慢速英语短文听力 犬吠

A Barking Dog

犬吠

The lady’s dog barked too much. It barked in the morning. It barked in the afternoon. It barked at night. Every time Kevin walked past the front door, the dog barked. Every time Kevin walked past the back door, the dog barked. Every time anybody walked past, the dog barked. He told the landlord¹. “That lady’s dog barks too much,” he said. The landlord said he would talk to the lady. But he never did. Kevin wanted to shut the dog up. It was a little dog. But it had a big mouth. The dog’s mouth was bigger than the dog. What could Kevin do? One day he yelled² at the dog. He yelled, “Shut up, you stupid dog!” The dog barked at Kevin. The lady got angry. She yelled at Kevin. “Sugar is not stupid. Don’t call Sugar stupid,” she said. “He’s a lot smarter than you are.”

这位女士的狗一直狂叫。它早上叫。下午叫。晚上还叫。凯文每次经过前门，狗都会叫。凯文每次经过后门，狗也会叫。不管任何人通过，狗都会叫。他把这件事告诉了房东。他说：“女士的狗老是狂叫。”房东说他会跟这位女士说。但他从来没有说。凯文想让这只狗住嘴。这是一只小狗。但它却有一张大嘴。它的嘴比一般的狗都要大。凯文应该怎么做？有一天，他向狗大叫。他叫嚷到：“住嘴，你这只笨狗！”狗冲凯文大叫。女士生气了。她向凯文叫嚷到。她说：“甜心不笨。不要说它笨。他比你聪明多了。”

1 landlord   

n.地主，房东，(旅店)店主

参考例句：

• He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
• He used to be a long - term labourer for a landlord.他早先给地主扛过长活。

2 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》