動物學(xué)家平時工作需要做些什么

今天的這段對話，在討論動物學(xué)家，
 
職業(yè)不同需要做的事業(yè)不一樣，動物學(xué)家日常需要做些什么
 
來聽今天的講解:
 
A: Hey, Michael. I heard your mom is a zoologist. What is it exactly?
 
嗨，邁克爾。我聽說你媽媽是動物學(xué)家。那是什么工作？
 
B: A zoologist. Well, that's true. She is a zoologist. So a zoologist is someone who studies animals.
 
動物學(xué)家，沒錯，她是動物學(xué)家。動物學(xué)家就是研究動物的人。
 
A: Oh, interesting. So does she study all animals or does she focus on a specific animal?
 
哦，有意思。那她是研究所有的動物，還是說她只研究一種動物？
 
B: Well, she's worked at universities studying animals for a long time. So she's worked on many different kinds of animals. But at the moment, she is studying South African tortoises.
 
她所在的大學(xué)從很長時間以前就開始研究動物了。她對各種各樣的動物進(jìn)行研究。目前她正在研究南非烏龜。
 
A: Oh, interesting. Do you have any tortoises in your house?
 
哦，這真有意思。你家里有養(yǎng)烏龜嗎？
 
B: Yeah. Actually, we have more than 40 tortoises in our garden.
 
有。我們的花園里養(yǎng)了40多只烏龜。
 
A: More than 40. Wow.
 
超過40只。哇哦。
 
B: Yes. People are always very surprised when they visit and they see all our tortoises.
 
對。來我們家的人看到這么多烏龜都會感到非常震驚。
 
A: So, do you know a lot about tortoises as well?
 
那你也很了解烏龜嗎？
 
B: I don't know very much about them but I mean, my mom has always got them around at the house or she's often busy with some sort of tortoise's related activity. And so sometimes, as a high school kid, I got home and she would have a tortoise that — a pregnant tortoise, a female tortoise with eggs inside. And in order to monitor these eggs, she would have it in a bath of water with an ultrasound scanner and a screen up on the dining room table.
 
我不太了解烏龜，我媽媽經(jīng)常讓它們在屋子里走動，或者她經(jīng)常忙于研究與烏龜有關(guān)的行為。我高中的時候，有時回家會看到她在研究懷孕的母龜，那只母龜肚子里有蛋。為了監(jiān)測那些蛋，她會把母龜放在溫水中，用超聲掃描儀對它進(jìn)行掃描，觀察放在餐桌上的屏幕。
 
A: Wow. That is really interesting.
 
哇哦。這太有趣了。
 
B: I had a very interesting childhood with all of these animals and things around the house.
 
因為家里養(yǎng)了這些動物，我度過了非常有趣的童年。
 
A: Oh, that's great. Did you have any other pets?
 
哦，這真好。你還有別的寵物嗎？
 
B: Yes. We've always had a couple of dogs and I like cats. So I've got my pet cat at home.
 
有。我們養(yǎng)了兩條狗，我還喜歡貓。所以我在家養(yǎng)了貓。
 
A: Wow. That's really interesting.
 
哇哦。這真有趣。