时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课

 Todd: Hello, Matt!


Matt: Hello, Todd!
 
Todd: Matt, I'm going to ask you some questions about pets.
 
Matt: OK.
 
Todd: First question, do you have a pet?
 
Matt: Yes, my pet at my mom's house we have three pets; two dogs and a cat. My family actually raises dogs for helping 1 blind people.
 
Todd: Oh, really?
 
Matt: Yeah.
 
Todd: Wow, like how do they train the dogs?
 
Matt: How do they train the dogs? Well, I mean it's a long process right? We get them when they're puppies 2 and so we train them basic. You know, sit, come... really basic things. Then after they're about two year old they go to a different training school.
 
Todd: Oh, wow. That's great!
 
Matt: Yeah!
 
Todd: Well, how many dogs do they usually train at a time?
 
Matt: Oh, just one. We have our own dog and then we have a dog that we have that we are training.
 
Todd: Oh, OK.
 
Matt: Yeah, just one dog at a time.
 
Todd: Do you ever see the dogs you trained like out on the street or anything?
 
Matt: Sometimes we see them. They'll have like sort of conventions 3 of reunions of the pets. Yeah, you get to see them every once in awhile.
 
Todd: Oh, wow! That's cool. Why do people keep pets?
 
Matt: I guess the most important thing is companionship, right? So there is always somebody there for you that will like you no matter what.
 
Todd: Yeah, that's true. OK. Besides cats, dogs and fish, what are some other pets people keep?
 
Matt: Well, I guess if you are Siegfried and Roy you can keep a tiger or lion. I guess all types of things don't they?
 
Todd: Yeah.
 
Matt: I mean, my friend has a snake. I don't know if you mention that snake, ferrets and insects, spiders...
 
Todd: OK.
 
Matt: All kinds of things.
 
Todd: All right. Yeah, like there is so many. What are some costs associated with keeping a pet?
 
Matt: Food is probably the biggest cost. But also if you keep the dog, particularly a dog in your house when they are puppies and we have a lot of puppies they'll chew up everything they can so we're constantly replacing shoes and you know, cleaning up pee from the carpet and things like that. It can be a hassle.
 
Todd: Yeah, OK. Thanks a lot Matt. By the way, where are you from?
 
Matt: I'm from the U.S.A., from Minnesota.
 
学习内容:

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
raise (dogs)
My family actually raises dogs for helping blind people.
To 'raise' a dog means to care for a dog from the time they are very young until they are mature. Notice the following:
 
It is easy to raise your children in the suburbs 4.
We used to raise chickens a few years ago.
training school
Sometimes, they train the dogs in a training school.
To 'train' an animal is to teach it to act the way you want it to.  Animals learn these things at a training school. Notice the following:
 
Most people send their dogs to training school.
He trained his dog to roll over.
keep pets
Why do you think people keep pets?
To 'keep' a pet to is have an animal that lives in your house that you care for.  Notice the following:
 
We kept rabbits as pets for a long time.
Would you ever keep a pet snake?
associated with or biggest cost
What would you say is the biggest cost associated with keeping a pet?
The 'biggest cost' refers to the most expensive part of something.  Notice the following:
 
For most people the biggest cost associated with having a car is the gasoline 5.
What's the biggest cost associated with having a house?
hassle
Cleaning up pee and things like that can be a hassle.
A hassle is a difficult or frustrating 6 task.  Notice the following:
 
Planning parties can be a big hassle.
Is it a hassle to give me a ride home?


n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
n.(常指不满一岁的)小狗(puppy的复数);小狗,幼犬( puppy的名词复数 );浅薄自负的年轻男子
  • a litter of puppies 一窝小狗
  • The bitch bore six puppies. 母狗生了六只小狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
(某一职业、政党等的人士召开的)大会( convention的名词复数 ); 协议; 习俗; (美国)全国代表大会
  • They broke away from conventions. 他们打破了常规。
  • They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary. 他们不顾社会习俗,并未意识到自己在做些与众不同的事。
n.郊区,城郊( suburb的名词复数 );四乡;隧;四郊
  • The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support. 贫穷的郊区在传统上构成了支持该党的牢固基础。
  • The new college will be located in the suburbs. 这所新建的学院将设在郊区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.(美)汽油
  • This car runs 5 miles on a gallon of gasoline.这部汽车一加仑汽油可以行驶五英里。
  • There is still some gasoline left in the tank.油箱里还剩下一些汽油。
adj.产生挫折的,使人沮丧的,令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间,真令人懊恼。
  • It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
acid-releasing agent
aerodynamic brake
aim high
anticoagulat therapy
apron crib
arteria cervicalis superficialis
Aydat
Azerbajdzhan
bilirubin sulfate
bright green
car lamp
carbofos
carbonated water flooding
Cassius Clay
castlemont
catoptron
cepharandione
Chuniophoenix hainanensis
college japanese
concentration of element
customer profitability
cytopharynges
display characters per frame
drawability
drifting jumbo
dweebs
Eagle Village
elbryan
electric siren
electrothermal reduction
entomologises
evaluating indicator
faroff
federal reserves
fiscal court
flocked pile
gallopin
gas storage heater
genus Hexanchus
give reasons for
hand brake band anchor bracket
hardbacks
highway signals fuzes
infinite electrode
interfolding
jig back
Lemnians
MD DATA
mental attribute
mesomorphus villiger
message type writer
Minamichita
mine sweeping light
minimal brain damage
multispeaker
mutilple output switching function
Mytilini
National Labor Relations Board
noise photoelectron
non-Newtonian character
normal luminous intensity of LED
opportunistic fungus
outweeps
oxisols
pay off
phantom bottom
phasing contact
Phytophlyctodermatitis
pile driving analyzer
polerovirus beet western yellows virus
pollinic, pollinical
popliteal space
Postadenoidectomy
projected profile
quintuple-clicked
racking strain
romanizes
sample extreme
sex-for-sale
ship hull
slot inserter
songcatcher
spectral narrowing
spend time doing
statistics of circulation
stick test
structure length
Swedish masseuse
terminal oxidase
tetra-acetic
to command
transistor voltage stabilizer
tree planter
trifolds
two all
Tylophora arenicola
Ulvenhout
visceralis laminae
vocab
wendie
wildlife-conservations
wirecutters