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2021-2022学年度第19-20期总第856期(2版)

Making room for the pet boom (Page 2)

 

I. Read the text and work out its structure.

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II. Read the text and answer the following questions.

1. Why is Liao’s story mentioned in the first paragraph?

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2. How does the author show the pet market is growing?

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3. What concerns is the growing pet industry bringing about?

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III. Find the useful words and expressions in the text and work out their meanings.

1. a great demand for          ____________

2. be more than willing to ____________

3. grow by ____________

4. boost the emergence and development of … ____________

5. give birth to ____________

6. work on ____________

7. a sense of responsibility ____________

8. high-tech products ____________

9. track down ____________

10. apart from ____________

11. call for ____________

12. price regulations ____________

 

 

 

 

参考答案

I.

Part 1 Paras 1-4 Introduction: the growing pet industry

Part 2 Paras 5-9 Some new pet-related jobs

Part 3 Paras 10-11 Meanings and concerns

II.

1.

To introduce the topic that keeping pets has become a new trend and that people are willing to pay for whatever their pets need.

 

2.

1) list numbers:

grew by almost 18 percent

hit 348.8 billion yuan

2) give examples:

such as bathing, pet food, pet beauty and healthcare.

paying for many new services, such as training, pet funerals, insurance, photography and entertainment.

 

3.

The lack of related regulations, for example, strict pricing regulations for pet medical services.

 

III.

1. 对……的巨大需求

2. 非常愿意做……

3. 增长了

4. 促进了……的出现和发展

5. 产生

6. 从事，致力于

7. 责任感

8. 高科技产品

9. 追踪

10. 除了

11. 呼吁

12. 价格规定

 

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