We use a leash to walk our pet dogs, The leash keeps dog from running away or getting into trouble.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

People are already shaking their heads over me and any immediate God further professional use on my part of the word "God" except as a familiar, healthy American expletive will be taken or rather confirmed as the very worst kind of name dropping and a sure sign that I'm going straight to the dogs.

人们经常对我表示不同意，以及对,我一用那个字“,除非作为熟悉的健康的美式感叹词或咒骂词时,它们会被认为是最差的名字,也肯定是我向那些狗前进的标志。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Yeah, he went to prison for, you know, that thing with the dogs and everything

是，他因为狗的那些事进过监狱，

美国和美式足球 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The king said he did not remember any little blue dogs and did not want to talk about little blue dogs.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

To put it differently, in order to know what "Dogs" means, you never had to learn the word "Dogs."

换个说法,为了知道"狗狗们"的意思,你不需要去学"狗狗们"这个词

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The group provides money for shelters and rescue organizations to help them care for homeless dogs and cats.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

I think this is not only impractical but not ethical and I would not be able to look into the eyes of my dogs when I go home at night.

我认为这不仅不切实际,而且还不道德,晚上回家,我都不敢面对自家的狗了。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

She was beating the dogs, trying to make them stand in front of the snow sleds.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

And so, he has put this chemistry to use in this robotic arm and they call it Fido, because often dogs are the creatures that have to go out and detect these things, and it's not a great job if you're a dog to be sent out to see whether there was an explosive and discover yes, there was, a little bit too late.

因为通常都是派狗去检查这些东西,这个不是个好工作，如果你是一只狗,被派去检查是否有爆炸物，然后你发现有,那就来不及了,所以用机器手检查化学物质。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

the sharp sounds of leather whips, ordering the dogs to move and pull the sleds.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

So for instance, suppose you want to know, for whatever reason, do babies like the looks of dogs or cats?

比如说,假设你没来由的想知道,婴儿会喜欢狗的模样还是猫的摸样

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I put the bacon in the pot to keep the hound dogs from gettin' it.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

But the presence of the dog there is a conditioned stimulus and so you grew to be afraid of dogs.

而这时狗的存在就变成了条件刺激,所以你开始对狗心生恐惧。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The water and music are supposed to calm the dogs.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

You could use the term "Language" to describe what dogs do, or what chimpanzees do, or birds.

在此意义上,"语言"可以被用来描述,狗儿在干什么,黑猩猩在干什么,或是鸟儿在干什么

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And,the dogs and cats have so much to give.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

So, it's fine to judge chairs and apples and dogs based on the stereotypes.

根据刻板印象评判椅子，苹果和狗,就没问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Bedford Hills is also home to the nonprofit Puppies Behind Bars, in which inmates raise and train service dogs.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

And then the American linguist would say, "Yeah. We speak to our dogs."

然后这些美国的语言学家会说,"是啊,我们会和我们的狗说话"

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"I think it is fair that in calling some of the warlords in her parliament 'dogs' probably wasn't a very popular thing to do.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

She says the bond between service dogs and their handlers makes the animals uniquely qualified to deal with PTSD symptoms, including dissociative episodes, or flashbacks.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

The U.S.military uses dogs to help troops on sentry duty and bomb-sniffing patrols.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

A representative who co-sponsored the measure described body scans as a "virtual strip search" that the American public should not be subjected to, and suggested using explosives-sniffing dogs as a less-invasive method of detection.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

It wants parents to reduce the risk of choking by first cutting hot dogs in half lengthwise, cutting grapes into quarters and reducing the size of other foods that can get stuck in children's throats.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23