Online Class Notes (Lily) [S/R]

Vocabulary

1.ban= 禁止
ex: smoking in the restaurant is banned in Shanghai.

2. prohibited= 禁止
ex: smoking is prohibited in the building.

3. consumption (noun)= 消耗
ex: Shenzhen banned the consumption of dogs and cats.

4. terrestrial= 陆地上的
ex: we should protect terrestrial animals like tigers and elephants.

5. captive bred＝圈养的
ex:Most pigs, sheeps, cows are captive bred.

4. aquatic = water related
ex: aquatic center
ex: You can lots of aquatic animals in the aquarium.

5. fine (noun)= 罚款
ex: I was fined for 10,000 yuan for cutting down a tree.

6. aquarium= 海洋馆 水族馆
ex: I love going to the aquarium, but it’s not opened at the moment.

I think old people love to eat dogs because they think it will be healthy. My grandpa always eat dogs when I was little, but at the same time, my family has a dog as a pet. So I’m really terrified. When I was a kid, I tried once, just taste like pork.

When I was little, I eat the soup of owl, I still remember the eyes. I can see it staring at me. My aunt was pregnant, so they think if eat some wild animals, will be good for the pregnancy.

Revised

I think old people love to eat dogs because they think they will be healthy. My grandpa always eat dogs when I was little, but at the same time, my family had a dog as a pet. So I was really terrified. When I was a kid, I tried it once, it just tastes like pork.

When I was little, I tried owl soup, I still remember its eyes. I could remember seeing it staring at me. My aunt was pregnant, so they thought eating if eat some wild animals would be good for the pregnancy.

Shenzhen becomes first Chinese city to ban consumption of cats and dogsBy Jack Guy, Steven Jiang and Shanshan Wang, CNNUpdated 1320 GMT (2120 HKT) April 2, 2020(CNN)–

Shenzhen, in southeastern China, has become the first city in the country to ban the consumption of cats and dogs, the government announced Thursday.Under new rules which will come into effect May 1, the government said it will be illegal to eat animals raised as pets. In February, following the coronavirus outbreak, China passed a law to ban the consumption of wild animals.

Now Shenzhen will prohibit the consumption of state-protected wild animals and other terrestrial wild animals taken from the wild, as well as captive-bred and farmed terrestrial wild species.In addition, the consumption of animals raised as pets, such as cats and dogs will also be banned.Animals that can be consumed include pig, cattle, sheep, donkey, rabbit, chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, quail, as well as aquatic animals who are not banned by other laws or regulations.”

If convicted, they will be subjected to a fine of 30 times of the wild animal’s value, if the animal is above the value of 10,000CNY [$1400 USD],” announced authorities.