英语学习乐园：挑选一个宠物

Dad: Hi! Did¹ you have a good day?

 

Jasmine²: Yes, I did. Dad, may I have a pet?

 

Dad: Why do you ask that?

 

Jasmine: My friend Sophy got³ a puppy⁴ for her birthday.

 

Dad: That was⁵ nice. But you have to look after a puppy.

 

Jasmine: I could⁶ look after a pet. I would⁷ do everything.

 

Dad: A puppy makes a lot of work. Mom doesn't have the time to take him for walks.

 

Jasmine: I would take him for walks.

 

Dad: In the rain? Every day? I would have to come with you. But I have to work hard at the office.

 

Jasmine: Oh, Dad, Sophy's puppy sounds so lovely. He is brown and white and she loves him very much.

 

Dad: Jasmine, we live in an apartment⁸. Sophy lives in a house with a big garden. There is not so much room

here. I do have an idea, though⁹.

 

Jasmine: What is it?

 

Dad: You could have a hamster¹⁰ or a guinea-pig. They are much easier to look after and they can be great fun.

 

Jasmine: Some of my friends have hamsters¹¹ and they like them too. But I would like a guinea-pig. They are

bigger.

 

Dad: Yes, they are. And they can be very friendly¹². You must be careful about what you give them to eat because their stomachs¹³ are sensitive¹⁴. But a guinea-pig will be your friend for a long time.

 

Jasmine: Dad, can we go to the pet-shop?

 

Dad: I'll ask Mom first, but yes, I expect¹⁵ so. We could make a little home for her, or him, in the storeroom.

 

Jasmine: There's Mom now. I'm going¹⁶ to ask her.

 

Dad: Oh dear, what have I done now?

1 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

2 jasmine   

n.茉莉

参考例句：

• It's a kind of green tea with the smell of jasmine.这是一种带有茉莉花香的绿茶。
• You can smell the perfume of jasmine.你可以闻到茉莉花的香味。

3 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

4 puppy   

n.小狗，幼犬

参考例句：

• You must school your puppy to obey you.你要训练你的小狗服从你。
• Their lively puppy frisks all over the house.他们的小狗在屋里到处欢快地蹦跳。

5 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

6 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

7 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

8 apartment   

n.（美）公寓住宅，公寓房间；单元房间

参考例句：

• How big is the apartment?这公寓有多大？
• Remember to clean your apartment.记得打扫你的公寓。

9 though   

conj.虽然，尽管；即使；可是，不过，然而；adv.可是，不过，然而

参考例句：

• It's quite pleasant today,though the wind is rather cool.尽管风有点凉，今天天气还是很不错的。
• I will have a try even though I should fail.哪怕失败，我也要试一下。

10 hamster   

n.东欧或亚洲产的大颊的鼠类仓鼠

参考例句：

• Do you have a hamster?你有一只仓鼠吗？
• Jason takes his hamster to Victor's house.杰森带着他的仓鼠到维特家中。

11 hamsters   

仓鼠

参考例句：

• The hamster had got through the wire at the front of its cage. 仓鼠从其笼子前部的栅栏处钻出去了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Methods: Using the thyroid implantation in camera anterior bulbi of hamster. 方法用大鼠进行眼前房甲状腺埋植实验。 来自互联网

12 friendly   

adj.友好的，和气的

参考例句：

• He's not friendly to others.他对别人不友好。
• People here are very friendly.这儿的人很友好。

13 stomachs   

n.胃（stomach的复数形式）

参考例句：

• She could feel his legs against hers, their stomachs touching occasionally. 她能感觉到他的腿顶着她的，他们的肚子偶然碰到一下。 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
• I forced many kinds of seeds into the stomachs of dead fish. 我曾把很多类种子装入死鱼胃内。 来自辞典例句

14 sensitive   

adj.敏感的，灵敏的，过敏的，感光的

参考例句：

• He's very sensitive about his ugly appearance.他对自己丑陋的外貌很敏感。
• It's difficult to avoid stepping on her sensitive feelings.很难不伤害她脆弱的情感。

15 expect   

vt.预期，期待，料想

参考例句：

• Don't expect me to run after you all your life.别指望我伺候你一辈子。
• Don't expect too much of his idea.不要对他的主意期望过高。

16 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。