【英语趣味课堂】他喜欢猫的原因-The Reason Why He Likes Cats

Todd: So, Phil, we both live and work in Japan. We're both teachers in Japan. Now are you homesick. Are there things that you really miss about England? 

Phil: The thing I miss the most, and it's going to sound really sad, is my cat. 

Todd: Oh, that's cute. 

Phil: Yeah, I love my cat. I don't know why. I'm a bit sappy like that, so I really miss my cat. 

Todd: Oh, well talk about your cat. What's your cat like? 

Phil: My cat is black, very fat, very stupid like most cats but very lazy like me so we have a lot in common but just she likes to wake me up at six o'clock in the morning and I really curse her and hate her. Still, I can't be angry about it. 

Todd: Yeah, right. 

Phil: And sometimes she'll bring a bird in, and she thinks she's having a great present by brining us a bird and my mom gets really angry and... 

Todd: Ooh! Wow! You're cats still primitive¹. It still goes out and kills birds. 

Phil: Oh, yeah, yeah, and occasionally mice because we live in the country so there's a lot of animals nearby and my cat will always try and catch them. 

Todd: Oh, cool... So what's your cats name? 

Phil: Chaz. 

Todd: Chaz? 

Phil: Yeah. We got her from a charity called the Cat's Protection League in England. 

Todd: Oh, I'm sorry. What's that? Can you explain? 

Phil: The Cat's Protection League is basically, there's a lot of homeless cats in England. People abandon them because they can't look after them or whatever reason and they will take them in and they will give them food and try to find them new homes and we found our cat from there. 

Todd: So you saved Chaz? 

Phil: Kind of, yeah. I think we saved him. Maybe or maybe we condemned² him. I'm not sure. 

Todd: So, what's cool about your cat, Chaz? I mean, why do you have this bond with your cat? 

Phil: I don't know. Maybe we're on the same level. We both like to spend our weekends sleeping all day and doing as little as possible, eating a sleeping so maybe we're just on the same level, but I'm not really sure. We're just both as stupid as each other I think. 

Todd: So, you would say you're definitely a cat person and not a dog person? 

Phil: Yeah, yeah. I like dogs but I think cats are actually more intelligent on a... like if you throw a stick for a dog, the dog will always fetch it. The cat will look at it and fetch your own stick you idiot³. 

Todd: That's true. That's true. Well, anyway, hopefully you'll be able to see Chaz soon. 

Phil: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. I hope so.

1 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

2 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

3 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。