趣味英语第236期:如何应对失去宠物的情况

（单词翻译）

Sharon S wants to know:

Sharon S想知道：

"How do you handle losing a pet?"

“如何应对失去宠物的情况？”

Aww.

啊。

Ooh, that's a tough one.

哦，这很难。

Talk to your parents about it. They'll know what to do.

和你的父母谈谈。他们知道应该怎么做。

Think of what it really likes and make a memorial¹ for it.

想想它真正喜欢什么，为它做个纪念。

It happened to me many years ago when I was a kid. I just got another pet.

很多年前，在我还是孩子的时候就发生过这种事。我又养了只宠物。

I would get another pet.

我会再养只宠物。

You can get a new pet and just name it after the other one that you lost.

你可以养只新宠物，名字还用你失去的那只宠物的名字。

Pictures are always great. You have good memories. Be close with your family. Talk about the pet.

照片总是很棒的。你拥有美好的回忆。亲近家人。聊聊那只宠物。

If you have any pictures of your pet, make a scrap² book. Make a collage³. Hang it in your room or something.

如果你有宠物的照片，你可以做本剪贴簿。做幅拼贴画。将它挂在你的房间里或其他地方。

Just do something to take your mind off things. You can watch The Hunger Games. That always helps.

做些能转移你注意力的事情。你可以看《饥饿游戏》。那总是有帮助的。

The best way to handle it is try to take your mind off of it by doing other things. Go out, have a bike ride, hang out with your family, play a board game, watch a movie together.

最好的处理方法是做其他的事情，转移注意力。你可以外出游玩，去骑自行车，和家人一起出去玩，玩棋盘游戏，一起看电影。

We're all human and you have to allow yourself a time to grieve⁴. But there's many things in life, so you got to move on from there.

我们都是人，你必须给自已悲伤的时间。但生活中还有很多事情，所以你要继续前行。