Topic 20 My View on Keeping Pets

　　Recently, more and more people begin to keep pets.

　　They argue that keeping pets brings severaladvantages.

　　First, a pet is a good companion, especially to oldand lonely people.

　　Second, a pet in the family can always bringamusement and entertainment.

　　What’s more, getting on well with pets could make aperson more careful, considerate and responsible.

　　Keeping pets also brings many problems.

　　To begin with, we have heard too many instances of pets, such as dogs and cats, injuringpeople.

　　Once bitten, the victim should receive treatment as soon as possible.

　　Moreover, pets may also spread diseases because they cannot be always clean.

　　Finally, many pets are too expensive to keep.

　　We must be surprised to know how much it costs to buy and keep a rare dog.

　　From what has been discussed above, we can see clearly that the disadvantages are moreobvious.

　　The government should control the total number of pets, and the owner should take care of hispet lest it pollute the environment or spread diseases or even attack people.

（实习编辑：王晓晓）