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Still, people say, “Every dog has its day.” This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet some people say that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
人们还说:“Every dog has its day（人人都有走运的时候）。”这句话是说，每个人一生中都会有成功的时候。为了成功，人们常常不得不学习新的技能。然而，有人说:“you can’t teach an old dog new tricks（老狗学不会新把戏）”，他们认为年长的人不喜欢学习新事物，不愿改变他们做事的方式。
Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways. People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as “meaner than a junkyard dog.” Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark at or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad, so we also say, “His bark is worse than his bite.”
一些人的不好的方面也用狗来形容。刻薄或没有同情心的人会被描述为“meaner than a junkyard dog（比垃圾场的狗还吝啬）”。“垃圾场的狗生活在人们丢弃垃圾的地方，人们经常让吝啬的狗保卫这块地盘。如果有人试图进入，它们会狂吠或攻击他们。但是，有时候看起来很吝啬，有威胁性的人其实并没有那么坏，所以我们还说，“His bark is worse than His bite（他面恶心善）”。
Many dogs in the United States sleep in a safe little house near their owner’s home. These doghouses provide shelter. Yetthey can be cold and lonely in the winter.
在美国，许多狗住在主人房屋附近安全的狗窝里。这些狗窝给它们提供栖身之处。但是在冬天，它们会感到寒冷孤单。
