19-2-13 【地道美语087】猪年萌宠，养猪趣事•养个精致的小居居 Pigs as pets
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猪年大吉！开年地道美语一起来说“猪”。猪在中国自古是用来食用的动物，随着近年养宠潮流的兴起，宠物猪也开始成为人们玩赏的家庭小宠了，小小的蹄子，大大的耳朵，鼻子上许多褶皱，样子萌萌哒，性格温顺又聪明，打破了人们对于猪愚蠢懒惰不洁的刻板印象。马克的新鲜养猪乐趣生活就在猪年开始了。
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dialogue 1
Jingjing: Welcome back to Beijing, Mark. How was your trip?
Mark: It wasnice to get away for a few days. ----------------
Jingjing: Wow, I just ---------- before yesterday. Anything new?
Mark: Yeah,actually. I got a house pet. Can you guess what it is?
Jingjing: Adog? A cat?
Mark: Nope. ---------------
Jingjing: Huh? Don't tell me you got a pig.
Mark: Bingo! A friend of mine ------care of her piglet while she wenton a long trip. It turns out the “teacup pig”------------at least50kg. So, I talked her into letting me keep it.
Jingjing: Wow. Is it still pretty young?
Mark: Itdrinks milk from a bottle, -------------- switch to solid food.
Jingjing: Iheard they like to eat slop.
Mark: Yeah. ----acks of wheat and barley. We're going to soak 1 or 2 kg inboiling water overnight and then --------------------------.
Jingjing: Oh, so it's a sow then.
Mark: Yep,and she's pretty healthy. ----------------------
Jingjing: Isit pretty dirty?
Mark: Naw. When I come back home, I don't smell it. We set up a cat litter boxin the corner -----------. That's her pen. We just need to get a trough ofsome sort, for when she gets --------------tip over her water bowl.
Jingjing: Well, it sounds like you've made a------------- Let me know how shegrows.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Hiagain, Mark. How's it going with your pet pig?
Mark: I havetwo now. ----------- the first one getting bored and lonely during theday.
Jingjing: Where did you get the second one?
Mark: Wewent to a farm and got pick of the litter. -----------a goodinfluence. It's also a female, and was really calm with the mother.
Jingjing: Was your first pig getting into stuff and wrecking yourhouse?
Mark: Shewas starting to—and squealing late at night. ----------------------
Jingjing: Hmm. Good luck. Do you have pictures?
Mark: Yeah. The pink one's Princess, ------------------
Jingjing: Oh, the other one's a black pig. Will it grow to full size?
Mark: --------------------150kg. But Isabelle here was the runt of the litter. ------------
Jingjing: It'll be interesting to see Isabelle outgrow her older sister, Princess.
Mark: Thatmight happen. ---------- troughs and made a pen for each of them at oppositeends of my balcony.
Jingjing: Doyou take them out for walks?
Mark: ------------------ They'vegotten used to harnesses.
Jingjing: ----------------
Mark: --------------------------------
Jingjing: Well, they're the fifth smartest animal in the world. So, you'llprobably be happy with them.
new words andphrases
from dialogue 1
piglet ayoung pig
teacup pig aspecially bred pig that grows to be less than half the size of a normal adult
slop mixedfood with liquid
sow afemale pig
trough a longand heavy dish, from which animals like cows and horses eat
from dialogue 2
pick of the litter gettingto choose one from 8-10 newborn animals, when they are still withtheir mother
getting into stuff openingdoors and packages that are not meant for a pet
squeal thenoise a pig makes
runt anabnormally small pig, less massive than its siblings
harness a kindof collar that holds the chest of an animal also, to attach a leash
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猪年大吉！开年地道美语一起来说“猪”。猪在中国自古是用来食用的动物，随着近年养宠潮流的兴起，宠物猪也开始成为人们玩赏的家庭小宠了，小小的蹄子，大大的耳朵，鼻子上许多褶皱，样子萌萌哒，性格温顺又聪明，打破了人们对于猪愚蠢懒惰不洁的刻板印象。马克的新鲜养猪乐趣生活就在猪年开始了。
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dialogue 1
Jingjing: Welcome back to Beijing, Mark. How was your trip?
Mark: It wasnice to get away for a few days. ----------------
Jingjing: Wow, I just ---------- before yesterday. Anything new?
Mark: Yeah,actually. I got a house pet. Can you guess what it is?
Jingjing: Adog? A cat?
Mark: Nope. ---------------
Jingjing: Huh? Don't tell me you got a pig.
Mark: Bingo! A friend of mine ------care of her piglet while she wenton a long trip. It turns out the “teacup pig”------------at least50kg. So, I talked her into letting me keep it.
Jingjing: Wow. Is it still pretty young?
Mark: Itdrinks milk from a bottle, -------------- switch to solid food.
Jingjing: Iheard they like to eat slop.
Mark: Yeah. ----acks of wheat and barley. We're going to soak 1 or 2 kg inboiling water overnight and then --------------------------.
Jingjing: Oh, so it's a sow then.
Mark: Yep,and she's pretty healthy. ----------------------
Jingjing: Isit pretty dirty?
Mark: Naw. When I come back home, I don't smell it. We set up a cat litter boxin the corner -----------. That's her pen. We just need to get a trough ofsome sort, for when she gets --------------tip over her water bowl.
Jingjing: Well, it sounds like you've made a------------- Let me know how shegrows.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Hiagain, Mark. How's it going with your pet pig?
Mark: I havetwo now. ----------- the first one getting bored and lonely during theday.
Jingjing: Where did you get the second one?
Mark: Wewent to a farm and got pick of the litter. -----------a goodinfluence. It's also a female, and was really calm with the mother.
Jingjing: Was your first pig getting into stuff and wrecking yourhouse?
Mark: Shewas starting to—and squealing late at night. ----------------------
Jingjing: Hmm. Good luck. Do you have pictures?
Mark: Yeah. The pink one's Princess, ------------------
Jingjing: Oh, the other one's a black pig. Will it grow to full size?
Mark: --------------------150kg. But Isabelle here was the runt of the litter. ------------
Jingjing: It'll be interesting to see Isabelle outgrow her older sister, Princess.
Mark: Thatmight happen. ---------- troughs and made a pen for each of them at oppositeends of my balcony.
Jingjing: Doyou take them out for walks?
Mark: ------------------ They'vegotten used to harnesses.
Jingjing: ----------------
Mark: --------------------------------
Jingjing: Well, they're the fifth smartest animal in the world. So, you'llprobably be happy with them.
new words andphrases
from dialogue 1
piglet ayoung pig
teacup pig aspecially bred pig that grows to be less than half the size of a normal adult
slop mixedfood with liquid
sow afemale pig
trough a longand heavy dish, from which animals like cows and horses eat
from dialogue 2
pick of the litter gettingto choose one from 8-10 newborn animals, when they are still withtheir mother
getting into stuff openingdoors and packages that are not meant for a pet
squeal thenoise a pig makes
runt anabnormally small pig, less massive than its siblings
harness a kindof collar that holds the chest of an animal also, to attach a leash
