Tall vs High
● When things are higher than they are wide, we usually say TALL, such as tall trees, tall chimneys, tall statues, tall ladders, tall towers, tall buildings.
● 当某物高度大于宽度，通常情况下用TALL，如trees树、chimneys烟囱、statues雕塑、ladders梯子、towers塔、buildings建筑。
★ The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa.
★ 世界上最高的建筑是哈利法塔。
★ How tall is this tree?
★ 这棵树有多高？
● When things are shorter that they are wide, we usually say HIGH, such as high walls, high fences, high waves, high hedges, high mountains.
● 当某物的高度比宽度更短，通常情况下用HIGH，如walls墙、fences栅栏、waves海浪、hedges树篱、mountains山。
★ The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest.
★ 世界上最高的山是珠穆朗玛峰。
★ How high is Mount Everest?
★ 珠穆朗玛峰有多高？
★ The prison is surrounded by very high walls and fences.监狱的四周是高围墙和高栅栏。
● We use HIGH to say having a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground or out of our reach, such as high ceiling, high in the sky.
● 我们用HIGH来表示从上到下有比较大的距离、离地面有很远的距离，或者是够不着的地方，比如说ceiling天花板，sky天空。
★ The birds fly high in the sky.
★ 鸟儿在高空中飞翔。
★ The light switch is too high for a child to use.
★ 灯的开关太高了，孩子够不着。
★ How high can you throw the ball?
★ 你能把球扔多高？
★ The ceilings are twelve feet high.天花板有十二英尺高。
★ shoes with high heels 高跟鞋
● HIGH can also be used to talk about rank or status.
● HIGH可以用来谈论等级或地位。
★ He has friends in high places.
★ 他有位高权重的朋友。
★ He is high up in the party organization.
★ 他在党组织内地位很高。
★ a high official 高级官员
★ a high place in the government 政府中的高级职务
● We don’t use HIGH when we talk about people. We use TALL.
● 形容人有多高，不用HIGH，用TALL。
★ Cathy is very tall and slim – she could get a job as a model!
★ 凯西又高又苗条 - 她可以当模特。
★ My father is six feet tall.
★ 我父亲有六英尺高。
● The word HEIGHT serves as the corresponding noun for both TALL and HIGH.
● TALL和HIGH对应的名词是HEIGHT。
★ What's the height of that building?
★ 那栋楼的高度是多少？
★ She's a woman of average height.
★ 她是一个中等身高的女人。
★ The wall is two meters in height.这堵墙有两米高。
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