I interviewed 40 people who keep pets养宠物 at home. They think the animal doctors at TEP check [t?ek]检查 pets most carefully仔细地 and the helpers 助手help look after 照顾pets more patiently ['pe??ntli]耐心地 than those at LOVE and Ken’s. However然而, among 在...之间the four pet centers, people go to Heart most regularly ['r?ɡj?l?li]定期地. They think the animal doctors and helpers there did their jobs 工作 best. They seldom很少 go to Ken’s because the animal doctors there usually work more slowly 慢地than those in the other centers中心. Of all these four pet centers在这四个之间, Ken’s helpers care least [li?st] 照顾最少about pets.
一只狗的故事 A dog’s story
我的名字叫 Robbie，与我的兄弟姐妹出生在一个农场。有一天，一个男人和两个小男孩来到了农场。 “你想要哪只狗？”男人问。 “我们要那只！”男孩们说。他们选择了我！
My name is Robbie. I was born 出生on a farm 农场with my brothers and sisters. One day, a man and two little boys came to the farm. “Which dog do you want?” the man asked.
“We want that one!” the boys said. They chose [t???z]选择 me!
他们开车带我到我城里的新家。男孩承诺他们会很好地照顾我，而且他们做到了。他们喂我吃饭，陪我玩耍并天天陪我散步。后来有一天，他们得到了一台电脑。从此之后，男孩们把所有的时间都花在玩电脑游戏上了。他们不再跟我玩耍，喂我吃东西了。
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They drove me to my new home in the city城市. The boys promised ['pr?m?s] 许诺they would look after照顾 me very carefully, and they did.
They fed[fed]喂养 me, played with me and walked me every day. Then one day, they got a computer. After that, the boys played computer games all the time一直. They did not play with me or feed喂养 me any more不再.
最后，男孩的父亲把我带到的宠物中心。他告诉工作人员，他的孩子们爱自己的电脑比我多。该中心给了我很多食物并把我照顾得很好。有天，一位叫 Emma 的漂亮女孩来（宠物中心）参观。
Eventually [?'vent???l?]最后 the boys’ father took me to a pet center宠物中心. He told the staff [stɑ?f]员工 that his boys loved their computer more than me. The center gave me lots of food and took good care of 照顾me. One day, a nice girl called Emma came to visit.
“你愿意跟我回家吗？”她问。
“汪！”我说。她笑了，于是把我带回了家。 Emma 每天喂我，带我散步。
我知道我将在这里快乐地度过我的后半辈子了。 “Do you want to come home with me?” she asked. “Woof [w?f]!” I said. She smiled and took me home.
Emma feeds me and takes me for walks 带我散步every day. I know I will live here happily for the rest of my life余生.
How sayings 谚语about dogs have changed改变
In the old days在过去, people kept dogs, but they used them for hunting ['h?nt??]打猎 or to help with farm work. Dogs often had a very difficult困难的 life. So we have sayings such as “to lead 带领；导致a dog’s life” or “as sick生病 as a dog”（病得很严重）.
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Feelings感受；情感 towards对于 dogs began to change when life became more prosperous ['pr?sp(?)r?s] 繁荣的for people. People came to see dogs as 看作friends or companions [k?m'p?nj?n]陪伴. Today we call a dog “man’s best friend” and tell people “Love me love my dog”.
Do you know any sayings about dogs? What are they?
Unit 7 课文（翻译）
外星人来了！
Aliens ['el??n]外星人 Arrive!
蒂娜半夜醒来。她向窗外看了看，看见天空中有一道黄光。它突然冲向地面。她听见一声嘈杂声并看见一束红光。
Tina woke up 醒来at midnight ['m?dna?t]午夜. She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived [da?v]潜水；俯冲 towards朝向 the ground地面. She heard a noise and saw a red light.
第二天早上，蒂娜跟她的弟弟汤姆提及这件事。“昨天晚上当我听见一声巨响时，我确定有某物降落在山附近的森林里了。”她说，“放学后咱们去探索一下。”
The next morning, Tina mentioned ['men?(?)n]提及 it to her brother Tom.
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“I’m sure something landed in the forest near the hills as I heard a loud noise last night,” she said.
“Let’s explore [?k'spl??]探索 after school.”
下午六点钟，蒂娜和汤姆到达了森林。他们听见用一种奇怪的语言说话的声音，所以他们藏在一些灌木丛后保持安静。然后他们看见了一个外星人！它很高，圆脑袋，银白色的身体。它正站在一个长长的宇宙飞船旁边。宇宙飞船因为碰撞而毁坏了。
At 6 p.m., Tina and Tom reached the forest. They heard some voices speaking a strange language, so they hid behind some bushes [b??] 灌木and kept quiet保持安静. Then they saw an alien! It was tall, with a round head and a silver ['s?lv?]银色的 body. It was standing next to a long spaceship. The spaceship宇宙飞船 was ill damaged ['d?m?d?]损毁 because of a crash [kr??]坠毁.
孩子们很害怕。突然，另一个外星人从灌木丛里出现来到他们面前。它发现了他们并发出了可怕的噪音。孩子们惊恐地跑了。
The children were frightened ['fra?tnd]害怕的. Suddenly, another alien appeared from the bushes in front of them. It discovered [d?'sk?v?]发现 them and made a terrible 可怕的；糟糕的noise! The children ran away in fear [f??]害怕地.
第二天早上，蒂娜和汤姆告诉了他们的母亲关于奇怪的生物的事情。“它们很丑陋，它们长着一些毛发，但是没有羽毛。”蒂娜说。
The next morning, Tina and Tom told their parents about the strange creatures['kri?t??]生物. “They were very ugly ['?gl?]丑陋的. They had some hair, but they didn’t have any feathers ['fee?]羽毛,” said Tina.
“在宇宙飞船上写着些东西，”汤姆说，“它看起来像这个。我想知道它意味着什么。”他在一张纸上画了一些线条。
但是爸爸说：“由于没有其他的人看见这些外星人，所以我拒绝相信你们。现在就去上学！”
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“There was something written on the spaceship,” said Tom. “It looked like this. I wonder ['w?nd?]想知道；怀疑 what it means.” He drew some lines on a piece of paper.
But Dad said, “Since no one else saw these aliens, I refuse [r?'fju?z] 拒绝to believe相信 you. Now go to school!”
孩子们张开“翅膀”一起飞到学校。爸爸看了看纸上面的奇怪的记号。当他看到了“地球”这个词时，他说：“它看起来很奇怪。”
The children spread [spred] 展开their wings翅膀 and flew to school together. Dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange marks [mɑ?k]符号 on it. “It looks strange,” he said, as he looked at the word “EARTH”.
“UFO” Seen in West Jersey
At around大约 7 p.m. last night, the Johnson family heard a loud noise and saw a bright light in the sky. Something then fell into the bushes灌木. There were more noises, and then all became quiet. In fear害怕地, the family called the police.
The police discovered发现 some feathers羽毛 in the bushes. Since the feathers were spread out展开, the police believed that a bird was killed. Next to 靠近the feathers, there was a broken 断的power line电线. The police wondered how the bird was killed. The Johnson family, however, refused to believe it was a bird. “It was a UFO, I tell you!” said Mr. Johnson.
Tina and Tom are telling a police officer 官员what they have seen.
Police: Why did you go to the forest?
Tina: We went there because I heard a loud noise last night. Police: What happened?
Tina: We woke up醒来 at midnight and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived 潜水；俯冲towards 朝向the ground. Then I heard a noise and saw a red light. Police: I see. So when did you reach the forest?
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