現在越來越多人養寵物了，你知道爲什麼人們要養寵物嗎?下面是一段關於養寵物的英語口語對話，希望大家喜歡。
Todd: Hello, Matt!
你好，馬特!
Matt: Hello, Todd!
你好，託德!
Todd: Matt, I'm going to ask you some questions about pet. (OK!) First question, do you have a pet?
馬特，我將會問你幾個關於寵物的問題。(好的!)第一個問題，你養寵物嗎?
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.
是的，事實上，在我媽媽的房子裏，我們養了三隻寵物，兩隻狗和一直貓。我家培養的是能幫助盲人的導盲犬。
Todd: Oh, really!
哦，真的嗎!
Matt: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
是的。
Todd: Wow, like how do they train the dogs?
哇，那麼怎麼訓練導盲犬呢?
Matt: How do they train the dogs? Well, I mean, it's a long process, get them when they're so we train them know, sit, come... really basic , after they're about two year old, they go a different training school.
如何訓練導盲犬?這其實是一個長期的過程。我們會帶回來出生不久的幼犬。接着訓練小狗基本功，比如坐下，過來這些很基本的東西。然後，等到它們兩歲大，我們會送它去一家培訓學校。
Todd: Oh, wow , that's great!
哇，太棒了!
Matt: Yeah, yeah!
是的。
Todd: Well, how many dogs do they train at a time?
一次訓練幾隻導盲犬呢?
Matt: Oh, just one! We have our own dog, and then we have a dog that we have that we are training.
只有一隻!我們自己養只狗，還有一隻訓練中的導盲犬。
Todd: Oh, OK.
好的。
Matt: Yeah, just one dog at a time.
一次只訓練一隻。
Todd: Do you ever see the dogs you trained, like out on the street, or anything?
你有沒有偶遇自己訓練過的導盲犬，例如在街上，有沒有類似的重聚?
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.
有時候我會看到它們，導盲犬和訓練人相聚是約定俗成的的慣例，訓練人偶爾可以看它們。
Todd: Oh, wow, that's cool. Um, why do people keep pets?
哇，太酷了。那麼人們爲什麼要養寵物?
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.
我想最重要的一個原因就是寵物對主人的陪伴!無論如何，寵物總會圍繞在主人身邊，不問原因地喜愛自己的主人。
Todd: Yeah, that's true. OK, besides cats, dogs, and fish, what are some other pets people keep?
是的，確實如此。那麼除了貓，狗和魚，人們還養什麼寵物?
Matt: Well, I guess if you are Sigfreid and Roy you can keep a tiger or lion. I guess all types of things don't they.
我想如果你是馴獸師Sigreid和Roy，也許你能養一隻老虎或獅子。我想各種動物都能成爲人類的寵物。
Todd: Yeah.
是的。
Matt: I mean, my friend has a snake....I don't know if you mention that: snake and ferrets and insects, spiders...
我的一位朋友就養了一條蛇。我忘了你是否提到過，蛇，雪貂，昆蟲，蜘蛛都可以成爲人類的寵物。
Todd: OK.
好的'。
Matt: All kinds of things.
各種動物。
Todd: All right, yeah, like there is so many. What are some costs associated with keeping a pet?
好的，養一隻寵物所需的花費是多少呢?
Matt: Food is probably the biggest cost, but also if you keep the dog, particularly 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 .. it can be a hassle.
食物也許是最大的開銷，但如果你養的是狗，尤其是小狗，你把它放在屋裏，我們曾經就把許多小狗放到屋裏，它們會把屋裏能咬的東西都咬了，因此我們老得換新鞋，而且還得清理地攤上的尿痕等，這些也很麻煩。
Todd: Yeah, OK. Thanks a lot, and by the way, where are you from?
好的。十分謝謝，順便一提，你來自哪裏?
Matt: I'm from the U.S.A., from Minnesota.
我來自美國，明尼蘇達州。
