人物类话题很常见，一般人物类话题有这些问法：

常见问题一：你要描述的人是谁?

Who this friend is?/Who he or she is?/Who this person is?/Who the character was?/Who these two people are?

这个问题是几乎所有人物类话题的第一问，属于必答题。回答这一问题的时候，我们不但需要告诉考官这个人是谁(这是最基本的)，而且要对所描述的他/她进行一些修饰，要让考官在没有见过这个人的情况下能够闭上眼仿佛看到这个人就正站在身旁一样。

评书中所说的“此人眉分八彩，目若朗星，准头端正，齿白唇红”起的就是这一作用。比如我们来一起看看下面这段对人的描述：

He is well over six feet tall，has this long straggly brown hair. He has a perpetual look of bemusement on his face，full-sleeve tattoos on both arms，and always wears some variation of a sleeveless leather vest，holey blue jeans tucked into his beat-up cowboy boots，and a cigarette between his lips at all times.

他身高六尺有余，头上散着棕色的头发。他的眼神既忧郁又总带有困惑。双臂从上到下布满了纹身。他总是身着各种无袖皮坎肩，把满是破洞的蓝色牛仔裤裤腿扎进那几双破旧的牛仔靴里，而且嘴里无时无刻的不叼着根烟。

如果我们作答的时候可以说出以上的描述，考官想不给你高分都不可能。因为在他们脑海中可以清晰的浮现出这个人的形象，他好像正在向考官们走来，嘴里吐着烟圈，马上要说“How are you doing， man?”了。所以，如果我们想让自己的作答能够使考官眼前一亮、记忆深刻，我们就要抓住细节来充分描述，比如说这个人身上比较有特点的地方：发型、体态、眼神、穿着等等。这些细节的描述远比那种范范的诸如“He‘s quite tall and strong with long hair on his head.”要生动的多，所得的分数自然也就相距甚远了。

常见问题二：你是怎么遇到这个人的?

How you first met this person?/How you know this person?/How you know him/her?/How you know about this person?

如果各位烤鸭对人物类的机经很熟悉的话，就不难发现这是另外一道在该类话题中出现的高频题。回答该题时，要让考官有一种是 “当事人”感觉。所以我们要把当时第一次见到所描述对象的场景详细的讲述给考官，细节的描述不但可以增加故事的真实性，而且还能让考官感觉到我们对所描述对象的重视。比如：

I first met him on the basketball court in a hot and sunny afternoon when I was sitting somewhere around the stand. He came up with me to check whether I would like to join his team. He then left me a deep impression by his firm look and tough temperament.

我第一遇到他是一个大晴天的下午，当时我正坐在篮球架子旁。他过来问我想不想加入他们队来一起玩。他有着坚定的面容和坚强气质，这都给我留下了深刻的印象。

听完以上的描述，考官会变成注视着这一切发生的人，他没有忽略任何细节。但如果我们把作答变成：I met him in my school and he gave me a very deep impression.那么考官会听了以后感觉会很模糊，或者感觉千篇一律，那么想得好成绩也就不可能了。

常见问题三：你对这个人的感觉是什么?

How you feel about him/her?

对机经比较熟悉的烤鸭会知道这种问题出现在人物类话题卡的最后一问，也就是说，它是我们作答的重点和所占得分比很大的一道问题，所以毫无疑问我们要在这一题的回答中尽可能的多说一些话。对这个人的感觉，我们可以从一个人的兴趣爱好、特长、才能、品行以及一切特征来进行细节的描述。比如：

Writing creativity is his best quality. He doesn’t try to exert his will in the music creative arena-he leaves that to me-he just does what he does best： thinking and writing lyrics; that is his forte. Because of this advantage， he becomes the source to represent us and all the words he makes can act as inspiration to every listener.

And another interesting thing is that he is born a painter，and like painters historically do，he usually skips the class but to find himself somewhere around the shopping malls，sitting there for the whole afternoon to have a satisfying picture.

考官在听完这种描述后，即使不认识描述对象，也会对他艺术方面的才华称赞不已。相比之下，“I think he is a man who likes writing and he can write a lot of words. Moreover， he likes painting and he usually goes to shopping malls to paint.”这种描述会让考官觉得所描述对象的才华一般，没有什么突出的，这只让考官知道了所描述对象的两个爱好而已。