爱犬有道

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。

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 the Daily 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 wouldnt，” said Sarah Wright， the editor of Your Dog magazine and owner of a dog who sticks his nose into everything; the smellier the better. But is it really any worse to eat food your dog has licked than to let your dog lick your face？“Thats true，” she said. “My dog licks my face and I dont mind that. Its more of a hello lick，” she added.

The problem is that dogs like licking other dogs faces， fox faces， goose faces， whateverJGUnw2uhl2eT4uYeN19xoA== faces are available in the park. “There will be bacteria in a dogs saliva（唾液），” a spokesperson for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home said. “Probably just a word of caution on that. It is up to an owner whether they want to share something with their dog， but they could end up with an upset stomach.”

The British Veterinary（兽医的） Association is less tolerant and strictly advises against sharing food on grounds of pet 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， ice-cream isnt 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 Wrights attitude to the event？

A.She objects to it.

B.Dogs are healthy animals.

C.It is not suitable to let the dog lick her face.

D.The womans 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 isnt 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.Lets _________ the problem until tomorrows 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.