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@ 50363 寵物熱
A 你發現了沒有，這幾年城市裡養貓、養狗的人越來越多了。
nǐ fāxiàn le méiyǒu, zhèjǐnián chéngshì lǐ yǎngmāo, yǎnggǒu de rén yuèláiyuèduō le.
Have you noticed that in the last few years more and more city-dwellers are raising cats and dogs?
B 這有什麼好奇怪的，養寵物可以排遣寂寞，增加生活情趣嘛。
zhè yǒu shénme hǎo qíguài de, yǎng chǒngwù kěyǐ páiqiǎn jìmò, zēngjiā shēnghuó qíngqù ma.
What's weird about that? Raising pets helps with loneliness, and adds some interest to your life.
A 可是我覺得現在城市裡的“寵物熱”已經帶來了許多危害。寵物越來越多會嚴重汙染城市環境，而且容易傳播疾病，威脅人類的健康和生命。
kěshì wǒ juéde xiànzài chéngshì lǐ de `` chǒngwù rè" yǐjīng dàilái le xǔduō wēihài. chǒngwù yuèláiyuèduō huì yánzhòng wūrǎn chéngshì huánjìng, érqiě róngyì chuánbō jíbìng, wēixié rénlèi de jiànkāng hé shēngmìng.
But I think that the urban fad for raising pets has already caused a lot of harm. An increasing number of pets will seriously pollute the city environment. Plus it's easy for them to transmit diseases, and threaten people's health and even their lives!
B 我倒覺得沒那麼嚴重，只要加強管理，注意環保，寵物的汙染問題應該可以解決。至於傳播疾病，只要定期給寵物注射疫苗，平時注意清潔，一旦被寵物抓傷或者咬傷及時處理，養寵物不僅不會威脅人類的安全，反而對健康有好處。有研究表明，養寵物可以調節情緒，對心臟病和一些慢性病有治療作用，常和寵物接觸還有助於防止兒童患過敏症，增強孩子的抵抗力呢。
wǒ dào juéde méi nàme yánzhòng, zhǐyào jiāqiáng guǎnlǐ, zhùyì huánbǎo, chǒngwù de wūrǎnwèntí yīnggāi kěyǐ jiějué. zhìyú chuánbō jíbìng, zhǐyào dìngqī gěi chǒngwù zhùshè yìmiáo, píngshí zhùyì qīngjié, yīdàn bèi chǒngwù zhuāshāng huòzhě yǎoshāng jíshí chǔlǐ, yǎng chǒngwù bùjǐn bùhuì wēixié rénlèi de ānquán, fǎnér duì jiànkāng yǒu hǎochu. yǒu yánjiū biǎomíng, yǎng chǒngwù kěyǐ tiáojié qíngxù, duì xīnzàngbìng hé yīxiē mànxìngbìng yǒu zhìliáo zuòyòng, cháng hé chǒngwù jiēchù hái yǒuzhùyú fángzhǐ értóng huàn guòmǐnzhèng, zēngqiáng háizi de dǐkànglì ne.
I don't really think it's that serious. You just need to take good care of them and pay close attention to environmental protection and you'll be able to solve the pollution problem. As far as transmitting diseases goes, you just need to give pets their inoculations on a regular basis and pay constant attention to cleanliness. The minute you get scratched or bitten by an animal, get it taken care of. Not only will pets not threaten people's health-- on the contrary, they're actually good for your health. A study says that raising pets is good for your mood, and that it is good for your heart and for certain chronic diseases. Frequent contact with pets is good for preventing allergies in children, and boosts children's immunity.
A 即使這樣，現在養寵物的開銷也不小，給寵物辦證、看病、買飼料就要花上一大筆錢，現在還流行給寵物做保健、美容甚至“徵婚”，更有些人為了趕時髦，特意花重金購買從國外引進的名貴品種，這不是增加家庭的經濟負擔嗎？而且寵物每年消耗大量的食物和資金，城市裡每年用於養狗的錢就可以養活我們國家大量的貧困人口，這也太不合情理了吧。
jíshǐ zhèyàng, xiànzài yǎng chǒngwù de kāixiāo yě bù xiǎo, gěi chǒngwù bànzhèng , kànbìng, mǎi sìliào jiù yào huāshàng yīdàbǐ qián, xiànzài hái liúxíng gěi chǒngwù zuò bǎojiàn, měiróng shènzhì `` zhēnghūn" , gèng yǒuxiērén wèile gǎn shímáo, tèyì huā zhòngjīn gòumǎi cóng guówài yǐnjìn de míngguì pǐnzhǒng, zhè bù shì zēngjiā jiātíng de jīngjìfùdān ma? érqiě chǒngwù měinián xiāohào dàliàng de shíwù hé zījīn, chéngshì lǐ měinián yòngyú yǎnggǒu de qián jiù kěyǐ yǎnghuó wǒmenguójiā dàliàng de pínkùn rénkǒu, zhè yě tài bùhéqínglǐ le ba.
