乏人領養
Jeff and Renee are talking about their recent visit to a farm.
傑夫和蕾妮在談論他們最近參觀農場的經驗。
Jeff: What was your favorite animal at the farm yesterday?
傑夫：昨天在農場，你最喜歡哪一種動物？
Renee: I like the sheep the most! They were really cute.
蕾妮：我最喜歡羊！牠們真的很可愛。
Jeff: Well, it’s too bad that we don’t live in Australia. Some farmers there are giving away sheep for free!
傑夫：嗯，真可惜我們不住在澳洲。那裡有些農民正在免費送羊！
pity(n.)可惜
Renee: What? You’re kidding, right? Why would they do that?
蕾妮：什麼？你在開玩笑吧？他們為什麼要這樣做？
kid(v.)開玩笑play a joke on sb.開～的玩笑=play a trick on sb.
Jeff: It has to do with the weather, the large number of sheep and the low price of mutton. With drier weather this year, there is less grass growing. This is making it harder for farmers to feed the nearly 79 million sheep in the country.
傑夫：這和天氣、大量的羊群以及羊肉價格低有關。由於今年天氣較乾燥，長的草變少了，這讓農民們更難以餵養全國近7,900萬的羊。
have…to do with和～有關連have nothing to do with跟～無關mutton(n.)羊肉feed(v.)餵養
Renee: Wow! That’s a lot. And the low price of meat isn’t good for farmers either, right?
蕾妮：哇！那真的是很多羊。而且肉價低對農民也不好，對吧？
either A or B不是A就是B
Jeff: Exactly. The farmers can’t make money, so they are trying to find people to take their sheep.
傑夫：正是如此。農民無法賺錢，所以他們正試著找人領養他們的羊。
Renee: Well, if we lived in Australia, I would want at least a dozen sheep as pets.
蕾妮：如果我們住在澳洲，我想至少要一打羊當寵物。
dozen(n.) 一打
Jeff: A dozen! It’s good we don’t live there. We would need to buy a farm to keep them!
傑夫：一打！還好我們不住在那裡。我們需要買一座農場才能養牠們！
raise(v.)飼養、種植