They’re WILD animals By Ernst-Ulrich Franzen March 11, 2010 (3) Comments The sto

They’re WILD animals

By Ernst-Ulrich Franzen

March 11, 2010 (3) Comments

The story about the woman who lost somefingers while feeding a bear at a zoo in Manitowoc, after she ignored warningsand barriers(栅栏),reminded me of the story I heard about a couple who put their baby on the backof a wild horse in South Dakota to get a really cute picture. We all do sillythings at times — no one is immune — but treating wild animals as lovely petshas to fall into a special category. Teddy bears and Disney movies aren’tactually representative of real bears.

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1. TosaLeft - Mar 11, 2010 10:46AM

Don’t you think that maybe, just maybe somealcohol was involved?

2. tk421 - Mar 11, 2010 11:09 AM

It was already approved that alcohol wasinvolved. Stories that begin with a drunk person saying “Hey, I got an idea,watch this!” rarely end well.

3. Tristan Kloss - Mar 11, 2010 11:41 AM

Alcohol certainly isn’t involved whenpeople decide to keep “pets” like chimpanzees, baby tigers, etc. Stupidity,definitely. Dogs are pets because of thousands of years of domestication. Evenfarm animals, which have been kept by humans for thousands of years as well,aren’t let in the house. So why keep animals that treat human contact with, atbest, indifference(冷淡、不在乎) and, at worst, violence?

60．In Ernst-Ulrich Franzen’s opinion, the woman lost her fingersbecause ________.

A. the zoo keepers didn’t warn her of thedanger       

B. she didn’t know the bear was a wildanimal

C. she was somehow influenced by cartooncharacters

D. she climbed over the barriers andangered the bear

61．TosaLeft thinks the wounded woman ________.

A. may have beendrunk                                         B. may be a little stupid

C. was addicted towine                                          D. fed wine to the bear

62．tk421 means a drunk person ________.

A. should be forbidden to enter thezoo                    B. usually gets himself into trouble

C. is often fond of making upstories                        D. usually likes to show himself off

63．What does Tristan Kloss think of people treating wild animals aspets?

A.Kind.                      B.Illegal.                                  C.Loving.                          D. Stupid.

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60～63   CABD  

【解析】略