英文原版对话1000个:617 Pet Care

Todd: So, wait, Lucinda, you said you lived in the country, and you said you could not have pets at your house?

Lucinda: Yes, because we didn't own our house and we're on kind of a nature reserve¹ so that any animal that could be dangerous to the wildlife like a cat or a dog or even a large rat would be a problem for the environment so we couldn't have any pets apart from chickens.

Todd: OK, but I thought that you said you had many pets and you're an animal lover²!

Lucinda: Yeah, I do have pets but they didn't live with me most of the time.

Lucinda: My parents are divorced³ so my father lived in the city and he had a cat which he named after me and my brother, and then he also had a dog which was a schnauzer, that's quite a rare⁴ dog from Germany, and yeah, that was a really cool dog.

Todd: Oh, wait, that's cool, so at your dad's house you had a cat and a dog? (Yeah) And you said he named them after you and your brother?

Lucinda: Yeah. The cat's name is Lugi and my name is Lucinda and my brother's name is Giles so it's like "Lu-Gi". It'spretty weird⁵?

Todd: And what did he name the dog?

Lucinda: Ah, the dog's name was Boeing? It's actually, it's father was a Australian show champion, so it's show name was Boeing 747.

Todd: Oh, cool, like the plane. Oh, sweet. So you only had pets at your father's house?

Lucinda: No, I also had pets at my auntie⁶'s and my grandparent's house.

Todd: At your auntie's and your grandparent's? What pet did you have at your auntie's house?

Lucinda: Ah, I had a horse.

Todd: A horse!

Lucinda: Yeah, my had a, she's from America and she had, she always had horses in America, and when she came to New Zealand, she, the first thing she did was buy me a pony⁷, so I've had that pony since I was about 7 years old.

Todd: You still have the pony? What's the pony's name?

Lucinda: Lady. share her with my cousin now because my auntie has had more children so I share them, but yeah, I have a horse at my aunties⁸ house.

Todd: Is it a good pony? Is it easy to ride?

Lucinda: I can't ride it anymore. It's a bit small now. It's about the size for a seven-year old, so pet is now is about all I can do.

Todd: Well, what about your grandma's? What did you have there?

Lucinda: My grandmother had a cart⁹ horse. My grandmother used to train race horses so she actually had an old cart horse which I used to ride on the cart all the time and she also had a cat and a number of farm dogs but my grandfather wouldn't let me near the farm dogs because farm dogs are not meant to go near kids or other humans because they're meant to be taught only by they masters but I ruined about five of his dogs because the liked me better than him and so he wasn't too mad but they were really good sheep dogs until they met me because they'd actually run away from, cause I live with my grandparents for couple of months, and they'd actually run away from him when he was using them on the fields to meet me at the bus stops, so

Todd: Well, you have special gift with animals.

 

1 reserve   

n.储备（物），储藏量，预备队；vt.储备，保存，保留，预定，预约

参考例句：

• We'll reserve the ticket for you till tomorrow noon.票为您保留到明天中午。
• This area was once a wildlife reserve.该地区曾是一个野生动物保护区。

2 lover   

n.情人，恋人；爱好者

参考例句：

• Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.情人眼里出西施。
• Mr.Smith was a lover of poetry.史密斯先生是一名诗歌爱好者。

3 divorced   

adj.离婚的；分开的；不相干的；脱离的v.与…离婚(divorce的过去式和过去分词)；分离；与某人离婚，判某人离婚

参考例句：

• Apparently they are getting divorced soon. 看样子，他们很快就要离婚。
• Many divorced men remarry and have second families. 许多离婚的男子再婚组成了新的家庭。

4 rare   

adj.稀罕的，罕有的，珍贵的，稀薄的，半熟的，非常的；adv.非常

参考例句：

• It is rare to see a man over 160 years old.很少见到一个人能活到160岁。
• The zoo has a lot of rare animals in it.这个动物园有许多珍奇的动物。

5 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

6 auntie   

n.对aunt的亲热称呼

参考例句：

• She's staying with her auntie for the time being.她暂时住在她姨妈那里。
• My auntie brought up four children.我姑姑养了四个孩子。

7 pony   

adj.小型的；n.小马

参考例句：

• His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
• They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。

8 aunties   

n.(aunt的昵称)伯母( auntie的名词复数 )；婶母；姑母；姨母

参考例句：

• God couldn't be anywhere, that's why he made aunties. 上帝不可能无处不在，所以他创造了女人。 来自互联网
• Spindly Austin 7's of the' 20s are venerated like doddering old aunties. 修长的奥斯汀7世以及20世都已经是人们喜欢的老爷车。 来自互联网

9 cart   

n.（二轮或四轮）运货马车，手推车；vt.用马车装载，用手提（笨重物品），强行带走

参考例句：

• We use this to cart the goods.我们用这个来拉运货物。
• Let's go over and help them pull the cart.咱们过去帮他们拉车。