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你還記得人生中第一隻寵物是怎麼來到你身邊的嗎？是朋友送的、路邊撿到的，還是某天回家就突然多了一個毛茸茸的同伴？本週的《英語咖啡館》，John 老師和 Patrick 老師回到「人生系列」，要來聊聊我們與寵物相關的第一次。
在南非長大的 John 老師，養寵物的方式跟台灣很不一樣，家裡的狗狗、貓咪，甚至還有一位可能比 John 老師還年長的「房客」，每位都是在超大院子裡自己到處跑，實在是很有草原風情；Patrick 老師則分享了小時候一起長大的狗狗，還有現在和太太一起養的貓，黑白賓士貓果然是貓中狗狗？
Do you remember how your very first pet came into your life? Was it a gift from a friend, a stray you found on the street, or did you one day come home to find a furry companion suddenly there? This week on English Cafe, John and Patrick return to “The Life Series” to talk about our first experiences with pets!
John grew up in South Africa, where people kept pets very differently from Taiwan. His family’s dogs and cats, and even a “tenant” who may be older than John himself, all roamed freely in a huge yard, which had a real savanna feel. Patrick shares the dog he grew up with as a child and the cat he now shares with his wife. Are black-and-white tuxedo cats really the “dogs” of the cat world?