英语访谈对话 300 Lucky

 　　Todd: OK, Richard!

　　Richard: Hi, Todd. Good to see you.

　　Todd: Good to see you.

　　Richard: Long time no see.

　　Todd: Yeah, it's been awhile.

　　Richard: It's been awhile.

　　Todd: Richard, you helped me out when I first started the website.

　　Richard: My pleasure.

　　Todd: Yeah, you're very kind and you talked about your dog!

　　Richard: Lucky! Here he is! This is Lucky's picture.

　　Todd: Wow! That's big. So tell us about Lucky. How's lucky been the last two years?

　　Richard: Lucky, the last two year! Yeah! Lucky is almost two years old. His birthday is November the 11th! One-One-One-One, so he'll be 2 years old. He's doing well. He's developed some unique, sort of characteristics, personality traits¹. One is that late at night he doesn't like walking just with me, it has to be with me and my wife together. So he has two big bodyguards². It's true. It's an unusual thing but he will not walk by the river where it's very dark with just one person. He needs two people to walk him. Which is unusual for a dog. He's a golden retriever so he's a big dog, but he's just, he needs two people and he gets very lonely, you know he likes to follow people around the house the whole time, you know he's a really, he's a very sort of sociable³ dog.

　　Todd: What a lovely dog?

　　Richard: Yes, lovely dog!

　　Todd: I want to meet him!

　　Richard: Yeah, well, anytime!

　　Todd: So, I think you were saying something earlier about how he gets cold.

　　Richard: Yeah, that's the other thing. One of the other unique things about Lucky is that I think he's a but spoiled. I mean, you know, a lot of dogs live outdoors but this dog lives indoors⁴, and you know the kotatsu, in the winter my obaachan, my wife's mother has the kotatsu.

　　Todd: Yeah, like the kotatsu is like a big blanket.

　　Richard: Ah, yeah, like a little low table.

　　Todd: Oh, the kotatsu, oh, yeah, yeah, sorryRichard: An electric heater underneath⁵ itTodd: Yeah, that's right, sorry!

　　Richard: And cat in Japan, cats are famous for going under the kotatsu in winter but my dog goes under the Kotatsu, so and he's quite big right, so you just see his legs poking⁶ out of the kotatsu. I mean that's a very unusual behavior for a golden retriever. Yeah, yeah, he's and unusual dog.

　　Todd: So how much does he eat?

　　Richard: I see, what about my son. I want to talk about my son.

　　Todd: Well, no but like, first I'm just curious, how much does you dog eat?

　　Richard: How much does he eat? Well, it's three times a day.

　　Todd: Yeah, I mean, how much does it cost?

　　Richard: Oh, the cost!

　　Todd: Yeah, to feed a dog in Japan!

　　Richard: Well, that's a good, that's a tough question. I buy a big bag of food. It costs me 18,000 yen⁷ and that lasts about three months, so about 6,000 yen.

　　Todd: Man, that is expensive! So you're dog, that's at least 6,000 yen a month on food.

　　Richard: And then Vet's bills are pretty high.

　　Todd: Wow! But he's worth it! It seems like you love your dog.

　　Richard: I love my dog. I carry his picture everywhere.

　　Todd: That's my favorite dog too! Golden Retrievers. They're so kind.

　　Richard: I also love my son! Can I talk about my son!

　　Todd: OK, we'll do your son in the next interview.

1 traits   

n.人的个性，显著的特点，特征( trait的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We do not know which behavioural traits are inherited and which acquired. 我们不知道哪些行为特征是遗传的，哪些是后天养成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His generosity is one of his good traits. 慷慨大方是他的好品质之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 bodyguards   

n.保镖，卫士，警卫员( bodyguard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks came to Jim's office accompanied—like always—by his two bodyguards. 和往常一样，在两名保镖的陪同下，布鲁克斯去吉姆的办公室。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Three of his bodyguards were injured in the attack. 在这次袭击事件中，他有3名保镖受了伤。 来自辞典例句

3 sociable   

adj.好交际的，友好的，合群的

参考例句：

• Roger is a very sociable person.罗杰是个非常好交际的人。
• Some children have more sociable personalities than others.有些孩子比其他孩子更善于交际。

4 indoors   

adv.(在)室内，(在)户内

参考例句：

• Because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.我们因天气寒冷呆在家里。
• It is very cold outside,you'd better come indoors across the board.外面很冷，你们所有人最好都进屋。

5 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

6 poking   

n. 刺，戳，袋 vt. 拨开，刺，戳 vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
• He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。

7 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。