Growing up with Chinese 成长汉语 Lesson 19 Talking about pets

同学甲：你们快来看，这只小狗毛茸茸的，真可爱！兰兰，这是你的小狗吗？
兰兰：是啊，它是我的小宠物。
同学乙：它叫什么名字啊？
兰兰：嗯，它叫“菲菲”，今年三岁了。
兰兰：你呢？你养小宠物吗？
同学甲：哎，没有，我妈妈不让养。嗯，如果我养宠物，我 会 养 一只“加菲”猫。
兰兰：那你呢？你家有小宠物吗？
同学乙：我养了一条狗和两只小乌龟。
兰兰：啊，你也养小狗啊！
同学乙：是啊，我养的是哈士奇。个头儿可大啦！
兰兰：哈士奇，太酷啦！我还在电影里看到过。
同学甲：是啊，是啊，我也看到过。
同学乙：那周末你们来我家玩儿吧。
兰兰/同学甲：真的吗？好啊，太好啦！
Classmate A：Hey check this out, the dog's fluffy, so cute! Lan Lan，is this your dog?
Lan Lan：Yes，she's my little pet.
Classmate B：What's it called?
Lan Lan：It's called "Fei Fei", it's three years old.
Lan Lan： What about you? Do you have a pet?
Classmate A： Oh no，my mom won't let me. Well，if I had a pet, I'd have a "Garfield" cat.
Lan Lan： What about you? Do you have a pet?
Classmate B：I have a dog and two little turtles.
Lan Lan：Oh, you have a dog too!
Classmate B： Yes, I have a Husky. It's really big!
Lan Lan：Husky，that is so cool! I've only seen them in movies.
Classmate A：Yeah, yeah, I've seen them too.
Classmate B：Then come over to my house this weekend.
Lan Lan/Classmate A：Really? Sure，that'd be wonderful!
Language Points
养宠物 raise pets
如果 if
一条狗 a dog
两条 two
Vocabulary
可爱 cute
宠物 pet
养 raise
猫 cat
狗 dog
乌龟 turtle
和 and
如果 if
Radicals
犬字旁 犭 猫 狗
Cultural Spotlight
Pets
Grammatical Primer
和 and
养 raise
如果 if
Letter from Viewers
About directions