【英语趣味课堂】打猎-Hunting

Lindsay: So, Jake we were just talking about zoos. Now, I'm curious. What do you think about hunting? Do you like hunting?

Jake: Not really. I know a lot of people who do hunt though.

 

Lindsay: What do they hunt?

 

Jake: Well, deer mostly and sometimes grouse¹ and different birds.

 

Lindsay: Do they use a gun or a bow and arrow²?

 

Jake: They use guns.

 

Lindsay: Yeah, I don't know about hunting. I'm not a really big fan of hunting.

 

Jake: Yeah, a lot of people enjoy it I guess, and plus they get to eat the animals after they hunt them.

 

Lindsay: Yeah, my father was a very big hunter. He actually kept a big rifle³ gun and would go pheasant hunting twice a year. He would always come back with this nasty⁴ pheasant and put it in our freezer but my mom never knew how to cook it so it would just stay in our freezer forever.

 

Jake: So you never ate the pheasant?

 

Lindsay: We never ate the pheasant. But in general both my mom and I were very upset with my father for hunting. We just didn't think he needed to go out and shoot poor animals.

 

Jake: But he must have really enjoyed it to go against you and your mother's wishes and go hunting all the time.

 

Lindsay: That's a good point. He did really enjoy it and basically⁵ he just did what he wanted to do, but have you ever eaten a hunted deer?

 

Jake: Yes, I have, and it was pretty good actually.

 

Lindsay: Does it taste different than cow?

 

Jake: It's not the same as cow definitely⁶, but it's not a really unusual tasting meat either, I would say.

 

Lindsay: OK, so someone went and hunted the deer and then served it to you?

 

Jake: Yes.

 

Lindsay: And that was OK for you?

 

Jake: Yes, it was OK for me because I eat cow and chicken all the time and I don't see how that's different.

 

Lindsay: Yeah, but this deer was in the wild, and what if it was a mother?

 

Jake: Well, some of the cows that we eat are mothers as well.

 

Lindsay: You think so? I never really thought about that. I guess you're right, but something about the idea of going out and shooting⁷ a poor deer. It just reminds me of Bambi. It's so sad.

1 grouse   

n.松鸡；v.牢骚，诉苦

参考例句：

• They're shooting grouse up on the moors.他们在荒野射猎松鸡。
• If you don't agree with me,please forget my grouse.如果你的看法不同，请不必介意我的牢骚之言。

2 arrow   

n.箭，矢；箭状物，箭头符号

参考例句：

• He was shot in the shoulder with an arrow.他的肩膀被箭射中。
• The letter was nailed to the wall with an arrow.一支箭把信钉在了墙上。

3 rifle   

n.来复枪，步枪

参考例句：

• The soldiers keep a tight hold of the rifle.战士们紧握手中的枪。
• They armed him with a rifle.他们发给他一支步枪。

4 nasty   

adj.令人讨厌的，困难的，恶劣的，下流的

参考例句：

• She got a nasty knock on the head when she fell.她跌倒时头部受到严重碰撞。
• When this material burns，it flings off a nasty smell.这种物质燃烧时发出一股难闻的气味。

5 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

6 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

7 shooting   

n.射击，发射；猎场，狩猎场

参考例句：

• The soldiers began shooting away at the enemy positions.战士们开始朝敌人的阵地不断地射击。
• I was in the act of shooting him when I suddenly recognized him.我正要向他开枪时，突然认出了他。