美語情景對話 第3期:養(yǎng)寵物

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Todd: Hello, Matt!
    你好,馬特!
    Matt: Hello, Todd!
    你好,托德!
    Todd: Matt, I'm going to ask you some questions about pet. (OK!) First question, do you have a pet?
    馬特,我將會問你幾個關(guān)于寵物的問題。(好的!)第一個問題,你養(yǎng)寵物嗎?
    Matt: Yes, in fact, my mom's house we have three, three pets; two dogs and a cat. My family actually raises dogs for helping blind people.
    是的,事實上,在我媽媽的房子里,我們養(yǎng)了三只寵物,兩只狗和一直貓。我家培養(yǎng)的是能幫助盲人的導(dǎo)盲犬。
    Todd: Oh, really!
    哦,真的嗎!
    Matt: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
    是的。
    Todd: Wow, like how do they train the dogs?
    哇,那么怎么訓(xùn)練導(dǎo)盲犬呢?
    Matt: How do they train the dogs? Well, I mean, it's a long process, right...we get them when they're puppies.....and so we train them basic...you know, sit, come... really basic things...then, after they're about two year old, they go a different training school.
    如何訓(xùn)練導(dǎo)盲犬?這其實是一個長期的過程。我們會帶回來出生不久的幼犬。接著訓(xùn)練小狗基本功,比如坐下,過來這些很基本的東西。然后,等到它們兩歲大,我們會送它去一家培訓(xùn)學(xué)校。
    Todd: Oh, wow , that's great!
    哇,太棒了!
    Matt: Yeah, yeah!
    是的。
    Todd: Well, how many dogs do they train at a time?
    訓(xùn)練幾只導(dǎo)盲犬呢?
    Matt: Oh, just one! We have our own dog, and then we have a dog that we have that we are training.
    只有一只!我們自己養(yǎng)只狗,還有一只訓(xùn)練中的導(dǎo)盲犬。
    Todd: Oh, OK.
    好的。
    Matt: Yeah, just one dog at a time.
    只訓(xùn)練一只。
    Todd: Do you ever see the dogs you trained, like out on the street, or anything?
    你有沒有偶遇自己訓(xùn)練過的導(dǎo)盲犬,例如在街上,有沒有類似的重聚?
    Matt: Sometimes we'll see them, they'll have like sort of conventions of reunions of the pets so, yeah, you get to see them once in awhile.
    有時候我會看到它們,導(dǎo)盲犬和訓(xùn)練人相聚是約定俗成的的慣例,訓(xùn)練人偶爾可以看它們。
    Todd: Oh, wow, that's cool. Um, why do people keep pets?
    哇,太酷了。那么人們?yōu)槭裁匆B(yǎng)寵物?
    Matt: I guess the most important thing is companionship, right! So there is always somebody there for you that will like you no matter what.
    我想重要的一個原因就是寵物對主人的陪伴!無論如何,寵物總會圍繞在主人身邊,不問原因地喜愛自己的主人。
    Todd: Yeah, that's true. OK, besides cats, dogs, and fish, what are some other pets people keep?
    是的,確實如此。那么除了貓,狗和魚,人們還養(yǎng)什么寵物?
    Matt: Well, I guess if you are Sigfreid and Roy you can keep a tiger or lion. I guess all types of things don't they.
    我想如果你是馴獸師Sigreid和Roy,也許你能養(yǎng)一只老虎或獅子。我想各種動物都能成為人類的寵物。
    Todd: Yeah.
    是的。
    Matt: I mean, my friend has a snake....I don't know if you mention that: snake and ferrets and insects, spiders...
    我的一位朋友就養(yǎng)了一條蛇。我忘了你是否提到過,蛇,雪貂,昆蟲,蜘蛛都可以成為人類的寵物。
    Todd: OK.
    好的。
    Matt: All kinds of things.
    各種動物。
    Todd: All right, yeah, like there is so many. What are some costs associated with keeping a pet?
    好的,養(yǎng)一只寵物所需的花費(fèi)是多少呢?
    Matt: Food is probably the biggest cost, but also if you keep the dog, particularly a dog in your house, when they are puppies, and we have a lot of puppies they'll chew up everything they can so we're constantly replacing shoes and, you know, cleaning up pee from the carpet and things like that..so.. it can be a hassle.
    食物也許是大的開銷,但如果你養(yǎng)的是狗,尤其是小狗,你把它放在屋里,我們曾經(jīng)就把許多小狗放到屋里,它們會把屋里能咬的東西都咬了,因此我們老得換新鞋,而且還得清理地攤上的尿痕等,這些也很麻煩。
    Todd: Yeah, OK. Thanks a lot, and by the way, where are you from?
    好的。十分謝謝,順便一提,你來自哪里?
    Matt: I'm from the U.S.A., from Minnesota.
    我來自美國,明尼蘇達(dá)州。