养宠物以前要想清楚

hěn很duō多rén人kàn dào看到kě ài可爱de的xiǎo小māo猫xiǎo小gǒu狗，jiù就xiǎng想mǎ shàng马上dài带huí jiā回家。

Many people see a cute kitten or puppy and want to take it home at once.

dàn shì但是yǎng养yī一gè个dòng wù动物，yì wèi zhe意味着shí十jǐ几nián年de的zé rèn责任。

But keeping an animal means a responsibility lasting more than ten years.

tā它měi每tiān天dōu都yào要chī fàn吃饭、hē喝shuǐ水，hái还yào要yǒu rén有人péi陪tā它。

It needs food and water every day, and someone to keep it company.

shēng bìng生病de的shí hou时候yào要dài带tā它qù去yī yuàn医院，huā fèi花费yě也bù biàn不便yí宜。

When it is ill you have to take it to the vet, and that is not cheap.

chū chāi出差huò zhě或者fàng jià放假de的shí hou时候，hái还yào要qǐng请rén人zhào gu照顾tā它。

When you travel for work or go on holiday, you have to ask someone to look after it.

rú guǒ如果zhǐ shì只是jué de觉得hǎo好wán玩，zuì hǎo最好xiān先bāng帮péng you朋友zhào gu照顾jǐ几tiān天shì试shì试。

If you just think it would be fun, it is best to look after a friend's pet for a few days first.

jué dìng决定yǎng养le了，jiù就bù yào不要suí biàn随便diū diào丢掉tā它。

Once you have decided to keep it, do not just throw it away.