When Zhang，an employee at a Beijing Internet company，left the city for her hometown in the central province of HuBei in mid-jaunary，she did not expect to be trapped there by a pandemic or that she would be separated from her cat， Yahaha，for three months.
    一月中旬，北京的一家互联网公司的员工张离开北京，前往位于中部省份的家乡湖北时，她没有想到自己被一场流行病困在那里，也没有想到自己会和自己的猫Yahaha分开三个月。

    • separated adj.分开的，；分居；不在一起生活的 v.分开；隔开

    While HuBei，epicentre of the first coronavirus outbreak，was under lockdowm，Zhang，27，scrambled to order cat food from e-commerce platforms，sought help from friends and kind strangers via social media and frequently checked on Yahaha，who had just finished a sterilisation operation，through a video camera in her Beijing flat.
    湖北是新冠病毒首次爆发的中心，在湖北封城期间，27岁的张在电子商务平台上抢购猫粮，通过社交媒体向朋友和好心的陌生人寻求帮助，并经常通过她北京公寓里的摄像机查看刚做完绝育手术的Yahaha。

    • epicentre n.震中
    • scrambled adj.仓促的 v.
    • sought v.寻找
    • frequently adv.频繁地，经常地；时常，屡次
    • sterilisation n.灭菌法
    • operation n.操作；经营；手术；运算

    “I cloud’t help weeping when I saw Yahaha hid herself sullenly and did not touch food for days” Zhang said ,“It came to me she was so important in my life and I decided to indulge her when I’m back.”
    “当我看到Yahaha闷闷不乐地躲起来，几天不吃东西时，，我忍不住哭了”张说，“我突然意识到她在我生命中是如此重要，我决定回去之后好好宠她”

    • weeping adj.有下垂枝条的；落泪的；哭泣的 v.哭泣，悲痛；渗出（液体）
    • sullenly adv.阴沉的，不高兴地
    • indulge vt.满足；纵容；使高兴；使沉迷于… vi.沉溺；满足；放任

    Zhang returned in mid-April. She was excited to see Yahaha，but to her disappointment，Yahaha did not
    give much attention when Zhang opened the door with a trembling hand. It took the cat a couple of months to get familiar with her again.
    张在四月中旬回来了。她见到Yahaha很激动，但令她失望的是，Yahaha并没有像以前一样那么亲密了。当张用颤抖的手打开门时，Yahaha并没有太在意。这只猫过了几个月才重新和她熟悉起来。

    • trembling n.发抖，战栗；担心 adj.发抖的，战栗的 v.颤抖，发抖；颤动；极担心
    • couple of 几个

    During the pandemic in China,cats and dogs became important players on live-streaming platforms;viewers,in many cases stranded and unable to return to their own pets because of social distancing measures, sought comfort from watching others
    在疫情期间，猫狗成为直播平台的重要玩家；在许多情况下，由于社交隔离的限制，观众无法回到自己的宠物身边，他们通过观看别的宠物来寻求安慰。

    • live-streaming 直播；实时流媒体
    • stranded adj.搁浅的；陷于困境的；有…股的 v.搁浅
    • social distancing 社交隔离

    The outpouring of love from pet keepers boosted onilne sales of pet products, helping pet consumption recover quickly from the impact of brick-and-mortar shop closings amid the pandemic,according to a joint report by Pet Fair Asia, Tmall and Alibab’s online marketing technology platfrom Alimama last month.
    根据亚洲宠物展，天猫和阿里巴巴在线营销技术平台阿里妈妈上个月的一份联合报告，宠物饲养者的爱心的流露推动了宠物产品的在线销售，帮助宠物消费从疫情期间实体店铺关闭的影响中迅速恢复。

    • outpouring n.流露；流出；倾泄 v.使流出
    • boosted v.提升，推进；放大；偷窃
    • consumption n.消费；消耗；肺痨
    • brick-and-mortar adj.实体的；砖瓦加水泥
    • amid prep.在…过程中；四周是；在…气氛中

    Groups of singles and DINK households are as large . China had at least 600,00 Dink households, according to an official survey in 2010, the latest data available , while figures from the Chinese Ministry
    of Civil Affairs in 2017 showed there were 200 million singles in China - and that number is still growing.
    单身和丁克家庭的数量也一样多。根据现有的最新数据，2010年的一项官方调查显示，中国至少有60万丁克家庭，而在中国民政部2017年的数据显示，中国有2亿单身者，而这个数字仍在增长。

    • DINK 选择不生育者
    • households n.家眷；王室；家务 adj.家务的；家常的
    • survey n.调查；测量；审视 vt.调查；勘测；俯瞰
    • vi.测量土地

    “unlike traditional Chinese ， Who mainly keep pets to watch gates and safeguard properties，nowadays pets are family members， company and comfort，” Ma said. “Heavy pressure from work also generates a need for keeping pets”
    “不像传统的中国人，他们养宠物主要是为了看门和保护财产， 现在宠物是家庭成员，陪伴和慰藉，” 马说。“沉重的工作压力也产生了养宠物的需求”

    • mainly adv.主要地，大体上
    • safeguard n.保护；保卫；保护措施
    • properties n.性能；道具，内容
    • generate vt.使形成；发生；产生物理反应