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Conv - Club - Pets - James-Dogs
Conv - Club - Pets - James-Dogs
My Pet
Do you have a pet? Tell us about it.
If you don’t have a pet, would you like to have one? Tell us about it.
VOCABULARY.
▪️Mutt
My dog was a mutt that we picked up off the street years ago.
A 'mutt' is a dog that has parents that are two different types of dogs. It is a combination instead of a
purebred dog. Notice the following:
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▪️Sweet
He's very sweet and fun to play with.
'Sweet' used like this is another way to say nice. Notice the following:
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▪️Do tricks
Can he do any tricks?
A 'trick' is an action that you teach your dog to do. This can be shaking hands or rolling over. Notice the
following:
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If you do something 'half the time' you only do it fifty percent of the time, the other fifty percent of the
time you don't do it. Notice the following:
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When something 'falls over dead' it falls to one side because it is dead and can't stand up. When an animal
'plays dead' it acts like it is dead and doesn't move. Notice the following:
SCRIPT
Todd: James, I saw on your desk you have a nice picture of a dog.
James: Yes.
James: My dog's name is Piper. He was a mutt, a homeless dog that we picked up off the street about
four and a half years ago.
James: He's a yellow lab, golden retriever mix. He's very very sweet, very very fun to play with, really
really nice.
James: No.
Todd: No.
James: We can do one trick where we point our finger at him and go Bang Bang Bang Bang and he falls
over dead, but that is the only trick he can do and he only does that maybe half the time.
James: Mm,hm!
Todd: OK. Would you like to have another dog, another puppy?