口语对话：讨论是否养宠物

　　A：We have been over this a hundred times! We are not getting a pet!

　　我们谈论这个已经很多次了。我们不会养宠物。

　　B：Why not? Come on! Just a cute little puppy or a kitty!

　　为什么不？养吧。只养一只可爱的小狗或小猫.

　　A：Who is going to look after a dog or a cat?

　　谁去照顾狗或猫呢？

　　B：I will! I’ll feed it, bathe it and walk it every day! We can get a Labrador or a German Shepard!

　　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：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.

　　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：Ok. How about we get a cat or a ferret?

　　养猫或雪貂如何？

　　A：We’re planning on having children soon, I don’t think those animals are a good idea with a baby in the house.

　　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：Fine! Let’s get a bird then! We can keep it in its cage and teach it to talk! A parrot would be awesome!

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

　　我要告诉你，我会给你买个仓鼠，先从养那个开始。

　　B：Yay!