和老外聊天的地道口語第82期:我不養稀奇八怪的寵物了

M: Hi, Sam. I want to buy a pet. Do you have any ideas?
S: You really should go to Rachel's pet store.
M: why? anything special there?
S: it's more than special. You can find as many kinds of animals as you can put a name to and more.
M: Oh, really? are there any snakes?
S: snakes? there are even rodents and monkeys! it's a world of exotic pets.
M: that's terrific. I can't wait to check it out.
S: Hang on. are you sure you want to keep a non-traditional pet?
M: why not? it's so cool.
S: but it will pose a risk to your health.
M: pardon?
S: i mean, most reptiles carry some harmful bacteria. they are likely to cause immune system problems.
M: well, I didn't realize that.
S: I don't believe it's a good choice to keep those pets, especially for families with young children.
M: oh, I should have thought of my brother's baby girl. Maybe I'll just have a dog instead of an exotic pet.
S: yes, good luck, Maria.

你好,山姆.我想買一隻寵物,你有什麼建議嗎?
你應該去拉切爾的寵物店看看.
爲什麼啊?這家店很特別嗎?
何止是特別啊?凡是你能叫出名字的動物,店裏都有!
真的嗎?有蛇嗎?
蛇?那裏連鋸齒動物和猴子都有!
太棒了!我要去轉轉.
等等,你確定你要養非傳統寵物?
有什麼不好呢?多酷啊.
可是它會威脅你的健康?
你說什麼?
我的意思是大多數爬行動物都攜帶有害病菌,有可能引起免疫系統疾病,
哦,這個我倒沒想過.
我覺得養這種寵物是不明智的,要是家裏有小孩的話,就更不好了.
哦,我都忘了我哥的小女兒了.我還是養條狗吧,外來寵物就算了.
祝你好運,瑪利亞!

exotic:from or in another country, especially a tropical one; seeming exciting and unusual because it is connected with foreign countries 來自異國（尤指熱帶國家）的;奇異的;異國情調的;異國風味的
brightly-coloured exotic flowers/plants/birds
色彩鮮豔的異國花卉／植物／鳥兒
She travels to all kinds of exotic locations all over the world.
她走遍了全世界所有具有奇異風情的地方.

pose:to create a threat, problem, etc. that has to be dealt with 造成（威脅、問題等）;引起;產生
to pose a threat/challenge/danger/risk
構成威脅／挑戰／危險／風險
The task poses no special problems.
這項任務不會造成特別的問題.

immune
that cannot catch or be affected by a particular disease or illness 有免疫力
Adults are often immune to German measles.
成人往往對風疹有免疫力.
not affected by something 不受影響
You'll eventually become immune to criticism.
你終究會變得不在乎批評了.
protected from something and therefore able to avoid it 受保護;免除;豁免
No one should be immune from prosecution.
任何人都不應免於被起訴.
Not even the President's wife was immune from criticism by the press.
甚至總統夫人都未能免遭新聞界的批評.