2026届高三英语培优外刊阅读 外刊精选 养石头当宠物.docxVIP

高三英语培优外刊阅读

班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________

外刊精选｜不堪重压的韩国人，被“逼”出了新爱好：养石头当宠物

为了缓解工作带来的倦怠和孤独，越来越多人选择养宠物来获得情绪价值，养猫狗早已不稀奇，如今有年轻人开始养石头了。据媒体报道，“宠物石头”正风靡韩国，养块石头作为陪伴自己的宠物成为了一种新时尚。“宠物石头”是怎么流行起来的？这种全新的宠物带来了怎样的感受？

OverworkedSouthKoreansUnwindWithPetRocks—LikeTalkingtoYourDog

Petrocks,akookyandbest-forgottenfadof1970sAmerica,areresurfacinginSouthKorea.Unlikethestone-in-a-boxcrazenearlyfivedecadesago,thesequelismoreaboutserenitythanshtick.

SouthKoreans,whoendureoneoftheindustrializedworld’slongestworkweeks,haveatraditionofunwindinginunusualways.Theyhavelainincoffinsfortheirownmockfunerals,checkedintoprisontomeditateandgatheredinaSeoulparkeachyearfora“space-out”contest.

Petrocksarethelatestnewthing.Petrocksgotlittleattentioninthecountryuntilaround2021,whenapopularTVactorshowedoffhisdomesticatedstone.MembersofK-popgroupssuchasSeventeenandEnhypenhaveshowcasedtheirpetrocksonsocialmedia.

Therocks,smoothandround,typicallysellforbetween$7.50and$11.Peopleperchthemoncushionsandnests.Somerockscomewithfacesdrawnon.Othershavethemdrawnonbyowners.

KoHyun-seo,a28-year-oldfarmer,knewwhatlookhewantedtogivehisovalstone.Inspiredbyapopularanimateddinosaur,Kogaveitbeadyeyesandacurlicueeyebrow.Hisrockhasafarmer’sstrawhat.

Kosaidtherockgiveshimasenseofcomfort.“EverydaywhenIcomehome,Icheckontherocktomakesureit’sdoingOK,”hesaid.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.overworkv.________________n.________________

2.kookyadj._______________

3.fadn._______________

4.resurfacev._______________

5.crazen._______________

6.shtickn._______________

7.unwindv._______________

8.domesticatedadj._______________

9.showcasen._______________；v._______________

【词块学习】

请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。

1._____________________________________________过度劳累自己

2.___________