Love your dog in a right way

浙江宁波市鄞州高级中学 彭文国

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现在很多人喜欢养宠物，可是怎么和宠物相处才是最美好而且是最安全的呢？也许看完下文你会有一些新的想法。

体裁 说明文 文章词数 3 3 0 难度指数 ★★★题材 人与动物 建议用时 6′

A woman offering her ice-cream to a black dachshund（腊肠犬）at her feet has gone viral（病毒的）.The setting is pleasant and peaceful:a picnic blanket in a park on a hot day.After the dachshund has had its fill—22 licks （舔），according to theDaily Mail—the woman tucks（卷起）her hair behind her ear and returns the ice-cream to her own mouth.

“A lot of people do it.I have seen it at the seaside.But I wouldn't，”said Sarah Wright，the editor ofYour Dogmagazine and owner of a dog who sticks his nose into everything；the smellier the better.But is it really any worse toeat food your dog has licked than to let your dog lick your face？“That's true，”she said.“My dog licks my face and I don't mind that.It's more of a hello lick，”she added.

The problem is that dogs like licking other dogs'faces，fox faces，goose faces，whatever faces are available in the park.“There will be bacteria in a dog's saliva（唾液），”a spokesperson for Battersea Dogs& Cats Home said.“Probably just a word of caution on that.Itis up toan owner whether they want to share something with their dog，but they couldend up withan upset stomach.”

The British Veterinary（兽医的）Association is less tolerant and strictly advises against sharing foodon grounds ofpet and human health.Maybe the video of the woman peacefully offering her ice-cream to the dachshund has made dog owners shy，because the ones I ask are totally disapproving.

Leaving aside the risk to humans，icecream isn't good for dogs.Battersea warns against it，“because of the sugar，and because some dogs can be intolerant to dairy.”Wright objects on the grounds of contributing to the dog obesity crisis.“A couple of dozen licks of icecream，”she said，“can equal a couple of cheeseburgers for humans.”

Reading check

1.What is Sarah Wright's attitude to the event？

A.She objects to it.

B.Dogs are healthy animals.

C.Itisnotsuitabletoletthedoglickherface.

D.The woman's illness has nothing to do with her dog.

2.What is the potential danger of sharing food with dogs？

A.It can make dogs'stomach upset.

B.It can make dogs'owners feel shy.

C.It can result in dogs'obesity crisis.

D.It may prevent dogs eating cheeseburgers.

Language study

Difficult sentences

1.But is it really any worse to eat food your dog has licked than to let your dog lick your face？

翻译：______________________________________________________________

【点石成金】本句是一个结构比较复杂的复合句。其主句是But is it really any worse。It在句子中作形式主语，真正的主语是一个包含动词不定式的比较结构to eat food your dog has licked than to let your dog lick your face，其中，your dog has licked是定语从句，修饰food。

2.Leaving aside the risk to humans，icecream isn't good for dogs.

翻译：________________________________________________________________

【点石成金】leave aside意为“先不要说；撇开”。本句中leaving aside是现在分词作条件状语。

Getting up early，we caught the first bus.

由于起得早，我们赶上了早班车。

Using language

Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text

1.be up to取决于

2.end up with/in最终；结果是

3.on grounds of根据……；为了……

4.leave aside搁置一边；先不要说

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the phrases given above.

1.After two hours'discussion，the meeting finally_________the national song.

2.Let's_________the problem until tomorrow's meeting.

3.It_________you to decide which university to apply.

4.All their effort_________ failure，which made everyone disappointed.

5.America stopped the project_________national security.