Mindy: Maybe, but dogs are a lot more work. You have to take them for a walk every day, and sometimes they bite.
Tom: Don't worry, we'll get a nice one. Dogs are man's best friend.
Mindy: Well if we get a dog you are going to need a friend because I'll be really mad!
Professor: So Winnie, why does Tom think dogs are better than cats?
他觉得狗比猫更loyal - 忠诚。不过Mindy觉得养狗太麻烦,每天都要出门遛狗,弄不好狗还会bite - 咬人。
Professor: That's right. Have you ever heard the phrase "His bark is worse than his bite"? It means someone is not as bad as he sounds. For example, "The teacher said he would give the student bad grades for not doing her homework. But his bark was worse than his bite, and he didn't actually do it."
哦,老师虽然口头上说要惩罚不完成作业的同学,但却没有真的那么做。 所以His bark is worse than his bite就是指“刀子嘴,豆腐心”,虽然说了狠话,但不会真的去做。
Mindy: Tom, why don't we get one cat and one dog?
Tom: Oh no, we can't do that. They won't get along at all, so we have to choose one or the other.
Mindy: That's true. Cats and dogs are always fighting.
Tom: Come on ..... Let's go to the pound right now and adopt a dog.
Professor: Winnie, why does Tom say that they can't get one dog and one cat?
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