Describing Pets

You can also describe your pet's age.

你也可以描述你寵物的年齡。

Age can be described in detail by days, weeks, months, or years.

年齡可以以天、週、月或年為單位詳細描述。

You can also describe your pet's age generally by using adjectives like young, old, adult, or senior.

你也可以使用年輕、年老、成年或高齡等形容詞來一般性地描述你寵物的年齡。

And lastly, you can describe your pet's behavior and personality with opinion adjectives.

最後，你可以用表達觀點的形容詞來描述你寵物的行為與個性。

Opinion adjectives describe what we think or feel about something.

表達觀點的形容詞是用來描述我們對某事物的想法或感受。

Adjectives like beautiful, smart, and funny are all opinion adjectives.

像美麗、聰明和有趣這類形容詞都是表達觀點的形容詞。

Opinion adjectives are just one category of adjectives.

表達觀點的形容詞只是眾多形容詞類別中的一類。

There are many different categories.

有許多不同的類別。

What some English learners might not know is the order of these categories is important when two or more adjectives from different categories are used to describe a noun.

一些英語學習者可能不知道的是，當兩個或以上來自不同類別的形容詞用來修飾名詞時，這些類別的順序非常重要。

The order of the adjective categories is as follows.

形容詞類別的順序如下。

1 Quantity.

1. 數量。

Quantity adjectives describe the amount of something.

數量形容詞用於描述某事物的數量。

2 Opinion.

2. 觀點。

Opinion adjectives describe what someone thinks about something, that person's opinion.

觀點形容詞用於描述某人對某事的看法，也就是該人的觀點。

3 Size.

3. 大小。

Size adjectives describe how big or small something is.

大小形容詞用於描述某事物是大還是小。

4. Age.

4. 年齡。

Age adjectives are used to describe the age of something.

年齡形容詞用於描述某事物的年齡。

You can use specific numbers or more general words.

你可以使用具體數字或更通用的詞彙。

Sometimes American English speakers put age adjectives before opinion adjectives.

有時美式英語使用者會將年齡形容詞放在觀點形容詞之前。

5. Shape or length.

5. 形狀或長度。

These adjectives describe the form and size of something.

這些形容詞用於描述某事物的形狀和大小。

You can use specific shapes like a triangle or square, or length words like long or short.

你可以使用具體的形狀，如三角形或正方形，或使用長度詞彙，如長或短。

6. Color.

6. 顏色。

Color is a great way to describe animals, as they come in many different colors.

顏色是描述動物的絕佳方式，因為它們擁有許多不同的顏色。

7. Origin.

7. 產地。

These adjectives describe where something or someone came from.

這些形容詞用於描述某事物或某人來自何處。

For pets, breed is a common term used to describe origin.

對於寵物而言，品種是用來描述產地的常見用語。

8. Material.

8. 材質。

These adjectives describe the substance that things are made of.

這些形容詞用於描述物品是由什麼物質製成的。

Often these adjectives come from the nouns they describe.

通常這些形容詞源自它們所修飾的名詞。

9. Purpose.

9. 用途。

Purpose adjectives are just that.

目的形容詞就是這樣。

They describe purpose or how something works.

它們描述用途或某物如何運作。

Let's describe my cat Suti Chai and see what category of adjectives I use.

讓我們來描述我的貓蘇提柴，看看我會用到哪一類形容詞。

Suti Chai is a large four-year-old Siamese cat.

蘇提柴是一隻四歲大的暹羅貓。

He has big blue eyes.

他有一雙大大的藍眼睛。

He also has a cute little white spot on his belly.

他的肚子上還有一個可愛的小白點。

In the first sentence, we have the adjectives large, four-year-old, and Siamese.

在第一句話中，我們有形容詞：large（大）、four-year-old（四歲的）和 Siamese（暹羅的）。

Large is in the size category.

Large 屬於大小類別。

It comes before four year old, which describes his age.

它排在 four year old 之前，後者描述他的年齡。

And lastly, we have Siamese.

最後，我們還有 Siamese。

Siamese is a breed of cat and describes its origin.

Siamese 是一種貓的品種，描述其來源地。

Siamese cats are believed to have come from the country of Siam.

據信暹羅貓來自暹羅國。

Today, English speakers call it Thailand.

今天，英語使用者稱之為泰國。

In the second sentence, there are the adjectives big and blue to describe his eyes.

在第二句話中，有形容詞 big 和 blue 用來描述他的眼睛。

Size adjectives come before color adjectives.

大小形容詞排在顏色形容詞之前。

And in the last sentence, we have the opinion adjective cute that comes before the size adjective little, and little comes before the color adjective of white.

而在最後一句話中，我們有表示意見的形容詞 cute，它排在表示大小的形容詞 little 之前，而 little 又排在表示顏色的形容詞 white 之前。

Today we looked at how we can describe our pets and the order of the adjectives we use to describe them.

今天我們探討了如何描述我們的寵物，以及用來描述它們的形容詞順序。

You can use adjectives for size, shape, or color to describe their appearance.

你可以使用大小、形狀或顏色的形容詞來描述牠們的外觀。

You can also use age and opinion adjectives in either order in American English.

在美國英語中，你也可以隨意使用年齡和意見形容詞。

Lastly, if you know your animal's breed or where they are from, you can use origin adjectives to describe them.

最後，如果你知道動物的品種或來源地，你可以使用來源地形容詞來描述牠們。

Now it is your turn.

現在輪到你了。

Using the order of adjectives, describe your pet.

請依照形容詞的順序來描述你的寵物。

Share your description in an email to learningenglish@voanews. Com.

請將你的描述透過電子郵件寄至 learningenglish@voanews.com。

I'm Faith Perlo.

我是費斯·佩洛。