英語日常口語 Unit42:A raffle

本單元是關于抽獎的對話

Tim: We're on our way to Deutschland, Deutschland!
Helen: Tim, what's got into you?
Tim: The promise of two gorgeous, free world cup tickets, that's what!
Alice: That's fantastic. Can I go with you, please?
Tim: No, it's a boy thing ?Michal, ready for action?
Helen: Well that's just typical! You're such a sexist, old-fashioned bore Tim. What makes you think Alice and I don't want to see the match?
Tim: Oh-oh. OK, anything to keep the peace. Sorry Michal.
Michal: Don't worry. Helen, how should we decide who goes with Tim?
Helen: Oh stop trying to get on my good side - it's not working.
Tim: Well?
Helen: There's only one fair way - a raffle.
Tim: OK everyone's name in the hat then.


Vocabulary:（詞匯）

the promise of something:（承諾）
to guarantee that you will get something

a match:（比賽）
a game played between two teams (for example, tennis or football)

a raffle:（抽獎）
a competition where the winner is chosen at random or by chance (not on merit or skill)

本單元的語言點是多個形容詞做修飾語的順序，情況下面英語里形容詞排列的順序

Adjective order

Here are some rules about the order we put adjectives in
以下是英語里形容詞排列的順序


Describing before classifying:（先描述后分類）

Descriptive adjectives come before adjectives which classify or say what type of thing we are talking about

Giving options before describing （先評論后描述）

Adjectives which say what we think or feel about something or how we judge it usually come before descriptive adjectives

Ordering of descriptive adjectives（描述性形容詞的順序）

Although this order isn't completed fixed, we usually put descriptive adjectives in the following order:

size, age, shape, colour, origin, material

a little, old lady
a young, fat, brown puppy
a petite, white, French, linen jacket
Commas and 'and' with adjectives（用逗號還是用'and'）
We can put commas between adjectives, particularly if the list is long and gives similar sorts of information:

an informative, interesting, interactive presentation
a lovely, funny, light-hearted film

We can put 'and' between the final two adjectives in a list depending on whether the list comes after a verb or is followed by a noun

After a verb:
She was tall, beautiful and smart
They were expensive, old and rare

Followed by a noun:
A tall, beautiful woman
Expensive, old, rare coins