VOA常速英语:Dog Adoptions Spike in US Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

In these times of strict quarantine, dogs have become more than just company.
在人们都在进行严格隔离的日子里，狗给我们带来的不仅仅是陪伴。
They are a legitimate reason to go outside, pet owners say.
宠物主人说，它们是自己外出的合法理由。
A win-win situation as shelter employees across the US say,dog adoptions and foster numbers have gone up significantly,since the start of lockdown measures in most of the states.
正如美国各地的收容所工作人员所说，自大多数州开始实施隔离封锁措施以来，收养狗和寄养狗的人数大幅上升，这是一个双赢的局面。
Many decided that being quarantined to prevent the spread of the virus,is the perfect time to get a dog.
许多人认为被隔离以防止病毒传播，是养狗的最佳时机。
So many Americans working from home.
这么多美国人在家工作。
They have both the time and the energy to take care of a new pet.
他们有时间和精力照顾一个新的宠物。
I think in New York City, a lot of people work like 12 hours a day,and so they feel that its not great to have a pet, because theyre not home enough.
我认为在纽约市，很多人每天工作十二个小时，所以他们觉得养宠物并不好，因为他们在家时间太短。
But now that theyre home all day long.
但现在他们整天在家。
I think theyre more open to it.
所以在这个问题上他们变得更加开放。
For the shelter cats and dogs in New York City, the quarantine is a chance to find a loving family.
对于纽约市的猫狗收容所来说，隔离是找到一个有爱家庭的好机会。
Employees of the animal care centers say,they got 25 times more applications to adopt a foster than they had expected.
动物护理中心的员工说，他们收到的领养申请比预期的多二十五倍。
On March 13th, we put a call out to New York City,because we knew that we would be facing some tough times ahead,and we asked for fosters and adopters, and we thought we would get about 200 applications,and we ended up getting 5,000 applications.
三月十三日，我们给纽约市打了个电话，因为我们知道我们将面临一段艰难的时期，我们要找到不同的寄养人和领养人，我们认为会收到大约二百份申请，最终我们收到了五千份申请。
This is not unusual.
这并不稀奇。
The same thing is happening on the west coast,where one of San Franciscos shelters for elderly animals reported that it was completely empty.
同样的事情也发生在西海岸，旧金山的一个老龄动物收容所报告说那里的动物都被领养走了。
All the animals have been adopted or fostered.
所有的动物都已被收养走。
When we had to lock down, we had to get in touch with as many foster families as we could,to close down the shelter and move every single dog into a foster home,because we wanted to close the shelter, because we didnt want to have our employees come to work.
当我们不得不封锁时，我们必须与尽可能多的寄养家庭联系，关闭收容所，将每一只狗都转移到寄养家庭，因为我们想关闭收容所，不想让员工来工作。
So within 48 hours, we found foster homes for every single dog.
所以在四十八小时内，我们为每一只狗找到了寄养家庭。