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Dog Walks
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Dog Walks
遛狗

How to Form Superlatives

Date: Jul 18 2012

Themes: Pets

Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives

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A dog can bring a lot of joy into your life. But owning a dog also takes work. You need to play with your dog, keep him healthy and well groomed, and of course, take him for plenty of walks.

Dogs love going for walks. Just show a dog its leash and it will probably start wagging its tail with excitement. Walks aren’t just their chance to get some exercise, they’re also an opportunity to socialize. And sometimes, dog walks can be social experiences for dog owners, too. Hear Amy talk to Jason about taking her dog for walks.

小狗能为你的生活带来无限乐趣。但是养狗也需花费很多精力。你需要和小狗玩耍,让它保持健康的身体,毛发修剪得体,当然,还要经常带它散步。

小狗喜欢散步。只要让小狗看到它的皮带,它就可能开始兴奋地摇摆自己的尾巴。散步并不仅仅是让它们做做运动,同时还可以让它们加入社交圈。有时候,遛狗也可以成为狗主人的社交体验。听听艾米和詹森讨论有关遛狗的事情。

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Amy

Amy

Jason

Jason

Amy:  I feel so bad, I didn’t take my dog for a good walk today.

Jason:  Oh really? Can’t she just run around in the yard and stuff?

Amy:  She can. We have a fenced backyard, and we definitely let her out there to play and do her business. But she needs a good walk every day, or she just has a lot of pent up energy, and I just feel really guilty.

Jason:  Right on. Where do you take her on your walk?

Amy:  Well, there’s a park just a couple blocks away from my house, so I usually take her there. But it’s not an off-leash park, so I have to risk either maybe getting in trouble, or just not let her off the leash. But she really prefers to be let off the leash so she can run around and play with other dogs.

Jason:  Yeah, does she get into it with other dogs at all? Is that a problem?

Amy:  No. Sometimes I get nervous that other dogs might not be really friendly, but my dog is the friendliest dog on the planet, and she’s also a little tiny thing that couldn’t really harm any other animals.

Jason:  I don’t know, it sounds like fun though. You get to meet a lot of dogs.

Amy:  There is such a great dog owner community. And once you own a dog, and you walk it, and you say hi to other dog owners, it’s almost as good as having, like, a secret handshake.

 

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Amy feels guilty because she didn’t take her dog for a good walk. She tries to walk her dog every day, even though she has a fenced yard where the dog can play. Amy thinks it’s important to give her dog plenty of exercise and opportunity to socialize with other dogs.

Jason asks Amy where she usually takes her dog for walks. Amy says they go to a park near her house. The park doesn’t allow dogs to be off-leash, but sometimes Amy lets her dog off-leash anyway because she loves to run around and play with other dogs. Amy enjoys taking walks with her dog because she likes belonging to the dog owner community.

Do you like going for dog walks? Where do people walk their dogs in your city?

 

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CatcheR

CatcheR

Iceland

Oh people we don’t have any dog and I don’t like a dog either. It looks kind of fun but I prefer play on my own than playing with dog lol. My family has a small cat but the cat loves to steal things hhhhhhh, we still keep it anyway, it’s like part of our family too. Sometimes it’s really funny and makes the whole family laugh. We don’t usually take it for walks but it loves to stay in the house :0

04:59 AM Jul 18 2012 |

Ngubo Sixtus

South Africa

i take my two dogs to the sport ground.i play football with lesie and with jet i have to use stick because he likes to pull stick from my hands and run away with it,he brings it back,put down sothat we can start again. i do like the subject.

03:06 AM Jul 18 2012 |

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La Princesse de la vie

Egypt

I don’t have any dogs and I don’t know where dog owners here walk their dogs. Dogs here just walk themselves, we  have independent dogs here :D, they are almost all around.

12:49 AM Jul 18 2012 |

Gleimerson.Sampaio

Brazil

I miss my dog so much :’(

12:38 AM Jul 18 2012 |

ErinDong

ErinDong

United States

i don’t have a dog so i don’t know what it feels like to give a dog walk but i usually see people around my neighborhood walking their dogs down the streets. it seems like fun.


you can interact with your dog and meet other dog walkers. i wish i had a dog.

09:26 PM Jul 17 2012 |

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