A husband and wife in China are seeking
new homes for more than 50 cats and dogs, after spending their life savings
looking after the animals.
Hu Fengduan and his wife live alongside the pets in a flat
measuring just 20 sq m (215 sq ft), the China News Service reports. The animals are former strays which the couple took in from the streets of Chengdu, in the
southwestern province of Sichuan. It started 10 years ago with the rescue of a
cat who was stuck on a roof, Mr Hu is quoted
as saying on the NetEase web portal. Since then, more animals have joined the
household, and are now costing the couple 3,000 yuan ($485; £320) each month.
His wife, a former nurse, looks after the animals' health herself because
veterinary appointments are too expensive.
Mr Hu, a former gemstone
appraiser who currently works as a
street vendor, says their money has
run out, and the pets need new homes. "We've spent all of our savings to
raise them. I'm hoping more warm-hearted people can help us by adopting some of
the pets," he says. "We don't want any money but only ask people to
be good to the animals." In 2011, a former chef made the news for looking
after 140 stray dogs at his home near the Chinese city of Wuhan. He was
supported by people's donations, which helped to cover food costs.
CHALENGİNG WORDS
Stray: başıboş, kaybolmuş
Quote: fiyatlandırmak
Gemstone: kıymetli taş, cevher
Appraiser: muhammin, değer/paha biçen kimse
Vendor: satıcı
The news is kind of an
announcement which says that the Fengduon couple is looking for volunteer
people to take care the animals they gathered from the street without any fee,
since the cost of animals’ care is a bit too much compared to thier income. The
writer commanly uses simple present and present continuous tense to refer to
regular, repeated, habitual actions except the part where he uses past tense to
decribe the background in the story and in the part where tells situation that
is not directly connected to a definite past time but stil occuring in the present.
(More animals’ve joined…, their money has run out…, we’ve spent… )He wrote this
news in an objective tone. He doesn’t reflects his emotions about the
situation, or evaluate the Fengduon couple.
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