① What is he?不可照字面理解為“他是什么?”這種句型實際上是問某人的職業(yè),意為“他是干什么工作的?他的職業(yè)是什么?”“What do/does+主語+do”結構也是詢問某人的職業(yè),這兩種句型可換用。
What is Jack?杰克是干什么工作的?
What does Jack do?
② who用于問人的姓名,答句應說出姓名。
A:Who is that man?那人是誰?
B:He is a teacher.
B:He is John.
他是約翰。
③ what he is指“他現(xiàn)在的情況,他是怎樣一個人”,側重于他的人品、學問或特征。
A man's dignity depends not on what he has (his wealth)but on what he is (his character). 一個人的真正價值,不在于他的財富,而在于他的人品。
It is the open-door policy that made China what she is today. 是開放政策使中國有今日之繁榮。
Patience and diligence have made what he is. 耐心與勤奮使他擁有今天的成功。