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Animal abusePictures of a stray cat with blood pouring from its mouth were uploaded on Facebook. The cat was attacked in Shun Tin Estate (順天邨). It was so badly hurt that vets had to put it down. This incident has made many people angry and brought more awareness of animal abuse.

Active parents have healthy kids

Many protesters brought their pets along to ask for more animal rights. (Sing Tao Daily) 1. It is a kind of exercise.

2. It involves running at a slow or leisurely space.

3. You can do it outdoors or at the gym.

Protesters want animal copsPet lovers march for more rights

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DO sports with your parents! A study shows that children are healthier when they exercise

and diet under their parents’ guid-ance.

The Boys’ and Girls’ Club Asso-ciation of Hong Kong (BGCA, 香港小童群益會) works with Mead Johnson Hong Kong on the “Feeding Hope” programme (美贊臣童懷希望計劃) on children’s health. They interviewed 80 parents and children aged six to 12. Nearly 80 percent of them had developed habits of exercising and over 70 percent of them became sick less easily.

Wong Kwai-yau (黃貴有) from BGCA said parents are important to young children’s health development. He suggests parents should spend more time exercising with their kids.

DO you keep a pet at home? We should take care of the animals and not abuse or aban-don them.

Over 1,000 animal rights advocates took to the streets recently. What was their message? They were asking the government to hire animal police officers. The protesters said there have been many animal abuse cases recently. They believe the gov-ernment has not done enough to investigate and stop these cases.

The organising committee said there were over 1,000 participants at the protest. But the police said there were 600. Many protesters brought along their pets to walk from Central to the government headquarters in Admiralty. Animal Earth (動物地球) founder and chief officer David Wong Kai-yan (黃繼仁) said the police treat animal abuse cases as minor cases. He said they are not willing to follow up on them. One of the protesters said many other countries have an animal police service.

The police responded by saying it is hard to set up the service because there are not enough police officers at the moment.

BGCA said parents help children maintain healthy lifestyles. (Sing Tao Daily)

1. The protest was in aid of _________.A. human rightsB. animal rightsC. natural rights

2. What did the protestors want?A. detective police offi cers B. water police offi cersC. animal police offi cers

3. Why do the protestors want the service? A. to stop animal abuse B. to breed more animals C. to cure animals

Find the answers in the word search.1. Some people keep

animals as ______. 2. We should not ______

animals. 3. The protesters

demanded for animal ______.

4. Animal abuse ______ are not taken seriously.

5. The police said there are not ______ offi cers

abuse (v) 虐待advocate (n) 提倡者

protester (n) 抗議者investigate (v) 調查

exercise (v) 運動diet (v) 節食

guidance (n) 指導development (n) 發展

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Animal Earth (動物地球)It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) formed by a group of volunteers to fight for animal rights. The organisation thinks the government has not done enough to protect animals. They hope to participate in animal-related policy making. They also want to educate the public about animal rights.

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abuse (v) 濫用 • He abused his power while in office. abuse (n) 虐待• Child abuse is widespread in some

countries.abusive (adj) 侮辱性的• He was abusive to the shopkeeper.abuse

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Dr Roy Chi-ping Chung (鍾志平)He is the Executive Committee Chairman of the Boys’ and Girls’ Club Association of Hong Kong. Chung is a successful businessman and also an active member of many social committees and associations. He was a poor kid with little education but succeeded with hard work and determination.

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1. How many parents and kids were interviewed? A. 70B. 80 C. 90 2. Children are ____ when parents exercise with

them. A. happierB. healthier C. heavier 3. Seventy percent of the interviewees got sick

___ easily. A. lessB. moreC. very