A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
宠物
Pet
I was very short. Everybody else was two years older in my class, and I had curly hair and was teacher's pet.
我很矮。我们班其他人都比我大两岁，我有一头卷发，是老师的宠儿。
I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days.
有人告诉我，猫的训练程序很困难。它不是。我的教练让我在两天内训练。
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
如果狗在看了你的脸后不来找你，你应该回家反省自己的良心。
Our cat is kind dove shellfish, and thinks the world is hers, She finds a comfy spot and then we pet turtle sheep purrs.
我们的猫是善良的鸽贝，她认为世界是她的，她找到一个舒适的地方，然后我们宠物龟羊咕噜咕噜叫。
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.
小猫最引人注目的地方是，它总是毫无缘由地跑来跑去，还没跑到那儿就停下来了。
I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
我可能会给你列出一打我最讨厌的事情，包括我自己的身体状况，以及我为什么不能得到第二次约会。
I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.
我前世是条狗。真的。当我在街上散步时，狗狗们会多看一眼。比如，嘿，我认识他。
If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
如果一只狗跳到你的腿上，那是因为它喜欢你;但是如果一只猫也做同样的事情，那是因为你的膝盖更暖和。
As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.
任何与猫相处过一段时间的人都知道，猫对人类的局限性有着极大的耐心。
I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.
我曾感到猫用它们的脸摩擦我的脸，并用小心翼翼的爪子抓着我的脸颊。对我来说，这些都是爱的表达。
Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative people.
也许是因为猫不按照人类的模式生活，不符合规定的行为，所以它们与有创造力的人如此团结。
We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.
我们都知道关于人权法案的故事…关于不能被驱逐出境的非法移民，我不是在瞎编，因为他有一只宠物猫。
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There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.
有一种说法。如果你想要某人永远爱你，那就买条狗，养它，把它养在身边。
Never stand between a dog and the hydrant.
永远不要站在狗和消防栓之间。
Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs.
不要把你的狗当作人来对待，否则它们会把你当作狗来对待。
Dogs are my favorite people.
狗是我最喜欢的人。
If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.
如果猫的体型是现在的两倍，它们很可能是非法的。
Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
说实话，吃太多已经成为我最讨厌的事情。