英语口语对话

A: I was just watching a documentary on tv about people use dogs for various purpose. It was very interesting.

B: I love dogs. They have been used as guards for centuries. Nowadays, they are often used to find illegal drugs and bombs by the police and customs officers.

A: the documentary also pointed out that they are used by shepherds to round up sheep and byrescue workers to find people trapped under rubble or snow.

B: horses are useful to people too. We use them for sports and recreation.

A: don’t forget that horses are still used in many countries to pull ploughs and carts.And what do you think of the way people use and treat animals

B:we also need some dreadful animals such as snakes. In fact, snakes are not as dreadful as they look. They can help us to kill mice and pests. Their blood is a good drink.Poisonous snakes are especially useful. We can make valuable drugs with them.

A:yeah,some animals look very dreadful ,but they are our good friends . We shold treat them fairly.

B: I think most people treat animals well, but we are often cruel to animals. When we raise animals for food.in addition ,the conditions they live in are often poor due to the over development of the nature.

A: perhaps people should stop eating animals. We could grow more crops.

B: what would you do with all the animas You couldn’t just let them go. Besides, some people would still hunt them. Meat has become an integral part of our diet.

A: we could provide them with better conditions anyway. We should certainly try to improve theconditions at zoos. We should try to recreate the natural conditions as much as possible.

B: that’s true. I think zoo are a good idea, because they allow people to get close to animals. I thinkit’s good for kids to see wild animals.

A: I agree. I’m an adult and I love going to the zoo. I don’t like animals experiments though. I believe that we can do tests in other ways.

B: I read that the number of animals being used in experiments is falling

dramatically as new techniques are being introduced.

A: that’s good news. The good thing is that most people treat their pets well.

B: sometimes you read about people who have been cruel to pets or other animals, but those stories are rare.