Many people with cats have litter box problems. Do you have any advice?3 Q5 P. S: C! S9 |5 B: S
People have never been taught how to [attend to] a litter box properly. Cleanliness is next to godliness. People have never really been told that a litter box has to be kept squeaky clean. A cat is a very finicky creature. [If the litter box is dirty,] the cat will choose elsewhere. The other thing is the number of litter boxes: You need one per cat, plus one for the house ... When there are two cats, there [could be] territorial issues. By having multiple boxes, you make it more pleasant for them and you lower the chance of litter box problems. Once the out-of-litter-box issue begins, it's a lot harder to undo it than not letting it happen in the first place. A cat [usually] pees around the house for a couple of reasons: a) it's an unneutered male, and it's spraying; b) the cat has a urinary tract infection. [That's] the most common reason for out-of-litter-box issues.' H6 ?: G7 y9 l9 d2 h) ]
Dogs and cats in the same house — O.K.?
# m, m+ Q- l* ?' W1 _ Great! Adorable. You just have to make sure that the introduction is done well. As long as you don't have a prey-driven dog, or if you've raised them from puppy- and kittenhood so they view each other as family members, you're fine. You always want to make sure that the cats have somewhere to escape to, in case the dog or dogs get rowdy. So a good cat tree (or the back of a sofa) is always a good idea., P5 h: g* O* q
what's wrong with pet stores?
, s' S& t3 [, H: H2 C5 W0 h3 W0 r What's wrong with the kitten and puppy mill industry is that it's basically an abuse of the breeding stock. Those animals are kept like chickens or pigs in pens, with feces and urine raining down on them, minimum nutrition, minimum medical care, no socialization of the newborn, no socialization of the parents, no exercise for the parents, no stimulation of the parents. People have this kooky idea that they're rescuing a pet from a pet store. They're actually perpetuating a very abusive industry, in which the mark-ups are 200%, 300%, 400%, 500% at each step of the way." F8 U/ G8 [5 y
I've heard of people being vegetarians and not feeding their cats any meat. What do you think of that?% Y. ]; i+ M7 Y g8 r0 m/ E ~
I think they should buy a bunny rabbit. Cats are obligate carnivores, and eat 98% meat.
; d( e- Y- `7 q% D. S 【Section Two】Vocabulary0 @" ^/ X4 v7 S; D o3 Z
1. felinen. 猫科动物 adj. 猫的, 猫科的, 猫一样的. R, I* _' }" x5 j3 e
2. clawn. 爪, 脚爪;v. 抓
9 U" `3 N! N. A! m2 y5 @ 3. feraladj. 野生的, 未驯服的, 凶猛的, 野兽的) v& L/ _: q B+ k
4. frustratev. 挫败, 阻挠, 使感到灰心, 阻止
1 V `9 r* Z z5 v9 x 5. dehydratevt. (使)脱水
) b7 \) r( Q0 J 6. obesityn. 肥胖, 肥大) Y; X, S1 L0 I# r7 z
7. stationaryadj. 固定的% r& ~. `. [: b6 H! N" \
8. finickyadj. 过分注意的, 过分讲究的, 过分周到的* Q0 ~8 x1 ^& O7 {+ C/ a/ K3 U' j; M9 y
9. vegetariann. 素食者, 食草动物;adj. 素食的
/ ?5 H* j4 p; N% ] 10. a couple of 两个, 几个
1 Z% \$ q& {2 T 【Section Three】Homework
' m9 @. p/ M9 N( W 1. Please translate the blue sentence into Chinese. l" T& g4 s: K# @# ~
"It's addictive, and incredibly harmful to your cat. Of course, that goes counter to everything your vet tells you, and everything that advertising tells you."
" m. y |; e3 t* _% R$ ~* C 2. What is the main idea of this Article?
& ~% e5 A# {& A 3. Why we can not feed a cat dry food?. T, V& j8 a0 i, l
4. When cats who sit on the back of a couch and don't even look at you when you come into the room and stare out the window, What happened? Z1 ]* w' ?4 Z
5. How to make dogs and cats in the same house?
/ b$ A- b" [2 Z, _3 T 参考答案:/ [' Z, V2 v0 l1 H# B) a: j9 I' y
1. 干燥的食物容易让猫上瘾,难以置信的是,它还有害于猫。当然,兽医告诉你的一切跟广告里说的恰恰相反。(仅供参考)
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3. Dry food leaves cats dehydrated, and dry food is kitty crack. It's addictive, and incredibly harmful to your cat.
- ~; y- a! n( {6 q 4. what they really are is depressed and lonely.9 m2 ^ h+ P# Q, `3 \
5. you've raised them from puppy- and kittenhood so they view each other as family members. Or, you make sure that the cats have somewhere to escape to. |