Can Dogs and Cats Along？ 猫狗能否好好相处呢？

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Can Dogs and Cats Along？猫狗能否好好相处呢？

作者：张默妍

来源：《中学生英语·阅读与写作》2018年第01期

If you have brothers and sisters，you know it’s completely natural for arguments to take place from time to time. OK...it’s completely natural for arguments to take place all the time！This doesn’t mean you don’t love each other，though. It just means you spend a lot of time together and it’s only natural to have disagreements. You may even hear parents say their kids “fight like cats and dogs.” “Fighting like cats and dogs” is a co mmon phrase that people use to mean people argue， fight or don’t get along. If you like cartoons，you’ve probably seen many that portray1 cats and dogs fighting like sworn enemies2. There have even been movies made that describe cats against dogs.

如果你有兄弟姐妹，你就会知道时不时的争吵是不可避免的。好吧……应该说兄弟姐妹之间的争吵随时都会发生！但是，吵嘴并不意味着你们不爱彼此。这只是意味着你们彼此相处的时间很长，因此有分歧也是很正常的。你甚至可以听到父母说他们的孩子“水火不容”。“水火不容”是人们常用的一个短语，意思是人们之间互相争论、吵架或相处不和睦。如果你喜欢卡通，你可能看到过很多描绘猫和狗像死敌一样争斗的故事片，甚至还有专门讲述猫与狗对抗的电影。

Are cats and dogs natural enemies that can never get along？ Or is there hope for a truce between the members of the feline3 and canine4 species？ If you observe cats and dogs or ask people who own both cats and dogs， you will get lots of opinions on the subject. Cats and dogs will obviously fight from time to time. There is no doubt that some dogs will chase cats and maybe even harm them if given the chance. However， people who own both dogs and cats will also tell you that they can easily be trained to get along. In fact， many will show you that dogs and cats can play together and even sleep curled up5 together. As with many questions in life，there’s simply no easy answer to the question of whether dogs and cats can get along. Dogs and cats are different in many ways that can make it difficult for them to get along.

猫和狗是永远无法和睦相处的天敌吗？或者，猫科动物和犬科动物之间是否有休战的希

望呢？如果你观察猫和狗，或者询问既养猫又养狗的人，你会得到很多关于这个问题的看

法。显然猫和狗时不时就会斗上一斗。毫无疑问，有些狗会追逐猫，一有机会甚至还会伤害它们。然而，养狗和猫的人也会告诉你，驯服它们和平共处是一件很简单的事情。事实上，很多人会告诉你，狗和猫可以一起玩耍，甚至可以蜷缩在一起睡觉。就像生活中的许多问题一样，狗和猫能否和谐相处根本没有一个简单的答案。狗和猫在许多方面都是不同的，这使得它们很难和谐相处。