Are Pet Good for you

The basic meaning of "pet" is an animal we keep for emotional 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 mere companionship; they invite us to love and be loved. Many owners feel their pets understand them, for animas are quick to sense anger and sorrow. Often a cat or dog can comfort us at times when human words don't 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 the mother, a sister or brother to an only child, a grandchild to the elderly, 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. A pet in the family keeps people in touch with the more natural, animal world Seeing an animal give birth brings understanding of the naturalness of childbirth, and seeing a pet die helps a child to cope with sorrow. 6 Learning to care for a pet helps a child to grow up into a loving adult who feels responsible towards those de-pendent on him. Rightly we teach children to be good to their pets. They should learn, too, that pets are good for us human beings.

GAME:
猜单词:
We prepare some words in cards for you .We need two students to join us.The one can see the cards and describe the word on it .The other one should guess the words according to what his/her partner said.We will won't the number the student guess correctly.The one who guesses the most will be the winner.
抢凳子:
We prepare four chairs for five students and each chair has one word.When I say "start"all of you should walk around the chair.when I say"stop".you can try your best to sit down.the one who will not find the chair will be the looser.
liuxuepaper's FREE TALK
1. DO you think it is right to keep pet in our domitory
2. What do you think will happen if everyone in china keeps a pet
词汇学习:
Notes on the text:
1. The basic meaning of "pet" is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons:
"宠物" 的基本含义是,我们出于感情原因,而不是经济目的而饲养一种动物.
2. when human words don't help:
人的语言安抚无济于事时.
3. Dogs especially, look up to their owners, which makes them feel important and needed:
特别是狗对其主人的尊重使他们产生一种举足轻重和不可缺少的感觉.
4. A pet can be something different to each member of the family, another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to an only child, a grandchild to the elderly:
对家庭的每一个成员来说,一只宠物有着不同的作用:对母亲来说,它是另一个孩子;对独生了女来说,它则成了一个妹妹或弟弟;老人面前,它又变成了小孙孙.
5. In this Plastic Age:
在这一塑料时代(妈指当今塑料制品取代了自然的生活用品).
6. Seeing an animal give birth brings understanding of the natural-ness of childbirth, and seeing a pet die helps a child to cope with sorrow:
观察一只动物的分娩可以帮助人理解婴儿出生的自然过程;而看到一只宠物死去则可以帮助孩子学会怎样面以痛苦.
相关单词:
Companion同伴 sorrow悲伤
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