我的专业是英语。
I'm an English major.
I major in English.
你参加哪个俱乐部?
What club are you in?
What club do you belong to?
我在滑雪俱乐部。
I'm in the ski club.
你在打工吗?
Do you have a part-time job? *小时工是a part timejob，正式职工是a full-time worker。
Do you have a part-time job? (你在打工吗?)
Yes, I'm a tutor. I work three times a week. (嗯，我做家教，一星期教三次。)
Do you work part-time? (你在做小时工吗?)
我一个星期去一次书店做收银员。
I work at a bookstore as a cashier once a week.
毕业以后你打算做什么?
What are your plans after graduation?
What are your plans after graduation? (毕业以后你打算做什么?)
I haven't decided yet. (我还没有决定。)
What are you going to do after you graduate?
●有关家庭
你家有几口人?
How many people are in your family?
I have a large family. (我家是个大家庭。)
How many people are in your family? (你家有几口人?)
四口人。
Four people.
父母和我的妹妹。
My parents and my younger sister.
你有兄弟姐妹吗?
Any brothers or sisters?
Any brothers or sisters? (你有兄弟姐妹吗?)
No, none. (没有，一个也没有。)
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Any siblings? *文言表达方式。sibling指“兄弟姐妹”。
只有一个哥哥(弟弟)。
Just one brother. *just和only都表示“只有，只”。想明确表示哥哥时用older brother，弟弟用youngerbrother。英语中一般不把兄弟或姐妹加以区分。
I just have one brother.
你和父母住在一起吗?
Do you live with your parents?
我一个人住。
I live alone.
我住在公寓里。
I live in an apartment.
你结婚了吗?
Are you married?
Are you married? (你结婚了吗?)
Yes, I'm married. (是的，我结婚了。)
不，还没有。
No, not yet.
Do you have any children? (你有孩子吗?)
No, not yet. (不，还没有。)
Nope. (没，没有。)
Neah. (哪有啊。)
我有对象了。
I have a fiancé. *fiancé来自于法语，严格地来讲fiancé是“未婚夫”;fiancée是“未婚妻”。两者后缀不同，发音一样。
我打算明年结婚。
I'm going to get married next year.
我结婚了。
I'm married. *“独身”用I'm single表示。
我订婚了。
I'm engaged.
有孩子吗?
Any children?
Any children? (有孩子吗?)
I have one of each. (我有一个男孩，一个女孩。)
Do you have any children?
我有两个男孩。
I have two boys.
I have two sons. (我有两个儿子。)
我有一个女儿，在上小学。
I have one daughter in elementary school.
我没有孩子。
I don't have any children.
●有关兴趣和爱好
你有什么爱好?
What are your hobbies?
What are your hobbies? (你有什么爱好?)
I play golf. (我的爱好是打高尔夫球。)
你有点什么爱好吗?
Do you have any hobbies?
业余时间你都干什么?
What do you do when you have free time?
What do you do when you have free time?
(业余时间你都干什么?)
Nothing much. (不干什么。)
我喜欢看电影。
I like to watch movies.
I enjoy watching movies.
你喜欢看什么样的电影?
What kind of movies do you like?
What kind of movies do you like? (你喜欢看什么样的电影?)
Any kind. (什么都爱看。)
你的钢琴弹得真好。
You're a good pianist.
You play the piano well.
你喜欢哪种运动?
What kind of sports do you like?
你滑了多长时间雪了?
How long have you been skiing?
我只是喜欢看。
I just like to watch.
Do you play baseball? (你打棒球吗?)
No, I just like to watch. (不，我只是喜欢看。)
I only watch.
我是棒球迷。
I'm a baseball fan.
I'm a fan of baseball.
我喜欢打高尔夫球。
I like to play golf.
你练习过健美操吗?
Have you ever done aerobics?
Have you ever done aerobics? (你练过健美操吗?)
No way. (怎么可能!)
Have you done aerobics before?
你对什么感兴趣?
What are your interests? *interest “爱好”、“关心的事”。
What are your interests? (你对什么感兴趣?)
I'm interested in art. (我对美术感兴趣。)
What are your interested in?
What kind of things are you interested in?
What do you like?
我从没做过。
I've never done that.
I've never done that before.
That was the first time for me. (我可是头一次。)
你去国外旅行过吗?
Have you ever traveled abroad?
Have you ever traveled abroad? (你去国外旅行过吗?)
Yes, twice. (是的，去过两次。)
Have you been overseas? (你去国外旅行过吗?)
你去哪儿了?
Where have you been?
我去美国和德国了。
I've been to the U.S. and Germany.
下次你想去哪儿?
Where do you want to go next?
Where do you want to go next? (下次你想去哪儿?)
No place particular. (没有什么特别的地方。)
●有关年龄、身高和体重
你多大了?
