地道美语

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 awesome!

A: I’ll tell you what, I can get you some hamsters and we’ll take it from there.

B: Yay!
词汇注释

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
参考译文

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！