Hello, students. Now you will have the opportunity to read, listen, and take a quiz about a Health and Lifestyle article in American English. You are encouraged to carefully read the article and the vocabulary words, as well as listen to the article and take the quiz. Finally, you are invited to share what you learned by writing a short summary of the article in the comments section below.
Directions: Read the article and study the vocabulary below.
Directions: Listen to the audio recording of the article.
Directions: Take the quiz to check for understanding.
Take the quiz: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/what-happens-to-pets-when-couples-break-up/5966017/p1.html?isEmbedded=True
Directions: Share what you’ve learned from the article by writing a short summary in the comments section below.
Hello , Hind from Iraq.
Health and lifestyle
What happens to pets when couples break up .
In the United States the law views domestic animals or pets as property when married people legally separated .
Now , American courts are seeing new ways of deciding custody of the family pet special negotiators are being.
Employed to argue for pet “parents “ some couples are even signing contracts before they marry about pet owner ship if the marriage ends. These so called penthouse are designed to avoid possible courtroom disputes in the future.
Lesson 248.3 Year 2
” Health and Lifestyle”
” What Happens to Pets When Couples Break Up.”
The above article is by Leanna Italia for Associated Press and then Anna Matteo adapted it for VOA Learning English It is very interesting and fascinating to me.
The article is about pets, that what will happen if the couple gets divorced or separated with their pets. Now American courts are purposing new ways of deciding custody of the family pet. Some couples are even signing contracts before they marry about pet ownership if the marriage ends. These so-called” Petnaps” are designed to avoid possible courtroom dispute in the future… read more
The word” Petnup” is taken from the word Prenup and Prenup is short for Prenuptial. A Prenuptial agreement is a legal contract entered into by a couple before marriage that specifies things like the division of their finance and dealing with property.
Lesson 2.48 3 Year
In the quiz, I got a full score.