the end of their days so that they can cope with any difficulty at any time.
? I’d like to be a cat. It is said that cats have nine lives and that cats can survive even after falling off high buildings. If I had nine lives, I wouldn’t be afraid of death and could venture a lot. Most importantly, cats are lovely and graceful animal that humans like to keep as pets. I’d love to be such a cat.
Part Four Writing and Translation
3.Translation Practice
1 express one’s feelings convey messages carry heavy loads guide the blind
guard / protect people’s possessions catch pests bring pleasure / happiness to people
add joy to people’s life make the world more colorful maintain the balance of nature
2 Dogs are perceived t o be humans’ best friends. They are loyal to people and can help people
do a lot of things.
3 Cats are graceful, lovely and obedient. They are excellent companions of human beings.
People like keeping them as pets.
4 Parrots have very beautiful feathers. They are good at imitating human languages.
5 Monkeys are very intelligent. They can be trained to amuse people by performing different
tasks.
4.Writing
Sample 1
Dogs are the kind of animal I like best. They are capable of helping human beings complete different tasks. For instance, dogs are trained to pull sleighs, to guide the blind, to guard people’s possessions and so on. Sometimes they are even used in medical service to help treat patients, because of their obedience and great understanding of human beings. Furthermore, dogs can be wonderful companions. They are loyal to their owners. They are quiet listeners when people complain and a source of joy when people are blue. This kind of emotional intimacy between humans and dogs can’t be matched by any other intimacy between humans and animals. No wonder dogs are perceived to be the best friends of human beings, and undoubtedly I consider them my favorite animal.
Sample 2
It is a sheer coincidence that my favorite animal is the same as Walt Disney’s. We both like the so-called “notorious” mice, but our reasons are different. As Walt Disney’s legend goes, the mouse he met in his garage played such an important role that it helped him survive loneliness and overcome his mental depression at the beginning of his artistic career. My reason is much simpler—I was born in 1984, and naturally began to like mice (rats). It is true that the mouse has been a symbol of dirtiness and ugliness, and everybody seems to bear a deep-rooted hatred against them. Nevertheless, they are cunning and swift, and some are even lovely. This accounts for why there are people who like to keep mice as their pets. Though rats as a carrier of plague had once brought tremendous disaster to human beings, the interesting thing is that the carriers themselves had not been ruined. This has already opened up new fields of study in biology in the hope of exploring human beings’ true physical nature.
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