Pre-reading

Question: Why does the zoo sell the lion cubs?

Intensive Reading

This news is from Gaza. There is a zoo. This zoo does not have enough money. It must sell two lion cubs. A man buys them. He brings them home. The cubs become pets.

这条新闻来自加沙。有一个动物园。动物园没有足够的钱。它必须卖掉两只小狮子。一个男人买了它们。他把它们带回了家。小狮子们变成了宠物。

In the beginning, the cubs need their mother. They must be breastfed. The mother of the cubs lives in the zoo. The man takes them to the zoo every night. Later, the animals grow bigger. They start to eat meat. They don’t need their mother anymore.

一开始，小狮子们需要它们的妈妈。它们必须要吃母乳。小狮子的妈妈住在动物园。这个男人每天晚上把它们带到动物园。后来，动物们长大了。它们开始吃肉。它们不再需要妈妈了。

People like the little lions. Children play with them. However, the cubs will get big. They will be dangerous.

人们喜欢这些小狮子。孩子们跟它们一起玩。但是，小狮子会长大。它们会变危险。

Notes:

1. Gaza：n. 加沙（地中海岸港市）。

2. cub：n. （熊、狮、狐狸等的）幼兽，崽。

3. breastfeed：v. 用母乳喂养，哺乳，由breast（乳房）和feed（喂养）两个词组合而成，过去式和过去分词为 breastfed；相对的，“用奶瓶喂（婴儿）/吃奶粉”则表述为bottle-feed。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

Why does the man take the cubs to the zoo every night?