实战口语情景对话 第302期:Dogs 狗狗

 　　One of our dogs at home, he used to go walking with my granddad, and it was on these old country roads, so very quite really, not many cars would pass so the dog, Jonathan, used to run off in front of my granddad and my granddad's hearing wasn't too good at that time, he was already quite old, so he wouldn't always hear cars coming, so every time a car was coming, the dog would, Jonathan would come running back to my granddad so that, and he did this every time a car came so my granddad knew that if Jonathan came running back towards him, he knew that he had to stand in closer to the edge¹ of the road so that, you know, he wouldn't be in danger of being knocked down by a car or anything because those old country roads, you know when I was younger, we used to walk in the middle of the road, or you know, not quite by the edge, cause there were so few cars, you didn't really need to keep by the edge and there were no foot paths along the side, so you were just walking along the edge of the road, so he was a really clever dog in he could alert² my granddad, you know to whether a car was coming or not. 我们家有一只狗经常和我爷爷一起去散步，他们散步的那条路是古老的乡村小路，非常非常安静，经过的汽车不多，所以这只名为乔纳森的狗经常跑在我爷爷的前面，那时我爷爷的听力已经不好了，他当时年纪已经很大了，所以他不是总能听到汽车经过的声音，每次有汽车来的时候，小狗乔纳森就会跑回来找我爷爷，而每次一有汽车它就这样跑回来，因此我爷爷就知道，如果乔纳森跑回来找他，那就意味着他要站在靠近路边的地方，这样他就不会有被车撞到的危险了，那些乡村小路你也知道，在我小的时候，我们常常走在路中间，或者不会靠路边走，因为那里汽车很少，你不用总是靠在路边，而且路边也没有人行道，所以你只能沿着路边走，所以乔纳森是只非常聪明的狗，他会提醒我爷爷，让他知道是否有车辆经过。 I think most dogs are very intelligent. I've met some people who say their dog is a bit stupid but I don't believe that really. I think most dogs are quite intelligent, even if they're not really good guard dogs, you know, some dogs aren't good guard dogs. They don't bark enough when strangers come or something like that, but I still think they're probably very intelligent, and even if they're not, they're probably very affectionate, which is a plus definitely³. It's almost as good as having a really intelligent guard dog I think. 我认为大部分狗狗都很聪明，我遇到过一些说他们的狗有点笨的人，但是我认为那并不是事实。我认为大多数小狗都非常聪明，即使它们不是好的看门狗，你知道的，有些狗并不是很好的看门狗。像是有陌生人来的时候它们并不怎么叫，但是我仍然认为它们是聪明的，即使它们不够好，但是它们很重感情，这绝对是好的方面。我认为这与拥有一只聪明的看门狗一样好。

1 edge   

n.边(缘)；刃；优势；v.侧着移动，徐徐移动

参考例句：

• Sight along the edge to see if it's straight.顺着边目测，看看直不直。
• She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最边缘。

2 alert   

adj.机警的，活泼的，机灵的；vt.使...警觉

参考例句：

• Drivers must be on the alert for traffic signals.驾驶员必须密切注意交通信号。
• The rabbIt'seems to be very alert all its life.兔子似乎一生都小心翼翼，十分警觉。

3 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。