【双语对话】

Coco: That was such a cute Golden Retriever! Did you see how he was wiggling his tail?

刚才那只金毛犬太可爱了！你看到他摇尾巴了吗？

Lucas: I did! I think he was happy to see me. Mom, can we get a dog?

我看到了! 我觉得他很高兴见到我。妈妈，我们能养只狗吗？

Coco: I don't know about that Lucas. I never gave much thought to it. What pets do you want? We can discuss about it.

我不知道诶卢卡斯。我从来没想过这件事。你想要什么宠物？我们可以商量。

Lucas: I love Golden Retriever! Can we get one?

我喜欢金毛犬！我们可以养一只吗？

Coco: I think a smaller dog or a small pet would fit in our apartment better. You would want our pet to have a lot of space too, right? Our apartment simply does not have enough space for big breeds like Golden Retriever.

我觉得小型犬或者一只小点儿的宠物更适合我们的公寓。你也希望我们的宠物有足够的空间，对吗？我们的公寓没有足够的空间给像金毛这样的大型犬。

Lucas: My friend has a Corgi. How about we get that!

我的朋友有一只柯基犬。我们养这个吧！

Coco: Let's do some research first, and then we can decide together as a family. You should also ask Sara about what she likes.

我们先查一查，然后一家人一起决定。你应该也问问莎拉喜欢什么宠物。

【重点笔记】

1.wiggle v. 摆动

例: My hidden talent is that I can wiggle my little toe.

我的隐藏技能是我能动我的小脚趾。

2.give (much) thought to = think about 给什么很多想法=思考

例: Have you given any thought to my proposal? What do you say?

你思考过我的提案了吗？你怎么想？

3.discuss v. 讨论

例: You can't just make a decision before discussing it with me first.

你不能还没和我商量就做决定。

4.space n. 空间，太空

例: I think we should not see each other for the next two weeks. I need more space.

我觉得我们接下来两周不要见面了。我需要一些空间。

It must be so cool to work at the International Space Station.

在国际太空站工作一定特别酷！

5.breed n. (动物)种类

例: Here is the list of restricted dog breeds at our property.

这是我们大楼的禁养犬类品种名单。

It is very hard to find a breeder for this kind of dog we want.

很难找到我们想要的这种狗的培养者/繁殖者。

6.research v./n. 研究

例: New research finds that there is link between obesity and childhood trauma.

新的研究发现肥胖和童年创伤有关系。