20. Pets
Listen to a short English conversation about pets to practice your English speaking and listening skills.
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Emma 0:02
This is Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations. Today, we’re here with Geoff and we’re going to talk about pets.
Geoff 0:10
Hi, Emma, glad to be here.
Emma 0:12
Thank you for joining us today. So, do you have any pets?
Geoff 0:16
I do. I have, I have one cat. She’s a little black cat named Kitty. Um, she’s about three years old.
Emma 0:26
I don’t know she was three.
Geoff 0:27
Something like that. Two or three. Somewhere in that in that range.
Emma 0:31
Is she still quite playful? Or is she just mellow now?
Geoff 0:36
Um, no, she’s she’s very playful and very um, sometimes more than playful. She gets very aggressive sometimes.
Emma 0:45
How does she react to visitors?
Geoff 0:47
Oh my goodness. She hates visitors. She will um, she will ambush people. She’ll wait around the corner and then attack people when they walk by, and um-
Emma 1:00
Why do you think she does that?
Geoff 1:02
That’s a great question. I’ve never, I don’t know.
Emma 1:07
Maybe she’s lonely. Maybe she needs another cat friend.
Geoff 1:10
Maybe she does. Yeah. Yeah. She has no other cat friends to talk to. She stays in the house all day while I’m at work and then, um-
Emma 1:17
So when you get home, is it, she’s gives you all of her attention all of the time.
Geoff 1:22
Absolutely. Yes. I have to take her outside to play and she burns off some of her steam out there.
Emma 1:29
Do you worry she’ll run away?
Geoff 1:31
No, I keep a very close watch on her. I don’t let her get more than uh, an arm’s length away when she’s outside. I don’t want her to run away.
Emma 1:40
Because you have her on a leash?
Geoff 1:42
I do- I do not have her on a leash. Um, if I- if she sees me holding a leash, she will attack me. And I cannot get close to her with a leash.
Emma 1:54
Kitty sounds like a very special cat.
Geoff 1:57
She is. She’s very special.
Emma 2:00
Well, thank you for talking with us today about Kitty. We hope to see you on another episode of Dialogue Frog.
pets
Glad to be here.
join
Something like that.
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range
playful
mellow
aggressive
react
visitor
Oh my goodness.
hate
ambush
wait
around the corner
attack
walk by
great
lonely
another
stay in
give
attention
absolutely
outside
play
burn off steam
worry
run away
close watch
arm’s length
away
want
leash
hold
get close to
special
Emma 0:02
This is Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations. Today, we’re here with Geoff and we’re going to talk about pets.
Geoff 0:10
Hi, Emma, glad to be here.
Emma 0:12
Thank you for joining us today. So, do you have any pets?
Geoff 0:16
I do. I have, I have one cat. She’s a little black cat named Kitty. Um, she’s about three years old.
Emma 0:26
I don’t know she was three.
Geoff 0:27
Something like that. Two or three. Somewhere in that in that range.
Emma 0:31
Is she still quite playful? Or is she just mellow now?
Geoff 0:36
Um, no, she’s she’s very playful and very um, sometimes more than playful. She gets very aggressive sometimes.
Emma 0:45
How does she react to visitors?
Geoff 0:47
Oh my goodness. She hates visitors. She will um, she will ambush people. She’ll wait around the corner and then attack people when they walk by, and um-
Emma 1:00
Why do you think she does that?
Geoff 1:02
That’s a great question. I’ve never, I don’t know.
Emma 1:07
Maybe she’s lonely. Maybe she needs another cat friend.
Geoff 1:10
Maybe she does. Yeah. Yeah. She has no other cat friends to talk to. She stays in the house all day while I’m at work and then, um-
Emma 1:17
So when you get home, is it, she’s gives you all of her attention all of the time.
Geoff 1:22
Absolutely. Yes. I have to take her outside to play and she burns off some of her steam out there.
Emma 1:29
Do you worry she’ll run away?
Geoff 1:31
No, I keep a very close watch on her. I don’t let her get more than uh, an arm’s length away when she’s outside. I don’t want her to run away.
Emma 1:40
Because you have her on a leash?
Geoff 1:42
I do- I do not have her on a leash. Um, if I- if she sees me holding a leash, she will attack me. And I cannot get close to her with a leash.
Emma 1:54
Kitty sounds like a very special cat.
Geoff 1:57
She is. She’s very special.
Emma 2:00
Well, thank you for talking with us today about Kitty. We hope to see you on another episode of Dialogue Frog.
pets
Glad to be here.
join
Something like that.
somewhere
range
playful
mellow
aggressive
react
visitor
Oh my goodness.
hate
ambush
wait
around the corner
attack
walk by
great
lonely
another
stay in
give
attention
absolutely
outside
play
burn off steam
worry
run away
close watch
arm’s length
away
want
leash
hold
get close to
special
