学习重点： 1 动物相关词汇 2有趣的表达
我对于本文mink单复数的看法：本文中大多数地方是用mink表示复数概念，仅有一处地方使用minks作为复数名词，我个人认为这种处理办法比较混乱，建议统一复数用法，要么都用mink，要么都用minks
1 主题相关：animal rights 动物权益，mink farming 水貂养殖，fur 毛皮，皮草
2 Not fur sale 谐音 not for sale 非卖品，不出售
3 bring sth to an end: to make sth finish
注意：副标题以Covid-19为主语（其实bring sth to an end 也可以用人做主语）
例句：Trees and plants can bring environmental pollution to an end. Trees and Plants Can Bring Environmental Pollution to an END - EPPI
1 主题相关：animal-rights activists 动物权益保护者，cute/ adorable beasts 可爱的小动物，a cuddly critter 令人想抱抱的动物（联想：考拉）
2 mink are the only animal 注意此处名词指代复数，动词用复数
3 if so: if that is the case 此处用在句首，注意与上文的逻辑关系一脉相承
4 bring forward a ban on sth 提前禁止做某事
bring forward sth: to change the schedule of something so that it happens earlier
5 结果，not because +原因从句1， but because + 原因从句2，表示出现这种结果，不是原因1造成的，而是原因2造成的
1 mink跟在数量词后面，可以确定复数形式是mink
2主题词汇：raise/ tend mink养水貂， farm hands/ workers 养殖场工人
3 a clutch of : a small group of people or things
如 a clutch of students/ mink
4 the other way around / round: happening in the opposite way 反之亦然
1 主题词汇：infected minks 染病水貂
2 arm: An arm of an organization is a part of it that is responsible for a particular activity or place:
例如：Alipay, Alibaba's online payment arm
3 get out of the business 放弃这项业务, 不干这行了
1 主题相关：solitary predators 单独捕食的动物（联想：老虎、蛇）animal-rights advocates 动物权益倡导者 fur farming 皮草养殖
2 句型：As for +要引出的话题，the worry is that +从句
as for: considering or speaking about
造句：As for fur farming, the worry is that covid-19 could bring an end to its industry in the Netherlands.
3 translate: to change something into a new form, especially to turn a plan into something real 转化，实体化
例如：translate thoughts into sentences/ spoken words
