生活英语对话 Episode 42: A raffle

本单元是关于抽奖的对话

Tim: We're on our way to Deutschland, Deutschland!
Helen: Tim, what's got into you?
Tim: The promise of two gorgeous¹, 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-fashioned² 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 raffle³.
Tim: OK everyone's name in the hat then.


Vocabulary:（词汇）

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

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

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

本单元的语言点是多个形容词做修饰语的顺序，情况下面英语里形容词排列的顺序

Adjective order

Here are some rules about the order we put adjectives in
以下是英语里形容词排列的顺序


Describing before classifying:（先描述后分类）

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

Giving options before describing （先评论后描述）

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

Ordering of descriptive adjectives（描述性形容词的顺序）

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（用逗号还是用'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

1 gorgeous   

adj.华丽的，灿烂的，美丽的，宜人的，棒的

参考例句：

• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
• What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊！

2 old-fashioned   

adj.旧式的，保守的，挑剔的

参考例句：

• Why do you still dress in an old-fashioned mode?你为什么还穿款式陈旧的衣服？
• Here is an old-fashioned pump for drawing water from a well.这里有一个旧式水泵可从井里抽水。

3 raffle   

n.废物，垃圾，抽奖售卖；v.以抽彩出售

参考例句：

• The money was raised by the sale of raffle tickets.这笔款子是通过出售购物彩券筹集的。
• He won a car in the raffle.他在兑奖售物活动中赢得了一辆汽车。