You buy sachets of food that stink out the house and spend hundreds on vet bills.In return ,the feline companion scratches your furniture and occasionally disappears for three days.

sachet?[s???e?] 香囊；小袋

stink:[st??k]v. 發(fā)惡臭，有異味；

feline:[?fi?la?n] 貓科的；貓一樣的；狡猾的

psychotherapist[?sa?ko??θer?p?st]?n. 精神治療醫(yī)師

With animals,he says ,there is no apparent quid pro quo.

quid pro quo交換條件

In the past few years,analyses of dozens of studies indicate animals in therapy can have a limited but positive impact on a range of disorders,including depression,schizophrenia and addiction.

schizophrenia:?[sk?ts??fri?ni???sk?ts??freni?]n. [內(nèi)科] 精神分裂癥

With phobias ,he has a programme with stick insects,butterflies,and worms."If we have problems with eating problems,like anorexia and bulimia,we have a special method to work with iguanas."

phobias?n. [內(nèi)科]恐怖癥；憎惡

stick insects?竹節(jié)蟲

anorexia?厭食；神經(jīng)性厭食癥

bulimia.[bu?l?mi??bu?li?mi?] 暴食癥

?iguanas[i'gwa:n?s]n. [脊椎]鬣蜥（iguana 的復(fù)數(shù)）；美洲蜥蜴

Yehuda says animal-assistedtherapy is a"new,living and kicking"field of psychotherapy but that his work is very ancient ,even instinctual.

?kicking 活潑熱烈的；激動(dòng)人心的

?instinctual 本能的??instinct? n. 本能，天性；直覺；天分，天賦