Unit 4 Understanding animalsI. VocabularyPassage 1 When we abuse animals we debase ourselves1. debase: v. to lower in rank, dignity, or significance●Sport is being debased by commercialism.体育运动的价值受商业化的影响而逐渐下降。
●You debase yourself by telling such lies.你说这些谎话就降低了身份。
2. slaughterhouse: n. a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir●He got work in a slaughterhouse, then switched to a job at leather - processing factory.他先在屠宰场找到了工作, 后来又转到皮革加工厂上班。
●Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse inBonn Germany.两个动物权力保护者正在抗议将猪送到德国波恩的一个屠宰。
3. make the rounds1）(of information, rumor, etc) to be passed around, so as to be generally known; to be reported or told; circulate●The news quickly made the rounds.消息很快就传了开来。
2）to go from one place to another, as in making deliveries, paying social visits, or seeking employment●The guards caught a thief while making the rounds in the department store.警卫在百货商店巡逻时,抓到一个小偷。
