure the depth of this lake.
Can you measure the importance of the return of HongKong to the embrace of the motherland?
You can’t measure a student by his score.
Lesson Five  Describing Objects 描述物体
Will you measure this door?
量量这扇门好吗？

measure tape 卷尺
measure n.
take the measure of sb.
reticent  沉默寡言的
measurement n. 度量衡
the metric system of measurement
measurable adj. 可衡量的
epidemic disease 流行性疾病
We find the loss is measurable.
half measure 折中
What’s the half measure?