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In the dialogue, Stephanie told Mark she only does “the doggy paddle or the back stroke”, two easy strokes where you don’t put your head under the water. She also said she wasn’t “much of a swimmer”. From these two things, we can tell that Stephanie doesn’t swim very well. 在对话当中，Stephanie告诉Mark她只会狗刨式和仰泳，这是两种最简单的游泳泳姿，不需要把头伸到水下。她还说到她不怎么会游泳。从这两点可以看出，Stephanie游泳游的不好。 Not much of a+ noun is used for saying that someone or something is not a very good example of something. Not much of a + noun的意思是某人或某事不算一个好的例子。 "Not much of a ___" should be followed with a noun, not an adjective. When you want to use an adjective, use a different expression like "not very". Not much of a应该接名词，而不是形容词。当你想用形容词的时候，你要用另一个词组『not very』 If someone asks you if you like dancing, for example, but you have two left feet, you can say, “I’m not much of a dancer.” 如果别人问你喜不喜欢跳舞，但你却真的不擅长跳舞，你就可以说“I’m not much of a dancer.” Or maybe your friendblikes to go to karaoke, but he’s not much of a singer because he’s tone deaf. 或者你朋友想去卡拉OK，但是他he’s not much of a singer，就代表他真的不擅长唱歌，他五音不全。

I am not much of a cook; I can only use the microwave.

我不太会做饭。我只会用微锅炉。

We haven't much of a summer this year.

今年没怎么好好过夏天。

I've never been much of an athlete.

我从不擅长运动。

You're not much of a talker, are you?

你不太爱说话，对吧？