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 hack 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
herd 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。 |