Extravagant tombs for pets in Shanghai

时间：2006-11-25 03:27:52

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A exquisite1 pet tomb will cost tens of thousands of yuan. (File/Southcn)
 
Chinanews, Shanghai, Nov. 23 – According to Xinmin Evening News, Zhang Weifeng, a local veterinarian, was busy hunting for a pet tomb these days in Shanghai for his client, Zhou Ying. Zhou's 12-year-old Cocker Spaniel had just died recently and she wanted to find a permanent resting place for her pet. As a newcomer to Shanghai, she hoped to get some help from local citizens.

 

Zhang knew a pet cemetery2 hidden in an agricultural park and recommended it to Zhou Ying. Our reporter recently found the place, and made a special trip to visit it. Several marble tombstones could be seen in the shade of lush green trees, each covering an area of 4-6 sq m, with the pet's name and dates of birth and death carved on it.

 

This reporter also found a group burial area in the dense3 groves4. More than 20 rows of tombs could be seen each composed of 5 small tombs. The spaces between each rows are very narrow and the entire group burial area only covers 100 sq.m. More than 20 tombs are occupied, many of the others being overgrown with.

 

Ms. Huang, who is in charge of selling pet tombs, concedes that the pet burial area is built to meet the needs of the rich. Currently there are 130 tombs, most of them having been booked, only a few still waiting for people to buy.

 

According to Huang, a single 2-sq-m tomb costs 20 thousand yuan (US$2.5 thousand), but only 2,500 yuan ($318) are charged if one chooses to bury his or her pet in the group burial area. The usage right of a tomb is fixed5 at 10 years.

 

Huang was reluctant to reduce the prices. When asking so, she said that her prices were very reasonable. "Somebody first bought a tomb here, for 2500 yuan, and then sold it for tens of thousands of yuan!" she declared.

 

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1 exquisite zhez1     
adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的
参考例句：
  • I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
  • I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。
2 cemetery ur9z7     
n.坟墓，墓地，坟场
参考例句：
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
3 dense aONzX     
a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的
参考例句：
  • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
  • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
4 groves eb036e9192d7e49b8aa52d7b1729f605     
树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
  • The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。
5 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的
参考例句：
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

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