纯正地道美语(外教讲解)181：-农场动物

　　A:   Isn’t this great?  I always wanted to own a farm, live out in the country, grow my own food!
B:   This is very beautiful. Though I have to confess, I don’t know the first thing about farming!
A:   That’s fine! Don’t worry about it!
B:   What was that?
A:   Relax, it was just a goat!
B:   And that?
A:   It’s just the cows that are grazing over there. We can milk them later.
B:   What was that?
A:   Honey, seriously, It’s just a sheep. Relax!
A:   Relax, that was just the horses and donkeys that are in the stable.
B:   You know what?  I don’t think I can hack¹ it here out in the countryside. I’m going back to the city!

　　graze vi.（牲畜）吃青草
Cattle were grazing in the field.
牛在地里吃草。
milk vt.挤（奶）
The milkmaid milks the cows twice a day.
挤奶女工一天两次为奶牛挤奶。
stable n.马厩
hack it 能够经营好
拓展词汇】
stall（仅能容一只动物的）小隔栏，隔栅，厩
pig sty n.猪圈
pen n. （家畜的）栏，圈，棚
chicken coop 鸡笼
herd² n.牧群
A：这不是很棒吗？ 我一直想拥有自己的农场，住在农村，种自己的食物。
B: 那确实好极了。虽然我必须承认你的主意很不错，但是我对农场一窍不通。
A：没关系，别担心那个。
B: 那是什么？
A：放松，那只是头羊。
B: 哪个呢？
A：牛在那边吃青草。玩些时候我们得给牛挤奶。
B: 哪个是什么？
A: 亲爱的，那只是一只羊，放松，
A:放松，那些只是马和毛驴在马厩中。
B: 你知道吗？我认为在农村我无法经营好农场，我要回城里了。

1 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

2 herd   

n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。