Pre-reading
Question: What does the keeper give the sow?
Intensive Reading
This news is about a sow. People save it from slaughter. It lives in an animal sanctuary. It has a keeper there.
这条新闻是关于一只母猪的。人们拯救了它,使它免于屠杀。它住在一家动物庇护所。在那里它有一位饲养员。
The keeper sees that the sow is clever. She gives it balls and a paintbrush. The sow likes the paintbrush. It also likes to paint. People start to call it ‘Pigcasso’.
饲养员看见这只母猪很聪明。她给了它球和一只画笔。这只母猪喜欢这只画笔。它也喜欢画画。人们开始叫它“猪加索”。
Notes:
1. sow:n. 母猪。
2. slaughter:n. 屠宰;宰杀。
3. sanctuary:n. 避难所;庇护所。
4. paintbrush:n. 画笔,由paint(绘画)和brush(刷子)组合而来。
Exercise:
请根据文章内容,回答下述问题:
Where does the sow live?