As I reached for the draft copy of my speech notes, I realized Qiu Qiu had left me a message as only a partially house-trained puppy can do.

我伸手去拿演讲稿，发现只受过一点儿家庭训练的秋秋给我留了言。

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They make, it seems, brilliant pets - they are affectionate, can be house-trained, learn their names, and Croft says they are more intelligent than dogs.

它们看起来真是很出色的宠物——它们很有感情、容易驯养(到屋外方便)、能听懂自己的名字，而且克罗夫特说，它们比狗更聪明。

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Following crazes for tea-cup piglets, pygmy hedgehogs and meerkats, it seems that baby skunks, with their soft fur and ability to be house-trained, are proving an ideal family pet.

这也是继茶叶杯猪仔、侏儒刺猬、猫鼬之后，又一轮新奇宠物的热潮，然而一只年幼的浑身柔软绒毛的臭鼬在经过一轮的训练培养之后，似乎就成了完美的家养宠物。

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On the recommendation of several British fashion editors, I visited Vestiaire Collective, the Paris-based resale (translation: the clothes are preowned) site that launched in the U.K. last spring and now ships to the U.S. The selection is thoroughly high-end (celebrities Sophie Dahl and Rachel Weisz have donated goods), and each piece is vetted by in-house specialists who are trained to weed out fakes.

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Although properly-raised pit bull terriers can make good pets, according to reputable Georgia breeder Tara Vickers, fighting dogs - having been trained to attack other animals - are impossible to re-house safely.

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This particular panel, at the Forbes 400 Summit On Philanthropy last June, included two Silicon Valley venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Jim Breyer, along with Dr. Cheryl Dorsey, a Harvard-trained pediatrician, former White House fellow, and now the president of Echoing Green, a pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement.

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