英语口语 | 用Where are you heading?表达“你要去哪儿啊?”

今天要和大家分享的口语表达是:Where are you heading? head除了我们熟悉的“头”的意思,还可以作动词用,是“朝着某个方向行进”的意思。 Where are you heading? 意思就是“你要去哪儿啊?”

  • - Why are you in such a hurry? Where are you heading?
    - 你怎么这么匆忙?你要去哪儿啊?
    - Go to the movies. It's about to start!
    - 去看电影,快要开始了!

英语口语 | 用Where are you heading?表达“你要去哪儿啊?”

美国人还习惯用headed代替heading,to be headed 没有被动的意思哦,只是说明本身移动的方向。Where are you headed? 和 Where are you heading? 没多大区别,前面的强调状态和目的地,后者强调移动的动作。

Where are you headed? 你要去的(地方)是哪儿?Where are you heading? 你要去哪儿?

  • - Hey, where are you heading?
    - 喂,你要去哪儿啊?
    - East.
    - 东面。
    - No, I mean, where are you headed for?
    - 不是,我是问你,要去什么地方?
    - City library.
    - 市图书馆。
    - Take it easy. It's only a stone's throw away.
    - 别着急,离这里很近啊。

注意哦,head是不及物动词,如果 be headed 或 be heading 后面要接名词或代词,中间要加上介词for,下面我们来看几个例句:

  • The car was heading straight for me.
    车子径直向我开过来。
  • It's getting late, let's head for home.
    天色不早了,咱们回家吧。
  • I think we're headed in the right direction.
    我觉得我们的方向是对的。