托福听力小对话【98】get it to talk

(A) Buy a parrot.

(B) Talk to the parrot.

(C) Teach the parrot to talk.

(D) Find someone to care for her parrot.

听力原文/参考答案/解说

-- Hey, I heard you bought a parrot.

-- That’s right. Now if I could only get it to talk.

Q: What does the woman want to do?

参考答案　（C）

if I could only get it to talk: 这是用以表示意愿的虚拟句结构，主句省略。get it to talk: 使服学会讲话。C直陈妇女的意愿。parrot: 鹦鹉。