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ACT 2-1 “让我想想。”
【故事梗概】
为了找到迷路的狗狗Gemma的主人，Robbie在为难时想到了防止荼毒动物协会（ASPCA），由于已往他曾得到过他们的资助。他想到给ASPCA打电话寻求资助。
Robbie: Don't worry, Alexandra. We'll find the owner.
Alexandra: How, Robbie?
Robbie: Let me think.
Alexandra: Gemma, sit. Good Gemma. Give me your paw. Good Gemma. This dog is well trained.
Robbie: She likes you, too.
Alexandra: So how are we going to find the owners?
Robbie: With a little help from the ASPCA, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. They're the ones. We once found a cat. She was caught in the branches of our tree. And Dad called the ASPCA. They came and solved the problem.
Alexandra: Robbie, let's call them.
Robbie: Let me see - ASPCA... Here it is. ASPCA Animal Shelter, 555-7700.
【语言点精讲】
1. Let me think.
让我想想。用于答复题目前略加思索时。
2. This dog is well trained.
这条狗受过精良的练习。well trained: 受过很好练习的。
3. With a little help from the ASPCA, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
靠ASPCA——美国克制荼毒动物协会帮助。
ASPCA: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals的缩写。美国克制荼毒动物协会于1866年在纽约建立，其宗旨是掩护动物。ASPCA构造负责对各种荼毒动物的事变举行观察、核实并使“犯法”之人受到处罚。这个构造有本身的动物掩护机构及动物医院。ASPCA构造的工作职员另有权查抄收养动物的人家、单元等以确保那边的动物得到精良的照顾。
4. They're the ones.
就得找他们。可以用the one或 the ones来确指或人或某物。在这里the ones指最好的人选。
5. ASPCA Animal Shelter
ASPCA动物收留所。shelter: 收留所，遁迹所。
ACT 2-2 “咱们走吧，到动物收留所去。”
【故事梗概】
Robbie给ASPCA动物收留所打了电话，那边的工作职员Linda接了他的电话。Robbie和Alexandra决定把Gemma送到ASPCA去。
Linda: Hello, ASPCA.
Robbie: Hello, my name is Robbie Stewart. I have a lost dog I'd like to bring to you. How late are you open?
Linda: We're open till nine P.M.
Robbie: Thank you. I'll bring the dog over by nine.
Linda: Thanks. Bye.
Robbie: Thanks. Good-bye.
Alexandra: They're still open?
Robbie: They're open until nine o'clock. We have two and a half hours. Let's take Gemma by there now. They'll find the owner.
Alexandra: I hope so. I'm so sad to see this little dog without her family.
Robbie: I'm sure they'll find the owner. But if they don't, I'll adopt her. She's so cute. Look at those eyes. She's hard to resist. Don't you just love her?
Alexandra: I'd like to keep her, too. But I'll be going home to Greece at the end of the semester. She just wants love and affection. Come on, Robbie. Let's get her to the animal shelter, so they can find her owners quickly. Don't worry, Gemma. We'll get you home. It's not easy being away from home.
Robbie: Come on, poochie. Atta girl! Let's go. We're off to the animal shelter.
【语言点精讲】
1. How late are you open？
你们几点放工？你们开门到几点钟？
2. Let's take Gemma by there now.
咱们如今就把Gemma送去吧。
by: 去，到。
3. Look at those eyes. She's hard to resist.
你看看她的眼睛，真招人喜好。
hard to resist: 惹人喜好，人见人爱，无法抗拒。
4. Come on, poochie.
来吧，小狗。
poochie: 狗。口头用语，pooch比poochie 更口语一些。
5. Atta girl!
意思相称于That's a good girl! (真是个好女孩!)
Atta girl! 和 Atta boy! 都是很口语化的表达法。用这些词句来歌颂小动物、小孩，干得好，好样的等。
6. We're off to the animal shelter.
咱们走吧，到动物收留所去。
be off: 出发，上路。
ACT 2-3 “我是认真的。”
【故事梗概】
Robbie和Alexandra夺取时间，把小狗Gemma带到了ASPCA动物收留所。在 Linda Aborn的办公室里，Robbie得知了如在48小时内找不到狗主人，他可以申请领养Gemma。
Linda: Your name?
Robbie: Robbie Stewart. And this is Alexandra Pappas.
Linda: Your name will do, Mr. Stewart. Your address?
Robbie: 46 Linden Street, Riverdale.
Linda: Where did you find the dog?
Alexandra: She found us.
Linda: You tried calling the number on the collar?
Robbie: Yes, but the number's no longer in service.
Linda: And there's no address on the dog tag?
Alexandra: There's no other information.
Linda: No ID number. Without that, it's hard.
Alexandra: You will try to find the dog's owner.
Linda: Oh, we'll try, believe me.
Robbie: And if you don't?
Linda: Yes?
Robbie: If you don't…can I… can I adopt the dog?
Linda: Why, yes. If the owners don't claim the dog in forty-eight hours, then you can apply for adoption.
Robbie: How do I do that?
Alexandra: You really want to?
Robbie: Yes, I'm serious. If no one comes to claim Gemma, I'd like to adopt her.
Linda: It's not difficult.
【语言点精讲】
1. Your name will do.
有你的名字就可以了。
不及物动词 do在这里表现“够了，能行”。
2. No ID number. Without that, it's hard.
没有登暗号码。没有的话，可难找啊。
ID: identification. 辨认证，身份证的缩写情势。
3. You will try to find the dog's owner.
你会努力找到狗的主人的。
留意这里Alexandra重读了”will”。will重读时不但表现将来，而且带有较强的感情色彩，表现较强的意愿或负担做某事，偶然也表现固执、不听劝阻。
4. If the owners don't claim the dog in forty-eight hours, then you can apply for adoption.
假如狗的主人在48小时内不来认领，那么你就可以申请领养了。
claim: 认领，要求（应得的权利）。
apply for: 申请，哀求。
5. How do I do that?
我该怎么（申请领养她）呢？
这个句子可以用来扣问事变的管理过程、处置惩罚步伐。第一个do在此与can和should意思雷同。
6. I'm serious.
我是认真的。还可以说: I mean business.大概I mean what I say.
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