實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：The Zoologist 動物學家

Ana: Hey, Michael. I heard your mom is a zoologist. What is it exactly?

安娜：嗨，邁克爾。我聽說你媽媽是動物學家。那是什么工作?

Mike: A zoologist. Well, that's true. She is a zoologist. So a zoologist is someone who studies animals.

邁克爾：動物學家，沒錯，她是動物學家。動物學家就是研究動物的人。

Ana: Oh, interesting. So does she study all animals or does she focus on a specific animal?

安娜：哦，有意思。那她是研究所有的動物，還是說她只研究一種動物?

Mike: Well, she's worked at universities studying animals for a long time. So she's worked on many different kinds of animals. But at the moment, she is studying South African tortoises.邁克爾：她所在的大學從很長時間以前就開始研究動物了。她對各種各樣的動物進行研究。目前她正在研究南非烏龜。

Ana: Oh, interesting. Do you have any tortoises in your house?

安娜：哦，這真有意思。你家里有養(yǎng)烏龜嗎?

Mike: Yeah. Actually, we have more than 40 tortoises in our garden.

邁克爾：有。我們的花園里養(yǎng)了40多只烏龜。

Ana: More than 40. Wow.

安娜：超過40只。哇哦。

Mike: Yes. People are always very surprised when they visit and they see all our tortoises.

邁克爾：對。來我們家的人看到這么多烏龜都會感到非常震驚。

Ana: So, do you know a lot about tortoises as well?

安娜：那你也很了解烏龜嗎?

Mike: I don't know very much about them but I mean, my mom has always got them around at the house or she's often busy with some sort of tortoise's related activity. And so sometimes, as a high school kid, I got home and she would have a tortoise that — a pregnant tortoise, a female tortoise with eggs inside. And in order to monitor these eggs, she would have it in a bath of water with an ultrasound scanner and a screen up on the dining room table.

邁克爾：我不太了解烏龜，我媽媽經(jīng)常讓它們在屋子里走動，或者她經(jīng)常忙于研究與烏龜有關(guān)的行為。我高中的時候，有時回家會看到她在研究懷孕的母龜，那只母龜肚子里有蛋。為了監(jiān)測那些蛋，她會把母龜放在溫水中，用超聲掃描儀對它進行掃描，觀察放在餐桌上的屏幕。

Ana: Wow. That is really interesting.

安娜：哇哦。這太有趣了。

Mike: I had a very interesting childhood with all of these animals and things around the house.

邁克爾：因為家里養(yǎng)了這些動物，我度過了非常有趣的童年。

Ana: Oh, that's great. Did you have any other pets?

安娜：哦，這真好。你還有別的寵物嗎?

Mike: Yes. We've always had a couple of dogs and I like cats. So I've got my pet cat at home.

邁克爾：有。我們養(yǎng)了兩條狗，我還喜歡貓。所以我在家養(yǎng)了貓。

Ana: Wow. That's really interesting.

安娜：哇哦。這真有趣。