乐乐想养宠物Lele Wants a Pet

New words

• 养yǎng — to keep (a pet), raise
• 宠物chǒngwù — pet
• 它tā — it
• 麻烦máfan — trouble; troublesome
• 简单jiǎndān — simple
• 如果rúguǒ — if

The story

乐乐：唉，我想养宠物，可是我妈妈说不行。Sigh. I want a pet, but my mom says no.

小雨：为什么不行？Why not?

乐乐：她说养宠物太麻烦了。She says having a pet is too much trouble.

大卫：你想养什么宠物？What kind of pet do you want?

乐乐：猫！狗！或者……熊猫！A cat! A dog! Or... a panda!

小雨：熊猫不是宠物！A panda isn't a pet!

乐乐：养宠物很简单嘛！给它吃饭，跟它玩儿，就行了！Having a pet is easy! You feed it, you play with it, done!

小雨：简单？如果你觉得很简单，今天你养包子，怎么样？Easy? If you think it's that easy, why don't you look after Baozi today?

Opening the lesson…