Age
标签：s1 w1（口语中常见的1000个单词之一，书面语中常见的1000个单词之一）
1、年龄，存在时间（how old）
Francis is the same age as me.
佛朗西斯和我同岁。
Experts disagree over the age of the
drawings.
专家对这些画作的年代意见不统一。
Dad retired at the age of 56.
爸爸是在56岁时退休的。
At age 5/18 etc
In Britain,schooling starts at age 5.
在英国入学年龄是5岁。
4/15 etc years of age(=4,15 etc years old)
4岁、15岁等
She was just over 16 years of age.
她刚过16岁。
At my/your etc age(=when you are as old as
me etc)在我/你等这个年纪
At my age ,it’s quite difficult getting up
the stairs.
到我这年纪，上楼梯就很费劲了。
For his/her etc age(=compared with other
people of the same age) 对于她/他等这个年纪来说
She’s tall for her age,isn’t she?
以她的年龄来说，她算高的，是不是？
语体：
In everyday English,people usually use the
expression how old...?rather than using the noun age.
在日常英语中，人们一般用how old...?提问，而不用名词age:
What age is your brother?_how old is your
brother? 你弟弟多大年纪？
They asked me my age.-they asked me how old
I was. 他们问我多大年纪。
2、法定年龄
What’s the minimum age for getting a driver’s
license?
取得驾驶执照的最小年龄是多少？
3、人生中的阶段（年龄段）
When you get to old age,everything seems to
take longer.
人到中年，好像做什么事都慢。
The early teens are often a difficult age.
十三四岁往往是个麻烦的年龄。
4、年老，陈旧
Some of the furniture was showing signs of
age.
有些家具已显陈旧。
5、历史阶段（时代、世代）
We are living in the age of technology.
我们生活在科技世代。
Old age(=the time when you are old)老年
Middle age(=between about 40 and 60)中年
He was in late middle age.他年近60.
A great/advanced age(=a very old age ) 高龄，高寿
A difficult age 麻烦的年龄，主要指青少年时期
Legal age 法定年龄
The marrying age 结婚年龄
