F:Honey，have you ever heard that there are a lot of stray dogs now.

F:亲爱的，你听说过现在有很多流浪狗吗?

M:Yes.

M:嗯。

F:Now they are collected场some vol-unteers，and people can adopt them or make a donation for the shelters.

F:现在有一些志愿者们将这些流浪狗聚集起来，然后人们可以领养，或者给他们捐款建住所。

M: What are you saying? You are act-ing weird today.

M:你想说什么?你今天有点奇怪。

F: I want to adopt a dog, and it can be Barbie's boyfriend too.

F:我想领养一只小狗，然后它也可以成为芭比的“男朋友”。

M:Haha,very funny，but it doesn't make any sense to me.

M:哈哈，太有趣了。但是对于我来说却没有任何意义。

F:That's all right. At least I got myself left.

F:好的，至少我坚持我自己的想法。

M:Seriously，if we will adopt any animal，we'd gotta talk to John.

M:说真的，如果我们要领养动物的话，我们得先和约翰谈谈。

F:I hope that he would grant me with that.

F:我希望他会答应。

M:Hope so.

M:但愿吧。

重点词汇：

stray dog流浪狗

Sri Lanka's dog population is estimated at 2.3 million in a country of 19.5 millionpeople, and about 20,000 to 30,000 people are annually treated for stray dogbites. 据估计，斯里兰卡有230万只狗，而人口只有1,950万，每年因被流浪狗咬伤而求医的人约有两到三万。

volunteer志愿者

She now helps in a local school as a volunteer three days a week.她现在作为一名志愿者每周3天在当地一所学校帮忙。

adopt收养，领养

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on all parties in the conflict to seek a political settlement.联合国大会已采纳了一项呼吁所有冲突各方寻求政治解决的决议。

weird奇怪的;怪诞的

That first day was weird.第一天很奇怪。

make sense有意义

It all started to make sense. 这一切都开始变得有意义。

grant同意;准予

They'd got a special grant to encourage research.

他们已得到了一笔用来支持研究的特别补助金。