【走遍美国精讲笔记】第7课：人类最好的朋友 ACT 2 - 1

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虐待动物协会（ASPCA），因为过去他曾得到过他们的帮助。他想到给ASPCA打电话寻求帮助。

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。用于回答问题前略加思考时。

2. This dog is well trained.
这条狗受过良好的训练。well trained: 受过很好训练的。

3. With a little help from the ASPCA, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
靠ASPCA——美国禁止虐待动物协会帮忙。
ASPCA: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals的缩写。美国禁止虐待动物协会于1866年在纽约成立，其宗旨是保护动物。ASPCA组织负责对各种虐待动物的事情进行调查、核实并使“犯法”之人受到惩罚。这个组织有自己的动物保护机构及动物医院。ASPCA组织的工作人员还有权检查收养动物的人家、单位等以确保那里的动物得到良好的照顾。

4. They're the ones.
就得找他们。可以用the one或 the ones来确指某人或某物。在这里the ones指最好的人选。

5. ASPCA Animal Shelter
ASPCA动物收容所。shelter: 收容所，避难所。