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Text B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Why Animals Have No Right? Carl Cohen (Introduction: a definition paragraph as an introduction: what is it; what it is not; the purpose) (definition of the key word) Sentence 1: definition of a right (topic) A right, properly understood, is a claim, or potential(capable of being but not yet in existence, possible; the author seems tolerant, including all possibilities, however, it points to the contrary—not the case at all. Here he just intends to lay emphasis on his own viewpoint: even the potential claims animals cannot made. ) claim(demand or ask for as one’s own or one’s due—owe欠; assert one’s right to 权利主张，维护自己对……权利：词组：to exercise a claim against sb.// lay claim to sth.: 坚持对……权利或对…的所有权； have a claim to, e.g.: to have a strong legal claim to the property: make a claim for: They made a claim for higher pay.; to exercise a claim against another ) that one party may exercise //against another. (词组：A exercises a claim against B: A’s right is B’s cost: to claim against a company for compensation 要求公司赔偿). The target against whom such a claim may be registered (词组：to register a claim against sb./sth.; register: to adjust so as to be properly aligned/aimed 对整齐，调整使对准; express; attain or achieve: to register a new high in sales; Her face registered surprise; claim against a company for compensation 要求保险公司赔偿)can be a single person, a group, a community, or all humankind. The content of rights claims(to claim rights/make a claim for rights also varies (vi.) greatly: repayment of loans, nondiscrimination by employers, noninterference by the state, and so on). To comprehend any genuine (adj.: genuine: authentic; pure; sincere; true; for emphasis) right fully, therefore, we must know who holds the right (词组), against whom it is held, and to what/ it is a right (词组：the right to vote; ……的权利. Alternative sources of rightsadd complexity. Some rights are grounded in constitution and law (e.g., the right of an accused to trial by jury); s