age: the period of time a person has lived年龄。例如: (1) What is your age?你多大年纪? (2) My brother is ten years of age.我兄弟十岁。 (3) At the age of twelve, Edison began sellingnewspapers on a train. 爱迪生十二岁时,开始在火车上卖报纸。old:在这里意思指of age(年龄),而不是old andyoung people的old(老),也不是old and newbooks的old(旧)。例如: ( 1 ) How old are you?你多大年龄? ( 2 ) He is as old as John.他和约翰年龄一样大。 ·石零·