托福聽力小對話【98】get it to talk

(A) Buy a parrot.

(B) Talk to the parrot.

(C) Teach the parrot to talk.

(D) Find someone to care for her parrot.

聽力原文/參考答案/解說

-- Hey, I heard you bought a parrot.

-- That’s right. Now if I could only get it to talk.

Q: What does the woman want to do?

參考答案�。–）

if I could only get it to talk: 這是用以表示意愿的虛擬句結構，主句省略。get it to talk: 使服學會講話。C直陳婦女的意愿。parrot: 鸚鵡。