I. Listen
Listen to the text with the help of the following notes.
1. The basic meaning of "pet" is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons: "寵物“ 的基本含義是，我們出于感情原因，而不是經(jīng)濟(jì)目的而飼養(yǎng)的一種動物。
2. when human words don’t help: 人的語言安撫無濟(jì)于事時(shí)。
3. Dogs especially, look up to their owners, which makes them feel important and needed: 特別是狗對其主人的尊重使用權(quán)他們產(chǎn)生一種舉足輕重和不可缺少的感覺。
4. A pet can be something different to each member of the family, another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to an only child, a grandchild to the elderly: 對家庭的每一個(gè)成員來說，一只寵物有著不同的作用：對母親來說，它是另一個(gè)孩子；對獨(dú)生子女來說，它則成了一個(gè)妹妹或弟弟；老人面前，它又變成了孫子。
5. In the Plastic Age: 在這一塑料時(shí)代（即指當(dāng)今塑料制品取代了自殺的生活用品）。
6. Seeing an animal give birth brings understanding of the naturalness of childbirth, and seeing a pet die helps a child to cope with sorrow: 觀察一只動物的分娩可以幫助人理解嬰兒出生的自然過程；而看到一只寵物的死去則可以幫助孩子怎能樣面對痛苦。
Listen to the text with the help of the following notes.
1. The basic meaning of "pet" is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons: "寵物“ 的基本含義是，我們出于感情原因，而不是經(jīng)濟(jì)目的而飼養(yǎng)的一種動物。
2. when human words don’t help: 人的語言安撫無濟(jì)于事時(shí)。
3. Dogs especially, look up to their owners, which makes them feel important and needed: 特別是狗對其主人的尊重使用權(quán)他們產(chǎn)生一種舉足輕重和不可缺少的感覺。
4. A pet can be something different to each member of the family, another baby to the mother, a sister or brother to an only child, a grandchild to the elderly: 對家庭的每一個(gè)成員來說，一只寵物有著不同的作用：對母親來說，它是另一個(gè)孩子；對獨(dú)生子女來說，它則成了一個(gè)妹妹或弟弟；老人面前，它又變成了孫子。
5. In the Plastic Age: 在這一塑料時(shí)代（即指當(dāng)今塑料制品取代了自殺的生活用品）。
6. Seeing an animal give birth brings understanding of the naturalness of childbirth, and seeing a pet die helps a child to cope with sorrow: 觀察一只動物的分娩可以幫助人理解嬰兒出生的自然過程；而看到一只寵物的死去則可以幫助孩子怎能樣面對痛苦。