生活英语学习辅导:实用美语会话(20)
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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: 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.
Linda: Hello, ASPCA.
Robbie: Hello,my name is Robbie Stewart. I have a lost dog I d like to bring to you. How late are you open?
Linda: We re open till nine P.M.
Robbie: Thank you. I ll bring the dog over by nine.
Linda: Thanks. Bye.
Robbie: Thanks. Good-bye.
Alexandra: They re still open?
Robbie: They re open until nine 0 clock. We have two and a half hours. Let s take Gemma by there now. They ll find the owner.
Alexandra: I hope so. I m so sad to see this little dog without her family.
Robbie: I m sure they ll find the owner . But if they don t, I ll adopt her. She s so cute. Look at those eyes. She s hard to resist .Don t you just love her?
Alexandra: I d like to keep her, too. But I ll be going home to Greece at the end of the semester. She just wants love and affection.Come on, Robbie. Let s get her to the animal shelter, so they can find her owners quickly. Don t worry, Gemma. We ll get you home. It s not easy being away from home.
Robbie: Come on, Poochie. Atta girl! Let s go .We re off to the animal shelter.
Linda: Your name?
Robbie: Robbie Stewart. And this is Alexandra Pappas.
Linda: Your name will do, Mr.Stewart. Your address?
Robbie: 46Linden Street, Riverdale.
Linda: Where did you find the dog?
Alexandra: She found us.
Linda: You tried calling the number on the collar?
Robbie: Yes, but the number s no longer in service.
Linda: And there s no address on the dog tag?
Alexandra: There s no other information.
Linda: No ID number. Without that, it s hard.
Alexandra: You will try to find the dog s owner.
Linda: Oh, we ll try, believe me.
Robbie: And if you don t?
Linda: Yes?
Robbie: If you don t…… can I……can I adopt the dog?
Linda: Why, yes. If the owners don t claim the dog in forty-eight hours, then you can apply for adoption.
Robbie: How do I do that?
Alexandra: You really want to ?
Robbie: Yes. I m serious. If no one comes to claim Gemma, I d like to adopt her.
Linda: It s not diffcult.