动物权利（animal rights）和动物虐待（animal abuse）等概念是试题中常出现的概念。这一方面稍微做的又是偏颇，马上就招致批评（incur criticisms）。
老夏考研“每日一题”选自《芝加哥论坛》文章标题为“an animal abuse video”（虐待动物视频）。
今天给的这种题型，如果能够作对，一定给自己恨恨点赞哟。?……
【题目】the word?“hideous”?is closest in meaning to ______ ??
[a]?secret.
[b]operational.
[c]?apparent.
[d]?unpleasant.
【试题】
①fair oaks farms marketed itself as the?embodiment?of a wholesome dairy.?②it sold ultrafiltered cow’s milk and hosted school field trips, promoting an instagram-friendly vision of modern farming 
and “caring for our animals.”?③the company is now on the defensive and losing customers after a graphic undercover video appeared to show hideous abuses of calves at fair oaks’ flagship dairy farm in indiana.?④michael mccloskey, a veterinarian and owner of the operation, about 75 miles outside chicago, said in a statement that he was “disappointed for not being aware of this kind of awful treatment occurring, and i take full responsibility for what has happened.”?⑤fairlife was formed in 2012 as a partnership between mccloskey’s co-op of dairy farmers and coca-cola, which acts as distributor.
【参考译文】
①fair oaks farms marketed itself as the embodiment of a wholesome dairy.?fair oaks farms将自己标榜为健康乳品的典范。
②it sold ultrafiltered cow’s milk and hosted school field trips, promoting an instagram-friendly vision of modern farming and “caring for our animals.”该公司销售超滤牛奶，并举办学校实地考察活动，宣传一种适合instagram的现代农业和“关爱我们的动物”的远景。
③the company is now on the defensive and losing customers after a graphic undercover video appeared to show hideous abuses of calves at fair oaks’ flagship dairy farm in indiana.?一段卧底视频显示，fair oaks位于印第安纳州的旗舰奶牛场对小牛进行了可怕的虐待，该公司现在处于守势，并失去了客户。
④michael mccloskey, a veterinarian and owner of the operation, about 75 miles outside chicago, said in a statement that he was “disappointed for not being aware of this kind of awful treatment occurring, and i take full responsibility for what has happened.”这家位于芝加哥郊外75英里处的经营场所，michael mccloskey是一名兽医也是老板。他在一份声明中说，他“很失望没有意识到发生了这种可怕的对待动物，我对所发生的一切负全部责任。”?
⑤fairlife was formed in 2012 as a partnership between mccloskey’s co-op of dairy farmers and coca-cola, which acts as distributor.?fairlife成立于2012年，是mccloskey的奶农合作社和可口可乐之间的合作伙伴，后者充当了经销商。
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