美語情景對話 第758期:Stay Cats 流浪貓

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

託德：我們……每個人先做下自我介紹吧。

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

弗雷德：好。我是弗雷德，來自加拿大，我很高興來到這裏。

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

卡蒂亞：大家好。我是卡特琳娜，來自墨西哥，來到這裏我也很高興。

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.

託德：謝謝你們。我是託德，來自美國。現在和聽衆朋友說明一下，我們幾個人住的很近，我們住在一個社區，我想我們幾個人的家也就相隔兩三分鐘的距離。

Katia: Very close.

卡蒂亞：非常近。

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

託德：我們來談談我們的社區吧，第一個話題是流浪貓。

Katia: Which are also are neighbors.

卡蒂亞：其實它們也算是我們的鄰居。

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

託德：對。第一個問題，你們認爲我們的社區裏有多少流浪貓？

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.

卡蒂亞：晚上的時候流浪貓會聚在一個小角落裏，我至少看到過6只。

Fred: I would say much more than that.

弗雷德：我認爲要比6只多的多。

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

託德：好，我也覺得比6只多。你認爲有多少隻流浪貓？

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

弗雷德：我想社區周圍大概有20只流浪貓。

Katia: But this is just one corner.

卡蒂亞：我說的只是社區的一個角落。

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

弗雷德：好，只是一個角落，假設有四或五個角落，這樣一加倍的話，大概有20或25只流浪貓。

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?

託德：好，你們怎麼看流浪貓？我們是不是應該做些什麼事？是不是應該有人去喂這些流浪貓？

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.

卡蒂亞：生活在這裏的老人非常好，他們會經常和流浪貓在一起，也會餵它們，我認爲只要流浪貓不去翻垃圾，就沒什麼問題，我並沒有看到有垃圾，所以我覺得這並不是問題。

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.

託德：流浪貓闖進了我的家。我不知道流浪貓是不是也闖入過你們的家，不過它們真是太令人不可思議了。如果我沒有鎖上窗戶，它們會用它們的爪子把滑動玻璃門打開，進到屋裏去翻我家的垃圾，然後離開。

Fred: Those are very clever cats.

弗雷德：那些都是非常聰明的貓。

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."

託德：對，我認爲那是隻浣熊。我認爲有隻浣熊進了我的家，我和房東太太說時，她說，“不是，那只是貓。”

Katia: I think you were just not feeding them.

卡蒂亞：我想是因爲你沒有餵它們。

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

託德：嗯，我想也是。它們太餓了，所以它們闖進人們的家尋找食物。

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

卡蒂亞：我並沒有遇到這樣的問題。我住在三樓。

Todd: Oh, really.

託德：哦，是嗎？

Katia: So, maybe that's why.

卡蒂亞：所以這就是原因。

Todd: Right.

託德：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：我也沒有遇到個這樣的問題，不過我和託德住的房子很像，我們都住在一樓，社區裏有很多流浪貓，不過我並沒有遇到過流浪貓闖入家裏的事情。

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.

託德：我也不知道爲什麼。這些貓真是太神奇了。我以前都不知道貓會闖入家裏，不過它們確實可以做到。

Katia: Very smart cats.

卡蒂亞：非常聰明的貓。

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

託德：對，或者像你所說，是非常餓的貓。

Katia: Or friendly cats. They want to visit.

卡蒂亞：或者說是友好的貓。它們想去你家拜訪。

Todd: Yeah, right.

託德：好。

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重點講解：
1. first of all 首先；
例句：First of all, let me ask you something.
首先，讓我問你一件事。
2. all together 一共；
例句：You should pay six dollarsall together.
你一共該付六美元。
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 強行進入；闖入；
例句：Burglarsbroke intohis house last night.
昨天夜裏竊賊闖入他家。