Have you ever watched children in a classroom when their teacher leaves for a few minutes? When the cats away, the mice will play means people sometimes misbehave when there is no supervision.

　　You may have heard this expression: curiosity killed the cat. This means being too concerned about things that are not your business might cause problems.

　　If your home is very small, you might say there is not enough room to swing a cat. But you probably should not try this at home!

　　If you ever had cats as pets, you know it is difficult to train them or to get them to do something. Cats are not like sheep or cows that can be moved in a group. So we say a difficult or impossible job is like herding cats.

　　We leave you with a song from the musical play, Cats.

　　This Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES was written by Shelley Gollust. Im Faith Lapidus.

　　词汇讲解：

　　1. pet n. 宠物

　　例句：I want a cat as a pet.

　　我想要只宠物猫。

　　2. behavior n.行为

　　例句：A persons behavior is often regulated by his circumstances.

　　人的行为常受其所处环境的约束。

　　3. frighten v. 惊恐，害怕

　　例句：It frightened me sometimes to see that.

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