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英语口语情景对话大全 1042The Zoologist动物学家

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

安娜:嗨,迈克尔。我听说你妈妈是动物学家。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.

迈克尔:动物学家,没错,她是动物学家。动物学家就是研究动物的人。

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

安娜:哦,有意思。那她是研究所有的动物,还是说她只研究一种动物?

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.

迈克尔:她所在的大学从很长时间以前就开始研究动物了。她对各种各样的动物进行研究。目前她正在研究南非乌龟。

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

安娜:哦,这真有意思。你家里有养乌龟吗?

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

迈克尔:有。我们的花园里养了 40多只乌龟。

Ana: More than 40. Wow.

安娜:超过 40只。哇哦。

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

迈克尔:对。来我们家的人看到这么多乌龟都会感到非常震惊。

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

安娜:那你也很了解乌龟吗?

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 thata 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.

迈克尔:我不太了解乌龟,我妈妈经常让它们在屋子里走动,或者她经常忙于研究与乌龟有关的行为。我高中的时候,有时回家会看到她在研究怀孕的母龟,那只母龟肚子里有蛋。为了监测那些蛋,她会把母龟放在温水中,用超声扫描仪对它进行扫描,观察放在餐桌上的屏幕。

Ana: Wow. That is really interesting.

安娜:哇哦。这太有趣了。

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

迈克尔:因为家里养了这些动物,我度过了非常有趣的童年。

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

安娜:哦,这真好。你还有别的宠物吗?

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

迈克尔:有。我们养了两条狗,我还喜欢猫。所以我在家养了猫。

Ana: Wow. That's really interesting.

安娜:哇哦。这真有趣。