时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Describing Order and Sequence


Patrick: Okay, your first task is to put all of these files in order. 


Maya: Wow, there must be hundreds of files in this storeroom. How am I supposed to organize them? 


Patrick: Create a basic filing system. Put things in sequence. If they’re labeled with dates, put them in chronological 1 order. If they’re labeled with names, put them in alphabetical 2 order by last name. 


Maya: Okay, but what about this file? It’s labeled with a four- digit 3 number, but it’s not a date. 


Patrick: Those are case numbers. Put those in ascending 4 or descending 5 numeric order, whichever makes sense. 


Maya: But this file has letters followed by numbers. 


Patrick: Then put those in alphanumeric order, first by letter and then by number. Simple, right? 


Maya: Yeah, but have you ever considered a more random 6 filing system, something that embraces chaos 7


Patrick: No, I haven’t. If I wanted chaos, I’d just go home to my 11 children! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 chronological
adj.按年月顺序排列的,年代学的
  • The paintings are exhibited in chronological sequence.这些画是按创作的时间顺序展出的。
  • Give me the dates in chronological order.把日期按年月顺序给我。
2 alphabetical
adj.字母(表)的,依字母顺序的
  • Please arrange these books in alphabetical order.请把这些书按字母顺序整理一下。
  • There is no need to maintain a strict alphabetical sequence.不必保持严格的字顺。
3 digit
n.零到九的阿拉伯数字,手指,脚趾
  • Her telephone number differs from mine by one digit.她的电话号码和我的只差一个数字。
  • Many animals have five digits.许多动物有5趾。
4 ascending
adj.上升的,向上的
  • Now draw or trace ten dinosaurs in ascending order of size.现在按照体型由小到大的顺序画出或是临摹出10只恐龙。
5 descending
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
6 chaos
n.混乱,无秩序
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
学英语单词
absorbed antiserum
additional combining
adenophora bockiana diels
aerostable
alstroemeriaceaes
athroat
banking secrecy
beat the drum
berberilic anhydride
bisevo i.
bismite
bromide chloride
Bryukhovo
burpalite
cannonades
cardiac contusion
CMPM
colonnettes
commissural vessel
componential
cool-out
crossing round haul net
crystal engineering
cyclic grazing
develop small enterprises in the direction of specialization
dicycloverine
Diksonskiy Rayon
double insurance policy
dynamogenesis
EDX (energy dispersive X-ray analysis)
ellipsometers
English mounting
enteric microorganism
escrow barter trade
even grained
filmorex system
frequency locking
gill drawing machine
global context
grasps
Great Barton
Haute-Kotto, Prefect.
heterobaric
Hordaland Fylke
Hullet unloader
hyaluranectin
hyperisotonic
hyraid
Keerbergen
keystone cop
kick-starting
kindsfolk
limons
line element
lingual lymph nodes
Lochkovian
magnetic powder inspection
mgbs
mirrorman
misqualified
multiple adenomyoma
noncommunicating
oil-firing
optimum prediction
outside water
paleographical
parasitic lung disease
pigeon-breasted
plane of denudation
pottering
public key
Refilwe
rendering equipment
retarding conveyor
ringworm of the nails
Roegneria nutans
sabre and beadstring scrofulae
salable coal
scunnered
sexual mentor
sinuous-header
social alienation
square splice
Starup
stationary stay
strike of sheep
subfile
superior longitudinal sinuses
target number
Thalamosensory
the Haber process
travelling lighting gallery
tree-barks
triode field effect transistor
ultramodernism
undependent variable
ursolates
uterine biopsy punch
virtual learning environment
wall-eyed