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
abatement claim
absolute (magnetic) permeability
after-born
albite monzonite
antedatable
anti(-)roll bar
Bersut
bioastronomy
bloater herring
Bomberai
boot storms
brake line
brofists
chain calculation
clamper circuit
claymore
color woren taffeta
completion of measure space
convallarias
crankcase partition
deal-maker
dinner theatre
distinguishedness
dry farming
EDPR
electrochemical dehydration
electrotransferred
exile
fork groove
G. M. C.
genus notropiss
great circle navigation
Grewia concolor
ground-man
Gruevski
half tone block
harpoonlike
Hemibasidiales
high speed streak camera
HMG-CoA
hospital management
igap
in the hollow of someone's hand
incles
infamator
intulo
isobutyryl bromide
Jurassic period
Kaoma
knottiest
Kuznetsk Coal Basin
ladies and gentleman
life belts
lysinogenesis
manned work enclosure
microwell
millipedic
mindstream
Mortegliano
multi-purpose electric tool
Nanopheni
national regional autonomy
natural potential productivity
Nevele Pride
non-entry
octaloops
oil-soluble phenolic resin
overrecovers
Partābgarh
pathological amenorrhea
Perraultite
pinchfists
plowmen
polyotia
PPO
pyruvate oxidation factor
receiving activity
refrigerating and cannery ship
retrievable spear
rock-n-roll
roriferous
rotate a right
rougy
runway obstruction
safety layout
salvage tug
Schrodinger function
set of node
single-banked runner
sparsa
stem absorption
superscience
swing hanger pin
take a hard line
telecontrol system
Three Items of Specialized Training
total variation diminishing scheme
Tuscan
two's company
unawesome
underdrawings
unwhited