倒楣的貴賓狗
Jack and Will are in a park. They are chatting.
傑克和威爾在公園裡。他們在聊天。
Jack: Look! Is that man walking a pit bull?
傑克：瞧！那個人在遛比特犬嗎？
Will: I think so. Why?
威爾：應該是吧。怎麼了？
Jack: I just read news about pit bulls attacking other dogs.
傑克：我剛看到比特犬襲擊別的狗的新聞。
attack(v., n.)攻擊
Will: Really? They seem friendly.
威爾：真的嗎？不過牠們看起來很友善啊。
friendly(adj.)友善的
Jack: Just last week, a pit bull attacked a poodle and the poodle died.
傑克：上星期有隻比特犬攻擊了一隻貴賓狗，然後貴賓狗就死了。
poodle(n.)貴賓狗die(v.)死亡、dead(adj.)死去的
Will: Oh my! The owner must be very upset!
威爾：天哪！牠的主人一定很難過！
owner(n.)主人upset(adj.)難過的
Jack: Totally. There have been six attacks so far this year.
傑克：沒錯。截至目前為止已經發生了六起襲擊事件。
so far目前為止、完成式
Will: We need to do something about it.
威爾：我們得想點辦法。
Jack: The government is going to stop people from owning pit bulls. We can’t buy or keep pit bulls anymore in the future.
傑克：政府要禁止飼養比特犬了，未來將無法再購買或飼養比特犬。
government(n.)政府stop sb. from doing sth.避免、阻止own(v.)擁有keep(v.)飼養in the future未來not…anymore不再
Will: When will the ban start?
威爾：何時會生效？
Jack: At the end of September.
傑克：九月底。
at the end of尾端、末端in the end最後=finally