雅思口语Part2：喜欢的动物 Describe your favorite animal

Today I am going to tell you about my favorite animal, what it is, where it lives, when I first encountered it and why I like it so much.

今天我要告诉你我最喜欢的动物，它是什么，它住在哪里，我第一次遇到它的时候，为什么我这么喜欢它。

I like lots of animals, so it is difficult to choose just one. However, I think my favorite animal is the Warthog. Warthogs live in Africa, they are a sort of wild pig. They get their name because they have four fleshy bumps on their faces, which look a bit like warts. These are part of the defense mechani* for males when they fight. Some people think warthogs are ugly, but I think they are lovely, they have great character.

我喜欢很多动物，所以很难选择一个。然而，我认为我最喜欢的动物是疣猪。疣猪生活在非洲，它们是一种野猪。它们之所以得名，是因为它们的脸上有四个肿块，看起来有点像疣。这是雄性在战斗时防御机制的一部分。有些人认为疣猪很丑，但我认为它们很可爱，它们有很好的性格。

I was lucky enough to spend some time volunteering at a property in South Africa. At the property, there were three young warthogs which had been orphaned after their mother was poached – killed for food. The baby warthogs were, therefore, hand-reared. When they were old enough, they were set free to run around in the wild. However, because they were so used to people they preferred to stay nearby.

我很幸运，花了一些时间在南非的一处房产做志愿者。在这所房子里，有三只年轻的疣猪，它们的妈妈被偷猎后变成了孤儿——被猎杀以获取食物。因此，幼疣猪是人工饲养的。当它们长大后，就可以自由地在野外跑来跑去。然而，因为他们已经习惯了周围的人，所以他们宁愿呆在附近。

These three warthogs were very friendly, intelligent and loved to play. They also like to follow their leader. In the wild, baby warthogs will run after their mothers, these three young hogs used to follow us. They would run after us even if we were in a vehicle or on a horse – once they even tried to follow the landowner when he took off in his helicopter! The pigs (as we started to call them) loved to be scratched and cuddled, they were very affectionate. They were also very nosy, whatever we did, and they wanted to be with us!

这三只疣猪非常友好，聪明，喜欢玩耍。他们也喜欢跟随他们的领导。在野外，小疣猪会追逐它们的妈妈，这三只年轻的猪曾经跟着我们。他们会追着我们跑，即使我们是在一辆汽车上或骑在马上——有一次，他们甚至试图在地主乘坐直升机起飞时跟着他!猪(我们开始这样称呼它们)喜欢被挠痒痒，它们非常亲热。无论我们做什么，他们也很爱管闲事，而且他们想和我们在一起!

I love warthogs, they are energetic, loyal, and funny and I think they are beautiful too. Though I do understand the saying ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder!’

我喜欢warthogs，他们精力充沛，忠诚，有趣，我认为他们也很漂亮。虽然我明白“情人眼里出西施”这句话的意思。