听写训练 Test 1 Pet

 Pet

 

A pet is an animal we keep / for emotional¹ rather than economic reasons. / A pet animal is kept as a companion, and we all need companions / to keep us feeling happy. / But pets offer us more than mere² companionship. / They invite us to love and be loved.

 

Many owners feel their pets understand them, / for animals are quick to sense anger and sorrow³. / Often a cat or a dog can comfort us at times / when human words just do not help. / We feel loved, too, by the way pets depend on us / for a home, for food and drink. / Dogs especially, look up to their owners, / which makes them feel important and needed.

 

A pet can be something different to each member of the family /—another baby to a mother and father, a sister or brother to an only child, / but for all of us pets provide pleasure and companionship. / It has even been suggested / that tiny pets should be sent as companions to astronauts on space ships, / to help reduce the stress and loneliness of space flights. /

1 emotional   

adj.令人动情的；易动感情的；感情(上)的

参考例句：

• Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
• This is an emotional scene in the play.这是剧中动人的一幕。

2 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

3 sorrow   

n.悲哀；悲痛

参考例句：

• It helps to share your sorrow with someone else.向他人诉说你的痛苦对你是有益的。
• I think she did it more in sorrow than in anger.我觉得她这样做更多是出于悲哀而不是愤恨。