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今日英语短文 - Cat Café。
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短文分为两个难度等级，Level 1 适合基础水平的学员阅读，重点词汇要掌握起来，同时结合在句子中的运用。英文的语法相对于中文要复杂得多，掌握词汇的时候要注意一词多义及词性上的变化。
Level 2 适合有一定积累和能力的学员阅读，为进阶版。阅读时，可结合 Level 1 的版本进行对比，重点掌握同义替换在词汇，短语及句型上的运用。
Level 1：
A cat café is a café where people can come see cats. The first cat café opens in Taiwan in 1998. Cat cafés become very popular in Asia.
Gato Café opens in June this year. It is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Giovanna Molinaro is the founder of the café. People drink coffee with pictures of cats. They buy biscuits which look like a cats foot, too.
The cats stay in another room. They lie around and relax. The Gato Café is a place for abandoned cats and dogs, too. Abandoned animals do not have an owner. They must look after themselves.
Millions of cats and dogs are in Brazil. Many families have problems during the coronavirus. They cannot look after their pets. Many animals end up in the streets when their owners die.
重点词汇：
founder - 创始人 n.
lie around - 无所事事
owner - 主人 n.
end up - 结束，死亡
译文：
猫咪咖啡馆，顾名思义，人们来这里享受咖啡的同时，还可以看猫。1998年，台湾地区开设了第一家猫咪咖啡馆。之后，猫咪咖啡馆在亚洲地区非常的流行。
Gato 咖啡馆在今年6月份开业了，它位于巴西的里约热内卢。Giovanna Molinaro 是咖啡馆的创始人。人们在享受咖啡的同时，可以欣赏很多关于猫的照片。他们买的小食饼干也很像猫粮的样子。
猫咪们都被安置在另外一间房内。它们悠闲而无所事事。Gato 咖啡馆同样也收留了很多流浪猫狗。流浪动物们没有主人，它们必须自己照顾自己。
在巴西，有成千上万的猫和狗。许多巴西家庭在新冠病毒疫情期间遇到困难，他们无法照顾他们的宠物。许多动物在它们的主人死亡之后，也在大街上结束了生命。
进阶版 Level 2：
In June, Giovanna Molinaro opened a cat café in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The first cat café opened in Taiwan in 1998, and cat cafés quickly became popular in Asia. Cat owners could come there with their pets and enjoy a cup of coffee.
Rios Gato Café is different. Customers enjoy their coffee while cats lie lazily in another room. The place serves lattes with cat silhouettes and biscuits which look like paws.
The Gato Café is also a place for abandoned cats which people rescue. In 2019, there were over 78 million cats and dogs in Brazil. When owners died, and the coronavirus brought problems to many families, thousands of cats and dogs ended up in the streets.
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