A: I heard you had a new pet dog. How do you feel about it?

A：聽(tīng)說(shuō)你養(yǎng)了一只新的寵物狗。感覺(jué)怎么樣?
B: Raising a pet is an energy-consuming job.
B：養(yǎng)寵物很耗費(fèi)精力。

A: I'm telling you, raising a pet is an energy-consuming job. Last week Bobbi was sick，I was so worried that I couldn't sleep well.

A：我跟你說(shuō)啊.養(yǎng)寵物很耗費(fèi)精力。上周波比生病了，我擔(dān)心得晚上都沒(méi)睡好覺(jué)。
B: Yes, but I think raising a pet teaches you to become more responsible.
B：是啊，但是我認(rèn)為養(yǎng)寵物使人變得更加有責(zé)任心。

重點(diǎn)講解：

It takes a lot of energy to raise a pet.
Raising a pet is an energy-consuming job.
英語(yǔ)中"花費(fèi)時(shí)間，精力"可以用句型It takes … time and energy…但老外還有一個(gè)更簡(jiǎn)單的說(shuō)法，即energy-consuming, consume在這里表示"花費(fèi)，耗費(fèi)，所以該句還可以表示為Raising a pet is an energy-consuming job.