A Man’s Best Friend的朋友

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　　My client Jason is a baseball coach who has a pet pig called Smelly.Pigs are not as clumsy as people think.In fact, Smelly is very clever, because she comes from a special collective of pigs.Jason coaches her to learn new tricks whenever he's got a chance.One day I went to visit Jason, and while we were talking about the climate, I heard two clicks on the door"That's Smelly, she wants a walk, ”Jason told me, “As she can't talk, I taught her to code her needs, by clicking so we can talk in codes"Jason opened the door and said to Smelly, “No, not now, I've got a visitor.Come and say hello.” Smelly wiped the clay off her trotters on the mat and came over.She stood on her hind legs and kissed me with her coarse snout.I noticed that one of her trotters was coiled by a band with her name on it"I read in the column that pigs are smarter than dogs, is that true?”I asked"Oh, yes, their trotters are more clever than claws,”Jason said, “There is a story about how a pig saved his master's life with a coil of rope in some British colony.It was a car collison, and this man's car fell off the cliff when the earth collapsed.Without his pig, the man would have died in the collapse.I've got a big collection of stories like that, because Smelly likes stories.You don't know how much my colleagues love Smelly.I'll give you a clue: they claim Smelly to be their collective pet!”

　　记单词

　　claw 爪，脚爪v (用爪)抓，撕

　　clay 粘土，泥土

　　click (使)发出咔嗒声n 咔嗒声

　　client 委托人，当事人，顾客

　　cliff 悬崖，峭壁

　　climate 1. 气候，气候区; 2. 风气，气氛

　　clue 线索，提示

　　clumsy 1. 笨拙的，粗陋的; 2. 不得体的，不策略的

　　coach 1. 教练，指导; 2. 长途公共汽车; 3. (铁路)旅客车厢vt 训练，指导，辅导

　　coarse 1. 粗的，粗糙的; 2. 粗劣的; 3. 粗俗的

　　code 1. 准则，法规; 2. 密码，代码

　　vt 把…编码

　　coil 1. (一)卷，(一)圈; 2. 线圈

　　v 卷，盘绕

　　collapse 1. 倒塌，塌下; 2. 崩溃，突然失败

　　colleague 同事，同僚

　　collection 1. 收藏品，收集的东西; 2. 收取，收集; 3. 聚集，积聚

　　collective 集体的，共同的n 团体，集体

　　collision 1. 碰撞; 2. 冲突，抵触

　　colony 1. 殖民地; 2. (侨民等)聚居区，聚居地; 3. (动植物的)群体，集群

　　column 1. 柱，圆柱; 2. 纵队，直行; 3. 栏，专栏(文章)

　　我的委托人贾森是个棒球教练，他有一头宠物猪叫臭臭。猪并不像人们想像的那样笨拙。实际上，臭臭很聪明，因为她来自一个特殊的猪团体。贾森一有空就训练她玩新把戏。我去拜访贾森，我们正谈论天气的时候，我听到门上两声咔嗒声。“是臭臭，她想去散步。”贾森告诉我说，“因为她不会说话，我就教她用密码表达她的需求，通过发出咔嗒声，我们就可以用密码交谈。”贾森打开门对臭臭说：“现在不行，我有客人。过来问个好。”臭臭把蹄子上粘的泥土在垫子上蹭干净，然后走过来。她直起后腿用她粗糙的鼻子亲了我一下。我注意到她的一只蹄子上绕了一根带子，上面写着她的名字。“我在一个专栏里看到说猪比狗还聪明，是真的吗?”我问。“噢，是的，它们的蹄子比爪子好使。”贾森说，“有一个故事说的是一只猪怎样用一卷绳子救了主人的命，这事发生在一个英属殖民地。当时发生了汽车相碰事件，因为路面塌陷，这个人的车掉下了悬崖，如果不是那头猪，他就在塌陷过程中死掉了。我收集了很多这样的故事，因为臭臭喜欢听故事，你不知道我的同事们有多么喜欢臭臭，让我给你一点线索：他们声称臭臭是他们共同的宠物!”