纯正地道美语(外教讲解)232：买宠物

　　A:  We have been over this a hundred times ! We are not getting a pet!
B:  Why not? Come on! Just a cute little puppy. or a kitty!
A:  Who is going to look after a dog or a cat?
B:  I will! I’ll feed it, bathe it and walk it every day! We  can get a Labrador or a German Shepard !
A:  What if we want to take a vacation ? Who will we leave it with? Plus, our apartment is too small for that breed of dog.
B:  Ok. How about we get a cat or a ferret？
A:  We’re planning on having children soon, I don’t think those animals are a good idea with a baby in the house.
B:  Fine!  Let’s get a bird then!  We can keep it in its cage and teach it to talk! A parrot would be awesome¹!
A:  I’ll tell you what, I can get you some hamsters and we’ll take it from there.
B:  Yay!

　　a  hundred  times 许多次
look after 照顾
bathe v.用水洗
breed n.种类，品种
awesome a.很棒的
take it from there 开始
 

　　A: 我们谈论这个已经很多次了。我们不会养宠物。
B: 为什么不？养吧。只养一只可爱的小狗或小猫
A: 谁去照顾狗或猫呢？
B: 我来。我会给它喂食，给它洗澡，每天带它出去遛弯。我们可以养只纽芬兰猎犬或德国牧羊犬。
A: 如果我们想去度假该怎么办？我们让谁照顾宠物？而且，我们的公寓太小了不适合养那种狗。
B: 养猫或雪貂如何？
A: 我们计划将来要个小孩，我认为屋子里有小孩就不适合样这些宠物。
B: 好吧，那养只鸟吧。我们能放在笼子里养，并教它手说话。养鹦鹉就很棒。
A: 我要告诉你，我会给你买个仓鼠，先从养那个开始。
B: 好的！
 

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.