Pets / Домашние животные
Аудио диалог — Pets / Домашние животные
| Todd: | Hello, Matt! |
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| Matt: | Hello, Todd! |
| Todd: | Matt, I'm going to ask you some ask about pet. (OK!) First question, do you have a pet? |
| Matt: | Yes, in fact, my mom's house we have three, three pets; two dogs and a cat. My family actually raises dogs for helping blind people. |
| Todd: | Oh, really! |
| Matt: | Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| Todd: | Wow, like how do they train the dogs? |
| Matt: | How do they train the dogs? Well, I mean, it's a long process, right...we get them when they're puppies.....and so we train them basic...you know, sit, come... really basic things...then, after they're about two year old, they go a different training school. |
| Todd: | Oh, wow , that's great! |
| Matt: | Yeah, yeah! |
| Todd: | Well, how many dogs do they train at a time? |
| Matt: | Oh, just one! We have our own dog, and then we have a dog that we have that we are training. |
| Todd: | Oh, OK. |
| Matt: | Yeah, just one dog at a time. |
| Todd: | Do you ever see the dogs you trained, like out on the street, or anything? |
| Matt: | Sometimes we'll see them, they'll have like sort of conventions of reunions of the pets so, yeah, you get to see them once in awhile. |
| Todd: | Oh, wow, that's cool. Um, why do people keep pets? |
| Matt: | I guess the most important thing is companionship, right! So there is always somebody there for you that will like you no matter what. |
| Todd: | Yeah, that's true. OK, besides cats, dogs, and fish, what are some other pets people keep? |
| Matt: | Well, I guess if you are Sigreid and Roy you can keep a tiger or lion. I guess all types of things don't they. |
| Todd: | Yeah. |
| Matt: | I mean, my friend has a snake....I don't know if you mention that: snake and ferrets and insects, spiders... |
| Todd: | OK. |
| Matt: | All kinds of things. |
| Todd: | All right, yeah, like there is so many. What are some costs associated with keeping a pet? |
| Matt: | Food is probably the biggest cost, but also if you keep the dog, particiulary a dog in your house, when they are puppies, and we have a lot of puppies they'll chew up everything they can so we're constantly replacing shoes and, you know, cleaning up pee from the carpet and things like that..so.. it can be a hassle. |
| Todd: | Yeah, OK. Thanks a lot, and by the way, where are you from? |
| Matt: | I'm from the U.S.A., from Minnesota. |
