【英语时差8,16】麦克和亚曼达正在聊猫
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
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Mike: I'm dead tired. My sister's cat kept me up almost all night! My sister's just gone to college so now the cat's taken to me, but I hate cats.
Amanda: I love cats, and they're usually so quiet. What does the cat do?
Mike: Well, it purrs really loud so I can't go to sleep. Then when I finally do go to sleep, it gets up and chases its tail or anything else it can find and runs into walls. Then, as if that's not disturbing my sleep enough, it demands to be fed at 5:30 in the morning.
Amanda: You've got to be kidding! I can barely 1 hear my cat purring, and anyway, it's a very pleasant, relaxing sound. Maybe the running around could be a bit noisy, but what do you mean it demands to be fed?
Mike: It pounced 2 on my face! Then, when I wouldn't get up, it scratched me, so I shoved 3 it off the bed. Then it hissed 4 at me, and then it started howling like it was starving to death.
Amanda: I'm sure it was offended with you for pushing it. Cats are very sensitive.
Mike: I wish it would be offended enough to leave me alone. I'm sick of it.
Amanda: I love cats, and they're usually so quiet. What does the cat do?
Mike: Well, it purrs really loud so I can't go to sleep. Then when I finally do go to sleep, it gets up and chases its tail or anything else it can find and runs into walls. Then, as if that's not disturbing my sleep enough, it demands to be fed at 5:30 in the morning.
Amanda: You've got to be kidding! I can barely 1 hear my cat purring, and anyway, it's a very pleasant, relaxing sound. Maybe the running around could be a bit noisy, but what do you mean it demands to be fed?
Mike: It pounced 2 on my face! Then, when I wouldn't get up, it scratched me, so I shoved 3 it off the bed. Then it hissed 4 at me, and then it started howling like it was starving to death.
Amanda: I'm sure it was offended with you for pushing it. Cats are very sensitive.
Mike: I wish it would be offended enough to leave me alone. I'm sick of it.
1 barely
adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不
- The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
- He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。
2 pounced
v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 )；猛扑；一眼看出；抓住机会（进行抨击）
- As soon as I opened my mouth, the teacher pounced on me. 我一张嘴就被老师抓住呵斥了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The police pounced upon the thief. 警察向小偷扑了过去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》