时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:访谈录2008


英语课

Everyone knows that chocolate is bad for your pets, but you might be surprised that some of the other people foods that are not only bad for your animals and could also kill them. GMA now’s resident vet 1 Dr. Marty Becker joins us again with some of the worst human foods you can feed your fat, pet rather. But first up, we want to meet two friends from Humane 2 Society of New York.


This is Mea. What‘s this little guy’s name?


Ah Taylor.


Taylor, both are for adoption 3.


They are friends.


They are, so cute. I’ve never seen two -- a little kitten and a dog, get, you know, get along so well. This guy, I understand, swallowed 13 pennies?


Well, a lot of dogs have what we call pica appetites, eat strange things and again that, they tend not to pass pennies, or anything like that. So that’s a medical emergency, the owner, you know, had abandoned this dog because of swallowing the penny, so they did a life saving surgery and announced it available for adoption.


Make no sense to me. Dr. Becker.


You want go to see your Mama?


Bad pica! If you like to adopt these cuties, it’s the Humane Society of New York, thank you so much. OK, so let’s get to it. So chocolate, first thing first, it’s the first thing we think of food that can potentially, you know, kill our pets.


Not all chocolates are created equal. First of all, the chocolates are sorta bad, why chocolates?  There are something called methylxanthine and theobromine. Theobromine is like cassine, if you think of it like that. But for dogs it seems that chocolate it causes increased heart rate, increased respiration 4 seizures 5, even death. (Really) Now for dark chocolate, it only takes one ounce for a ten-pound dog to cause problems, milk chocolates 10 ounces for a 10-pound dog, white chocolate which is basically sugar and butter is really no problem at all.


Now let’s move on. You mentioned coffee. Coffee and caffeinic products, I don’t know this can cause the same harm in our pets.


Even two and three coffee beans can cause problem in a pet, and again, they are not aware, we kinda like that coffee jo, you know, to go  to Starbuck, get the whole day started with the heart raise and stuff, but it’s not good for pets, and again you just got don't ever leave something like that down, don't ever leave to place where they can get after because they like that kind of aroma 6 especially flavored coffee. So don’t have them down.


This was a shock to me, macadamia nuts. I had no idea.


We have, you know, I go to Hawaii, bring them home, and certain recipes you have, here is a thing they do, they can cause vomit 7, or diarrhea or weakness and seizures, but they cause, it mimics 8 a word like paralysis 9, just like the dog that has spinal 10 cord  injury. Really? It happens about 12 hours after they eat the macadamia nuts, within 40 hours they’re walking stiffly, even  72 hours they recovered. There’s actually been pets that have been euthanized because people thought they could no longer walk, when in fact, they could just ingest macadamia nuts. So, don’t let them around stairs or around cords or something, just keep them in someplace quiet if they happen to ingest it.


Ok, or keep them in Hawaii, don't bring them home, poor pets. OK, shocking, gum!


Oh, gum.


Gum is not good, huh?


This is a big problem. There's a product called xylitol, and xylitol is something that’s a common ingredient in a lot of sugarless gums, other candies stuffs as well, but mainly gums. Just two little tiny pieces of this gum can cause a problem for average-sized dog. What it does is it causes a massive release of insulin that causes hypoglycemia low blood sugar. So the pet becomes weak, they became in-coordinated; people think they’re kind of drunk, within several days it actually goes to liver failures. So this stuff don’t leave it in your purse and slide down there, it will, you know, get the dog in the car; it gets into your purse. (All right.) don’t leave it in table. Keep that stuff up just like it’s a poison.


I never heard about this before. I’ve never give my dog frozen grapes. Apparently 11, it’s a bad idea. Thank God I never did it. What’s the deal?


Well, a lot of people like it, because they like the texture 12 of it. For one thing, you like the coolest stuff. We don’t even know what causes the problem with this. We don’t know how many it takes to cause a problem, but what it does is grapes and raisins 13 cause kidney failure. Use it two to three days after ingestion, and it's one of most common causes for animal poison control the pet will get, you know, someone would go grocery shop, leave grapes to fridge, even pounds of grapes, two to three days later they are in kidney failure. So again no foods  contain raisins either.


