情景会话口袋书人际篇110:养宠物(2)

 　　5. My daughter keeps a pig as pet.

　　我的女儿养了一头猪当宠物。

　　还能这样说：

　　The pig is my daughter's pet.

　　My daughter's pig is a pig.

　　应用解析：

　　as fat as a pig 肥得像猪；

　　bleed like a pig 血流如注；

　　bring one's pigs to a fine market 卖得吃亏；失败，失算；

　　when pigs fly 除非猪会飞；绝不可能

　　6. The poodle is a popular house pet.

　　卷毛狗是很多人都喜爱的宠物。

　　还能这样说：

　　Many people like keeping a poodle as a pet.

　　The poodle is a kind of pet which many people like.

　　应用解析：

　　the popular front 人民阵线；

　　a popular edition 普及版；

　　a popular science readings 科普读物；

　　a popular song 流行歌曲；

　　a popular price 廉价

　　7. The dog needs to go to the vet¹ to get a rabies shot.

　　给狗打个狂犬病疫苗吧。

　　还能这样说：

　　Give the dog a rabies shot in the vet.

　　It is necessary for the dog to go to the vet to get a rabies shot.

　　应用解析：

　　shoot the arrow at the target 有的放矢；

　　shoot sb. 击毙某人；

　　shot through with 充满……的；

　　the whole shoot 全部，全数；

　　shoot ahead of 疾进，超过；突然领先

　　8. Pets have feeling just like us.

　　宠物像人一样有感情。

　　还能这样说：

　　Pets are similar to us, they have feelings.

　　Just as we do, pets also have feelings.

　　应用解析：

　　have a feel of 对……有天赋；

　　how it feels 是什么滋味，意味着什么；

　　it feels like 好像要，似乎是；

　　to the feel 摸起来

1 vet   

n.兽医，退役军人；vt.检查

参考例句：

• I took my dog to the vet.我把狗带到兽医诊所看病。
• Someone should vet this report before it goes out.这篇报道发表之前应该有人对它进行详查。