
也许你会说,我才不会这么回答,我会解释一下我的家乡,比如“I'm from Ningbo. Ningbo is a coastal city. It is located in the east of Zhejiang Province. And it's famous for its seafood.” 这个回答很不错,可以打70分了。但不够漂亮和地道,因为全是简单句组成。虽然在生活口语中,这样的回答对于理解和沟通已经不存在问题了,但是如果你是参加某个英语口语考试或者你在一些比较正式的场合,简单句组成的回答会让你看上去就像“uneducated”一样。
那么,你要问我该怎么回答“Where are you from?”这个问题呢?下面推荐一种比较得体的回答“I'm from Ningbo, a coastal city located in the east of Zhejiang Province, which is famous for its seafood.”同位语+从句,看上去不太难吧?但要真正掌握到日常的生活口语中,还要好好修炼才行呢。
最后,给大家提个醒,如果你是上海人,你在外滩上回答老外的“Where are you from?”这个问题时,就不要回答“I'm from Shanghai”了。因为from表示“来自”,有一种“离开感”,所以你还在上海呢,怎么能说from Shanghai呢?比较恰当的回答是“I'm a Shanghai man/boy/girl/local.”