Avocados can harm your pet.


Avocados are big problems for birds and small animals, rodents 14. What avocados cause accumulation of fluid on the lungs, accumulation of the fluid around the heart. And it’s actually, you know, inside, it's not just in the leaves, it’s in skins, it’s in the fruit itself. And so that’s just taboo 15 if you have birds or small animals.


To birds and small animals, yeah, dogs, you’re saying OK?


It’s actually ok for dogs, most dogs.


And cats, OK.



1 vet
n.兽医,退役军人;vt.检查
  • I took my dog to the vet.我把狗带到兽医诊所看病。
  • Someone should vet this report before it goes out.这篇报道发表之前应该有人对它进行详查。
2 humane
adj.人道的,富有同情心的
  • Is it humane to kill animals for food?宰杀牲畜来吃合乎人道吗?
  • Their aim is for a more just and humane society.他们的目标是建立一个更加公正、博爱的社会。
3 adoption
n.采用,采纳,通过;收养
  • An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
  • The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。
4 respiration
n.呼吸作用;一次呼吸;植物光合作用
  • They tried artificial respiration but it was of no avail.他们试做人工呼吸,可是无效。
  • They made frequent checks on his respiration,pulse and blood.他们经常检查他的呼吸、脉搏和血液。
5 seizures
n.起获( seizure的名词复数 );没收;充公;起获的赃物
  • Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year. 今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Other causes of unconsciousness predisposing to aspiration lung abscess are convulsive seizures. 造成吸入性肺脓肿昏迷的其他原因,有惊厥发作。 来自辞典例句
6 aroma
n.香气,芬芳,芳香
  • The whole house was filled with the aroma of coffee.满屋子都是咖啡的香味。
  • The air was heavy with the aroma of the paddy fields.稻花飘香。
7 vomit
v.呕吐,作呕;n.呕吐物,吐出物
  • They gave her salty water to make her vomit.他们给她喝盐水好让她吐出来。
  • She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.她感到一阵疼痛,开始呕吐起来。
8 mimics
n.模仿名人言行的娱乐演员,滑稽剧演员( mimic的名词复数 );善于模仿的人或物v.(尤指为了逗乐而)模仿( mimic的第三人称单数 );酷似
  • Methods:Models were generate by CT scan,Mimics software and Abaqus software. 方法:采用CT扫描,Mimics软件和Abaqus软件的CAD进行三维有限元模型的创建。 来自互联网
  • Relaxing the mind and body mimics the effect that some blood-pressure pills would have. 放松身心会产生某些降压药才能产生的效果。 来自辞典例句
9 paralysis
n.麻痹(症);瘫痪(症)
  • The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
  • The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
10 spinal
adj.针的,尖刺的,尖刺状突起的;adj.脊骨的,脊髓的
  • After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天,就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
  • Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。
11 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
12 texture
n.(织物)质地;(材料)构造;结构;肌理
  • We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
  • Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。
13 raisins
n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 )
  • These raisins come from Xinjiang,they taste delicious. 这些葡萄干产自新疆,味道很甜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Mother put some raisins in the cake. 母亲在糕饼中放了一些葡萄干。 来自辞典例句
14 rodents
n.啮齿目动物( rodent的名词复数 )
  • Rodents carry diseases and are generally regarded as pests. 啮齿目动物传播疾病,常被当作害虫对待。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Some wild rodents in Africa also harbor the virus. 在非洲,有些野生啮齿动物也是储毒者。 来自辞典例句
15 taboo
n.禁忌,禁止接近,禁止使用;adj.禁忌的;v.禁忌,禁制,禁止
  • The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的。
  • Is there a taboo against sex before marriage in your society?在你们的社会里,婚前的性行为犯禁吗?