This time, I'd like to try a new approach. While the last two posts were about recent personal events, I also want to try writing my impressions or thoughts on a certain topic with the goal of preparing for the IELTS exam. Specifically, I'm going to write my reaction after reading a BBC news article. Let's set a timer for 20 minutes for the writing part.
Here is the news article.
-
I noticed the leopard cat in the image has three colors on its fur: white, black and brown. That's the same color pattern as calico cats! Since the article says leopard cats live in the wild across Asia, it makes me wonder if calico cats also have leopard cats ancestry like Bengal cats.
-
I don't see many cats since I moved to Bunkyo-ku. I have an image of cats elegantly walking along the tops of concrete walls around houses, but the buildings around here are mostly tall, modern-structures, and don't have the kind of fences or walls that make it easy for cats to roam.
-
The artcile says people revered cats in the ancient Egypt, but were they allowed to pet them, for example, on the head or tummy? Uploading cute kitties on TikTok (if it existed) might have been considered as a capital offense at the time.
Todays's Takeaways: feline / pampered / archaeological sites / ubiquitous / get started / a few millennia / revere cats / ship cats / come on the scene / commensal / calico cats