How old are you? *在美国，出于礼貌是不问别人的年龄、体重和身高的。除非是自己比较熟悉的人，最好回避提这些问题。
I'm not old enough to drive. (我还不到开车的年龄。)
How old are you? (你多大了?)
I can't drink alcohol yet. (我还不能喝酒。)
How old are you? (你多大了?)
May I ask how old you are? (我可以问您的年龄吗?)
May I ask your age? (我可以问您的年龄吗?) *比较礼貌的说法。
我48岁。
I'm forty-eight.
你的体重是多少?
How much do you weigh?
What's your weight?
75公斤左右。
About seventy-five kilograms. *美国不用公制单位，而用pound磅(1磅大约453克，复数是pounds)。
我重164磅。
I weigh a-hundred-sixty-four pounds.
I weigh 164 Ibs. *Ibs.读为pounds。
你有多高?
How tall are you?
What's your height?
1米80左右。
About one-hundred-eighty centimeters. *美国不用公制单位，而用foot英尺计算(1英尺大约30厘米，复数是feet;1英大约是2.5厘米，复数是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. *口语中常用这种省略说法。
●有关天气
今天真热呀!
It's very hot today, isn't it? *isn't it? 带有“真……呀!”的语感。
Isn't it hot today?
Today's a scorcher. *scorcher 为口语，“太阳火辣辣的天气”。
天气炎热。
It's blistering hot.
It's extremely hot.
今天的天气真好!
It's a fine day today.
It's beautiful today.
It's nice today.
明天的天气怎么样?
What's the forecast for tomorrow?
What's the forecast for tomorrow? (明天的天气怎么样?)
It's going to be cold. (会冷吧。)
What will the weather be like tomorrow?
What's the weather going to be tomorrow?
What's tomorrow's forecast?
今天的天气怎么样?
How's the weather today?
How's the weather today? (今天的天气怎么样?)
It's hot. (今天很热。)
今天会下雨吗?
Is it going to rain today?
Is it going to rain today?(今天会下雨吗?)
I doubt it. (我想不会。)
好像要下雨。
We're expecting some rain.
It's going to rain.
It's supposed to rain.
Rain is expected.
I heard it might rain. (我听说今天可能下雨。)
下雨了。
It's raining.
今天会下雨吧!
It's going to rain today.
It will rain today.
今天很热。
It's hot today.
今天很暖和。
It's warm today.
It's a warm day.
今天很冷。
It's cold today.
It's cold today. (今天很冷。)
It sure is. (就是。)
今天冷嗖嗖的。
It's chilly today.
It's cool today.
It's nippy today.
今天风很大。
It's windy today.
It's a windy day.
今天很闷热。
It's humid.
It's really humid today. (今天很闷啊!)
Yeah, my body is sweaty. (是呀，我浑身都是汗。)
气候干燥。
It's dry.
It's wet today. (今天像要下雨。)
It's rainy today. (今天像要下雨。)
暴风雨天气。
It's stormy.
There is going to be a storm today. (今天将有暴风雨。)
下雪了。
It's snowing.
It's snowing. (下雪了。)
Yeah! Let's go skiing. (太好了!我们去滑雪吧。)
天阴沉沉的。
It's gloomy.
It's cloudy. (阴天。)
看样子我们会遇上雷阵雨。
It looks like we are going to have a thunder shower.
台风快到了。
A typhoon is coming.
Why are you taping your windows? (干吗往窗户上贴胶条?)
A typhoon is coming. (台风快到了。)
A typhoon is on its way.
起雾了。
It's foggy.
冷得像要结冰了。
It's freezing.
It's very cold today. (今天非常寒冷。)
快要下暴风雨了。
We're going to have a blizzard.
这天真舒服。
It's pleasant.
It's comfortable. (这天真舒服。)
It's a nice day. (真是个好天。)
今天风和日丽。
It's mild today. *mild 表示气候“温暖的，温和的”。
It's a mild day.
雾蒙蒙的。
It's misty.
今天阴天。
It's overcast today.
Let's go sunbathing. (我们去做日光浴吧。)
But, it's overcast today. (可是，今天阴天。)
It's cloudy today.
糟糕的天气。
It's miserable.
It's a terrible day.
It's an awful day.
我怕热。
I'm sensitive to heat. *sensitive “容易感觉到的，敏感的”。
今天风和日丽。
It's breezy today.
It's a breezy day.
今天的天气让人不舒服。
It's uncomfortable today.
It's unpleasant today.
热死我了。
The heat is killing me.
下了瓢泼大雨。
It's raining cats and dogs! *用cat (猫)和dog (狗)来表示瓢泼大雨。可以说cats and dogs，却不能反过来说成dogs and cats。
下霜了。
It's frosty today.
It's a frosty day.