导读
伴随生活节奏加快、社会竞争压力加大，千禧一代尤其需要陪伴和寄托，宠物已经变为“孩子”“亲人”般的存在。千禧一代的铲屎官究竟对自己的主子有着多么深厚的情感呢?
阅读理解帮忙的近义词
With 14 nieces and nephews, Caitlyn Isham, from the United States, has plenty of babies in her life. Like her brothers and sisters, she’s a devoted, caring parent to her own “child” － a pet pig named Porkchop.
As with any child, Porkchop brings plenty of expens － many unforeen (未预料到的).
Recent data from an August 2019 LendingTree survey found that about 42 percent of millennials (千禧一代) surveyed have been in pet-related debt (债务).
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“Higher salaries (薪资) come as you get older,” said Brianna Wright, lead rearcher of the study, “so millennials may have student loan (贷款) debt or other things, so finding money f
or their animal in an emergency might be impossible to do without taking on debt; they might not have a choice.”
The survey found that a credit card (信用卡) was the most common way for millennials to pay for emergency pet expens.
“Members of GenX and Boomers were more likely to pay for expens using a credit card too, but they may have been able to pay off the balance (付清余额) in full before the month, so it didn’t incur (引发) any debt,” Wright explained.
Porkchop has earned some money from making movie appearances (出场) and doing a few photo shoots, which helps to cover some of Isham’s costs. “Any money he makes, it goes back to him,” she said.
Katie Reynolds, a 36-year-old mother to three dogs – Rachel, Oliver and Parker – has experienced a pet emergency. She says CareCredit and pet insurance (保险) have been “so helpful” for her and her husband financially (财务地), and a large part of the reason they’re able to care for three dogs.
“When Oliver was 14 months, he got into Parker’s [medication (用药)] and overdod (服药过量),” she recalled. “He spent almost two weeks in ICU and insurance paid 90 percent back on that. We rely a lot on insurance.”
Like any good parents, Isham and Reynolds each make many sacrifices (牺牲) for their pets, including financial ones, however, they still love their pet children deeply.
“Everything we do is bad on what our dogs need,” said Reynolds. “We have a ud car and live in a crazy apartment in Chicago’s Logan Square area. Our dogs are our children. We love and respect them as beings, and think they derve the best we can give them.”
好词积累学习
expen
n. 花费，支出
常用语块：
spare no expen 不惜代价；
at the expen of sb 由某人付钱；
cut down on expens削减开支
We’ve just had a new garage built at great expen.
We went on holiday at my father’s expen.
recall
vt. 回忆，记起； 召回，收回
The old man recalled the city as it had been before the war.
derve
v. 值得；应受；应该得到
用法：
derve sth;
derve to do sth；应该得到某物
derve doing=derve to be done婚礼家长致辞精选>航拍中国黑龙江 值得被做
习语：he/she derves whatever/everything he/she gets 无论怎样惩罚他／她都是活该，罪有应得
Chris derves our special thanks for all his efforts.
They derved to win that game.
伸的组词After all the harm she’s done, she derves whatever she gets.
阅读理解：
Reading check
1. What did the recent LendingTree survey find?
A. Many millennials are getting into pet-related debt.
B. Millennials spend 42 percent of their living costs on pets.
C. Most millennials turn to their parents to pay for pet expens.
D. Unlike GenX, millennials pay for expens by credit card instead of by cash.
2. What do we know about Reynolds?
A. She is often worried about her dogs getting sick.
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B. Her husband doesn’t support her keeping pets.
C. Her dogs made money by appearing in movies.
D. Pet insurance has helped her to rai her pets.
3. What do Isham and Reynolds have in common?
A. They are devoted dog lovers.
B. They train their pets to perform.
C. They decided to adopt some homeless pets.
D. They treat their pets as their family members.
参考答案：
1.A
第二段Recent data from an August 2019 LendingTree survey found that about 42 percent of millennials (千禧一代) surveyed have been in pet-related debt (债务).
2.D
1月节日第五段Katie Reynolds, a 36-year-old mother to three dogs – Rachel, Oliver and Parker – has experienced a pet emergency.
3.D
第六段Like any good parents, Isham and Reynolds each make many sacrifices (牺牲) for their pets, including financial ones, however, they still love their pet children deeply.
知识拓展
千禧一代/Y一代
红薯饼的家常做法国际上有一个专门的代际术语"千禧一代"(1982-2000出生)，英文是Millennials，同义词Y一代，是指出生于20世纪时未成年，在跨入21世纪(即2000年)以后达到成年年龄的一代人。这代人的成长时期几乎同时和互联网/计算机科学的形成与高速发展时期相吻合。该术语在中国的媒体和社会学上也常被普遍运用。
他们差不多伴随着电脑/互联网的形成与发展一同成长。
Z一代
有时会使人误以为指新千年(即2000年)之后出生的人，这是错误的，而真正意义上出生时即有互联网的2000年以后出生的人通常被称为Z一代。相比于千禧一代，Z世代他们更注重消费的体验性。他们的数量超过了上个世代。出生在高科技的时代，没有互联网就失去了全世界。他们以“自学”的方式学习新知识，在社交网络中展示他们的私生活。
"X一代"
指出生于20世纪60年代中期至70年代末的一代人，2009年的年龄在30岁出头至44岁之间。这代人在20世纪80年代的经济衰退中长大，又经历21世纪初的互联网泡沫破灭，就在他们成家立业之际，又要面对全球金融危机和经济下滑。
