英文原版对话1000个:596 Mornings with the Dog
时间：2019-02-02 作者：英语课 分类：原版英语对话1000个
Todd: Michael, what time did you get up this morning?
Mike: About 7, no 6.
Todd: Really, is that like your normal schedule?
Mike: I usually get up around 6. (Yeah) Yeah. Go to bed around 11. Get up at 6. On a good day, sometimes go to bed later.
Todd: Yeah, do you have to have an alarm clock when you get up?
Mike: I sometimes set an alarm if it's a really important day, but I almost never need it, you know what I mean. It's like a back up.
Todd: Right. Right. Yeah, I always wake up at first sunlight, like I can't sleep once it's light outside.
Mike: You're like a natural animal.
Todd: Yeah, exactly, actually I never use an alarm clock. Now you have a beautiful dog. I saw your dog.
Mike: She will sometimes wake us up.
Todd: Yeah, that is what I was wondering.
Mike: Because, like, she has a natural cycle so at six in the morning, bam, you start to hear her wagging 1 her tail or scratching, or trying to get attention. Time to get up.
Todd: That's so cool. I want a dog. Yeah, so do you walk your dog in the morning?
Mike: Yeah, and that's another ritual 2 I have is she needs a walk in the morning, so I've got this route. It's about a two mile walk that we go on. Almost the exact same route every morning. It takes about 30 minutes or so to do, yeah.
Todd: And so, in some countries or places you need a leash 3 for your dog, so your dog can't get away from you. Do you have a leash for your dog?
Mike: Yeah. I keep her on a leash when we're walking were there are other people because you know, a lot of people are not comfortable with big dogs (right) but she'll stay close to me, even without a leash (right) but I do it for their comfort, but if we're in an open area, I'll let her off the leash and she loves that.
Todd: That's so good, because you know I'm a runner and it always freaks me out when I see people with their dogs and their big and the dogs aren't on a leash.
Mike: You kind of wonder, is this dog safe to go past?
Todd: Well, yeah, and plus, I'm running behind the owner of the dogs and so I might startle 4 the owner, and startle the dogs, and the dogs might be protective 5 and attack me, so sometimes I'll holler in advance, "Hey, I'm coming. I'm coming."
Mike: Right, right.
Todd: So. Yeah, cool. Thanks Mike.
- The dog ran up, wagging its tail. 那条狗摇着尾巴跑上前去。
- A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail. 狗摇尾巴以报答人们的爱护。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This was the monthly ritual.这是每月一次的例规。
- I realized that here the conventions required me to make the ritual noises.我意识到此时按照惯例我应该说些客套话。
- I reached for the leash,but the dog got in between.我伸手去拿系狗绳，但被狗挡住了路。
- The dog strains at the leash,eager to be off.狗拼命地扯拉皮带，想挣脱开去。
- Sorry,I didn't mean to startle you.对不起，我不是故意想吓你一跳的。
- I hope I didn't startle you.但愿我没有吓着您。
- A mother naturally feels protective towards her children.做母亲的天生要保护自己的孩子。
- We feel safe with a protective device in the house.我们因为家里有了防护装置而感到安全。