By July King Charles had fled and ill-advised instructions to eradicate all the cats and dogs in the city sent the rat population skyrocketing -- rats carried the fleas that carried the disease.

到了七月，当时的国王查尔斯二世被迫离开伦敦，临走前做出了导致瘟疫扩散更快的错误决定。 他下令宰杀了城中所有的猫狗致使鼠患成灾，而老鼠身上的跳蚤正是传播瘟疫的始作俑者。

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The council has relaxed the ban on dogs in city parks.

委员会已经放宽了对带狗到市内公园里去的禁令。

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The most important reason for keeping dogs is that they feel lonely in the city.

养狗最重要的原因是他们在城市里感到孤独。

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Actually, I've just found out there's more dogs in the city than there are children.

实际上，我刚发现这个城市的狗比小孩子都多。

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Authorities in India's Uttar Pradesh state have ordered an investigation into the killing of 31 blackbucks by stray dogs at a zoological park in the city of Kanpur.

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The large population of stray dogs has long been a problem in Mexico City, correspondents say.

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