A: My dog’s getting old. She has cataracts.
B: Have you taken her to the vet?
A: Yes. The vet said I’d have to take her to a specialist veterinary eye clinic and have her operated on, but we don’t have one in my town.
B: I have a friend, his dog had an operation to remove its cataracts not long ago. I’ll ask him where the vet is.
A: 我的狗年紀大了，有白內障。
B: 你有帶牠去看獸醫嗎？
A: 有啊，獸醫說要到專門的獸醫眼科去動手術，但我住的小鎮沒有獸醫眼科。
B: 我有個朋友，他的狗不久前有開過白內障手術，我可以幫你問問看是哪個獸醫。
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