Even though that's the case, the expenses in raising a pet are not insignificant. You have to spend a lot getting a license, medical treatment and feed for your pet. And these days, it's popular to give pets health care, beauty treatments , and even help them with match-making! And some people intentionally spend a ton of money following fashion by buying an expensive imported breed. Doesn't that put even more economic pressure on your household? And pets consume a lot of food and money every year. The money spent every year on raising pets in the city could be used to support a lot of poor Chinese people. It's just too unreasonable!
B 可是“寵物經濟”的市場潛力巨大，寵物醫院、寵物用品商店、寵物美容中心、寵物婚姻介紹所，這些和寵物相關的產業能給大批的人提供就業的機會，不是也很好嗎？
kěshì `` chǒngwù jīngjì" de shìchǎng qiánlì jùdà, chǒngwù yīyuàn, chǒngwù yòngpǐn shāngdiàn, chǒngwù měiróng zhōngxīn, chǒngwù hūnyīn jièshàosuǒ, zhèxiē hé chǒngwù xiāngguān de chǎnyè néng gěi dàpī de rén tígōng jiùyè de jīhuì, bùshì yě hěn hǎo ma?
But the pet economy has a lot of market potential. There are veterinary hospitals, shops for pet goods, pet beauty centers, pet match-making centers...these pet-related industries create job opportunities for a lot of people. Isn't that great?
A 那你覺不覺得養寵物會影響人與人之間的感情？現在人們把越來越多的感情投入到寵物的身上，有些甚至已經到了忽略身邊的朋友和親人的地步，這樣下去怎麼行呢？
nà nǐ jiào bu juéde yǎng chǒngwù huì yǐngxiǎng rén yǔ rén zhījiān de gǎnqíng? xiànzài rénmen bǎ yuèláiyuèduō de gǎnqíng tóurù dào chǒngwù de shēnshang, yǒuxiē shènzhì yǐjīng dào le hūlǜe shēnbiān de péngyou hé qīnrén de dìbù, zhèyàngxiàqu zěnme xíng ne?
Well, then, do you think that pets are influencing inter-personal relationships? Now people are investing more and more of their emotions in their pets. Some have even gotten to the point where they are neglecting their friends and family! How can things go on like this?
B 雖然你說的情況確實存在，可是家庭成員通過共同餵養寵物而增進情感交流的也不少。奇怪，你怎麼對養寵物有這麼大的意見呢？
suīrán nǐ shuō de qíngkuàng quèshí cúnzài, kěshì jiātíng chéngyuán tōngguò gòngtóng wèiyǎng chǒngwù ér zēngjìn qínggǎn jiāoliú de yě bùshǎo. qíguài, nǐ zěnme duì yǎng chǒngwù yǒu zhème dà de yìjiàn ne?
Although the situation you're talking about does exist, a lot of families become even closer by raising a pet together. Hey, it's weird-- why do you have so many objections to raising pets?
A 因為鄰居家的狗已經吵得我三天沒睡好啦。
yīnwèi línjū jiā de gǒu yǐjīng chǎo de wǒ sān tiān méi shuìhǎo la.
Because my neighbor's dog is so noisy that I haven't slept in three days!
Key Vocabulary
排遣 páiqiǎn to use something as a diversion
威脅 wēixié to threaten
定期 dìngqī to fix a date
注射 zhùshè to inject
疫苗 yìmiáo vaccine
慢性病 mànxìngbìng chronic disease
過敏 guòmǐn to be allergic to
抵抗力 dǐkànglì resistance
開銷 kāixiāo expenses
飼料 sìliào fodder (for animals)
時髦 shímáo in vogue
重金 zhòngjīn a large sum of money
情理 qínglǐ reason
Supplementary Vocabulary
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