实战口语情景对话 第82期:养狗 Good Dog!

 Todd: James, I saw on your desk you have a nice picture of a dog. 詹姆斯，你桌上的照片里是一只很棒的狗。

 

James: Yes. 是的。

 

Todd: OK. Tell us about your dog. 好的，跟我们说说你的狗。

 

James: My dog's name is Piper. He was a mutt, a homeless dog that we picked up off the street about four and a half years ago. 我的狗名叫Piper。它是一只杂种的流浪狗，4年半前我们领养了它。

 

Todd: Oh, wow! So what kind of dog is he now? 哇！它现在是一只什么样的狗？

 

James: He's a yellow lab, golden retriever mix. He's very very sweet, very very fun to play with, really really nice. 它是一只拉布拉多犬和黄金猎犬的混合体。它很聪明，和它玩十分有趣，真的很棒。

 

Todd: Oh, that's great. Can he do any tricks? 太棒了。他会什么特技吗？

 

James: No. 不会。

 

Todd: No. 不会。

 

James: We can do one trick where we point our finger at him and go Bang Bang Bang Bang and he falls over dead, but that is the only trick he can do and he only does that maybe half the time. 它会的唯一特技就是，当我们用手指指着它，并发出嗙嗙嗙声音时，它会倒下装死。这是它会的唯一特技，而且这个特技只有50%的成功几率。

 

Todd: OK. Does he bark a lot? 你经常犬吠吗？

 

James: Usually no. Usually he's pretty good. 通常不会。它是只好狗。

 

Todd: Pretty quiet. 很安静。

 

James: Mm,hm! 是的！

 

Todd: OK. Is it a male dog or a female dog? 它是公的还是母的？

 

James: Yeah. It's a male dog. 是公狗。

 

Todd: So, no puppies¹. 那么，就不会有小狗了。

 

James: No, puppies. 不会带来小狗的。

 

Todd: OK. Would you like to have another dog, another puppy²? 好的，那么你还想再养只狗吗？

 

James: It would be fun in the future but not for awhile. 将来再养一只会很有趣，但最近还不行。

 

 

 From: http://www.hxen.com/oralenglish/shizhan/2015-11-10/407546.html

1 puppies   

n.（常指不满一岁的）小狗(puppy的复数)；小狗，幼犬( puppy的名词复数 )；浅薄自负的年轻男子

参考例句：

• a litter of puppies 一窝小狗
• The bitch bore six puppies. 母狗生了六只小狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 puppy   

n.小狗，幼犬

参考例句：

• You must school your puppy to obey you.你要训练你的小狗服从你。
• Their lively puppy frisks all over the house.他们的小狗在屋里到处欢快地蹦跳。