Love your dog in a right way

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現在很多人喜歡養寵物，可是怎么和寵物相處才是最美好而且是最安全的呢？也許看完下文你會有一些新的想法。

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A woman offering her ice-cream to a black dachshund（臘腸犬）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（獸醫的）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？

翻譯：______________________________________________________________

【點石成金】本句是一個結構比較復雜的復合句。其主句是But is it really any worse。It在句子中作形式主語，真正的主語是一個包含動詞不定式的比較結構to eat food your dog has licked than to let your dog lick your face，其中，your dog has licked是定語從句，修飾food。

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

翻譯：________________________________________________________________

【點石成金】leave aside意為“先不要說；撇開”。本句中leaving aside是現在分詞作條件狀語。

Getting up early，we caught the first bus.

由于起得早，我們趕上了早班車。

Using language

Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text

1.be up to取決于

2.end up with/in最終；結果是

3.on grounds of根據……；為了……

4.leave aside擱置一邊；先不要說

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.