摘要：当它们必须以特殊的顺序出现才能表达我们想要的含义时，我们称它们为累积形容词。

Hi, Ton.

吉尔博士，您听说我们要举办带宠物上班日吗？

Are you all ready for Bring Your Pet to Work Day?

好的。

No, I'm looking for my lost pet.

我一直想带我的狗去上班。

What is it?

你养的是什么品种的狗？

A bearded dragon.

我有一只精力充沛的小狗，名叫艾丽亚 (Aria)。

He jumped off the table and ran away.

Wow, like dragons that can fly?

这是如何使用两个或多个形容词来描述宠物的一个很好的例子。

Big scary ones?

当它们必须以特殊的顺序出现才能表达我们想要的含义时，我们称它们为累积形容词。

No.

是的，我先告诉你我对她的看法，或者说我的观点。

He's not a mythical dragon.

她精力充沛。

He's a scary-looking, huge, brown, and orange, pet-bearded dragon.

然后我给了她尺寸，小，最后我给了她名字。

He's a scary-looking, huge, brown, and orange, pet-bearded dragon.

Wonderful!

你听说过还有哪些宠物要来吗？

This can be a good grammar lesson.

我认为多萝西正带着她的乌龟来。

Huh?

你见过他们吗？

My dragon's missing and all you can think about is grammar?

她给我看了一张照片。

When you describe a pet, you can give a lot of information.

它们是平静的小水龟。

In our last lesson, we talked about your opinion of it and the size.

那是我们州立大学的吉祥物。

In this lesson, we have the age, color, and breed or kind.

它们是很棒的宠物。

Right!

安静又有趣。

That's the order of cumulative adjectives.

我是否遵循了形容词的顺序？

Scary-looking is Opinion, Huge is Size, Brown and Orange are the Colors, and Bearded Dragon is the Breed.

它们是平静的小水龟。

He is such a... Oh, I think I see him over there!

是的，你说出了你的看法。

Good!

平静，大小，微小，是什么动物？

I've got to put him back in the cage!

水龟。

While John gets his dragon back in the cage, let's look at another example.

它们是平静的小水龟。

I brought my energetic little ten-year-old Russell Terrier today and she's looking at Dorothy's turtles.

约翰，你要带什么宠物来？

My energetic little ten-year-old Russell Terrier.

这是一个惊喜，但我可以给你一个提示。

You can use this order to describe just about anything.

这是一种看上去很可怕的巨大爬行动物。

Your car, house, a book.

噢，我迫不及待想看了。

Now, try using several adjectives to describe your pet or a friend's pet.

And that's Everyday Grammar TV.

这就是《日常语法电视》。

来源：英语东