双语有声阅读：人们是怎样对待动物的

How Do People Treat Animals?

 

人们是怎样对待动物的？

Many people now keep animals as pets.

如今,许多人把动物当作宠物来养。

Some people have cats and dogs in their houses.

一些人在家里养猫养狗。

Other people like fish,caged birds, tortoises¹ and even snakes, monkeys or lions.

另一些人喜欢养鱼，鸟，乌龟，甚至蛇，猴子还有狮子。

Millions of dollars and much time are spent every year on pet food,equipment, taming² and medical treatment.

每年上百万美元的金钱和大量的时间花在养宠物所需的食物，设施，驯养以及医疗保健上。

Of course,there are some people who do not look after their pets properly or are even cruel to them.

当然有些人并不善待动物，甚至虐待它们。

For this reason a royal society was created in 1824 in Britain to prevent cruel treatment of animals.

为此，1824年英国成立了皇家动物保护协会，防止人们虐待动物。

In contrast to the love of pets is the fact

与人们对宠物的热爱相反，

that blood sports still exist in most countries.

血腥的运动仍然存在于大多数国家。

People hunt foxes, elephants,pandas, ducks rabbits, pheasants pheasants and other animals,

人们捕猎狐狸，大象，熊猫，野鸭，野兔和其他动物，

not because they need the meat to eat,but just for pleasure.

并不是因为要吃肉，而是为了寻开心。

In some countries, blood sports like bull-fighting and cock-fighting are common

在有些国家，斗牛，斗鸡等血腥运动还非常普遍，

and hunting rare animals for commercial purpose

而捕猎珍惜动物以获取商业利益

has brought about an even more serious problem in the protection of the ecosystem³.

更是带来了非常严峻的问题,在生态系统的保护方面。

It is strange that people love certain animals,

奇怪的是人们喜爱有些动物，

but enjoy cruelly killing⁴ others.

却又乐于以残酷的方式残杀另一些动物。

1 tortoises   

n.乌龟( tortoise的名词复数 )；行动迟缓的人（或物）

参考例句：

• Very small tortoises must be given a shorter, carefully controlled hibernation. 非常小的龟龟需要短期的，非常小心控制下的冬眠。 来自互联网
• Ten tiny tortoises tried to talk to twenty timid toads. 十个瘦小的乌龟试着和二十个胆小的蟾蜍聊天。 来自互联网

2 taming   

（使）服从，驯服( tame的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• There are many reports of people taming and even training Indian rhinos. 有许多关于人们驯养甚至训练印度犀牛的记载。
• She is an expert in taming animals. 她是一个驯兽专家。

3 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。