美语情景对话 第758期:Stay Cats 流浪猫

Todd: So, we're here... first of all, how about everybody introduce themselves.

托德：我们……每个人先做下自我介绍吧。

Fred: OK. I'm Fred from Canada and it's a pleasure to be here.

弗雷德：好。我是弗雷德，来自加拿大，我很高兴来到这里。

Katia: Hello. I am Katerina. I'm from Mexico and I'm also very glad to be here.

卡蒂亚：大家好。我是卡特琳娜，来自墨西哥，来到这里我也很高兴。

Todd: Thanks guys. And then, I'm Todd. I'm from the U.S. Now for the listeners, we all live really close to each other and we live in a neighborhood, where I guess, all of our houses are probably within two or three minutes of each other.

托德：谢谢你们。我是托德，来自美国。现在和听众朋友说明一下，我们几个人住的很近，我们住在一个社区，我想我们几个人的家也就相隔两三分钟的距离。

Katia: Very close.

卡蒂亚：非常近。

Todd: So, we thought we would talk about the neighborhood, and the first topic would be the stray cats.

托德：我们来谈谈我们的社区吧，第一个话题是流浪猫。

Katia: Which are also are neighbors.

卡蒂亚：其实它们也算是我们的邻居。

Todd: Right. First of all, how many stray cats do you think there are in the neighborhood?

托德：对。第一个问题，你们认为我们的社区里有多少流浪猫？

Katia: At least at night, you see them all together, especially in one corner, and I see at least about six cats, at least, all together.

卡蒂亚：晚上的时候流浪猫会聚在一个小角落里，我至少看到过6只。

Fred: I would say much more than that.

弗雷德：我认为要比6只多的多。

Todd: Yeah, I would too actually. How many do you think?

托德：好，我也觉得比6只多。你认为有多少只流浪猫？

Fred: I would go for maybe twenty of those around the neighborhood.

弗雷德：我想社区周围大概有20只流浪猫。

Katia: But this is just one corner.

卡蒂亚：我说的只是社区的一个角落。

Fred: OK, just one corner, so multiplied by four or five corners, yeah, twenty, twenty-five cats.

弗雷德：好，只是一个角落，假设有四或五个角落，这样一加倍的话，大概有20或25只流浪猫。

Todd: OK, so then, what do you guys think about the cats? Like should something be done about the cats? Should the people feed the cats?

托德：好，你们怎么看流浪猫？我们是不是应该做些什么事？是不是应该有人去喂这些流浪猫？

Katia: I think especially for a lot of the elderly people that live here, I think for them it's very nice to have the cats around and they feed them and I think as long as they don't go into the trash, I think it's OK, but for me, I haven't seen any trash, and I don't think it would be a problem.

卡蒂亚：生活在这里的老人非常好，他们会经常和流浪猫在一起，也会喂它们，我认为只要流浪猫不去翻垃圾，就没什么问题，我并没有看到有垃圾，所以我觉得这并不是问题。

Todd: Well, you know, they break into my house. I don't know if they break into yours, but they're amazing. If I don't lock the windows, the sliding glass doors they pull the door open with their paw and they come in and they look through my trash and then they leave.

托德：流浪猫闯进了我的家。我不知道流浪猫是不是也闯入过你们的家，不过它们真是太令人不可思议了。如果我没有锁上窗户，它们会用它们的爪子把滑动玻璃门打开，进到屋里去翻我家的垃圾，然后离开。

Fred: Those are very clever cats.

弗雷德：那些都是非常聪明的猫。

Todd: Yeah, I thought it was a raccoon. I thought I had a raccoon, and I went to talk to my landlady, and she's like, "No, that's just the cats."

托德：对，我认为那是只浣熊。我认为有只浣熊进了我的家，我和房东太太说时，她说，“不是，那只是猫。”

Katia: I think you were just not feeding them.

卡蒂亚：我想是因为你没有喂它们。

Todd: Well, yeah, I guess that's it. Like, they're so hungry that they break into people's houses for food.

托德：嗯，我想也是。它们太饿了，所以它们闯进人们的家寻找食物。

Katia: OK, I don't have that problem. I live on the third floor.

卡蒂亚：我并没有遇到这样的问题。我住在三楼。

Todd: Oh, really.

托德：哦，是吗？

Katia: So, maybe that's why.

卡蒂亚：所以这就是原因。

Todd: Right.

托德：好吧。

Fred: I don't have that problem either, although I do live in a house similar to yours, Todd, where we live on the first floor and there is a lot of stray cats around the neighborhood but I've never had any problems of them breaking into the house.

弗雷德：我也没有遇到个这样的问题，不过我和托德住的房子很像，我们都住在一楼，社区里有很多流浪猫，不过我并没有遇到过流浪猫闯入家里的事情。

Todd: Yeah, I don't know. They're pretty amazing. Like, I did not even know that cat's could break into a house, but they can.

托德：我也不知道为什么。这些猫真是太神奇了。我以前都不知道猫会闯入家里，不过它们确实可以做到。

Katia: Very smart cats.

卡蒂亚：非常聪明的猫。

Todd: Yeah. Or very hungry cats, as you said.

托德：对，或者像你所说，是非常饿的猫。

Katia: Or friendly cats. They want to visit.

卡蒂亚：或者说是友好的猫。它们想去你家拜访。

Todd: Yeah, right.

托德：好。

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重点讲解：
1. first of all 首先；
例句：First of all, let me ask you something.
首先，让我问你一件事。
2. all together 一共；
例句：You should pay six dollarsall together.
你一共该付六美元。
3. as long as 只要；
例句：As long asthere is life, there is hope.
只要有生命，就有希望。
4. break into 强行进入；闯入；
例句：Burglarsbroke intohis house last night.
昨天夜里窃贼闯入他家。