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<p>分享一个知识点解析：</p><p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>: <span word="In">In</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span> – <span word="Traditional">Traditional</span> <span word="newspapers">newspapers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="magazines">magazines</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span> – <span word="what">what</span> <span word="does">does</span> “<span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>” <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="exactly">exactly</span>?</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>: <span word="Have">Have</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="restaurant">restaurant</span>?</p><p><span word="Waiters">Waiters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="waitresses">waitresses</span> <span word="wrap">wrap</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="boxes">boxes</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="boxes">boxes</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="called">called</span> “<span word="doggy">doggy</span> <span word="bags">bags</span>”. <span word="Why">Why</span>? <span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="presumably">presumably</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="asking">asking</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bags">bags</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="eat">eat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="feed">feed</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span>.</p><p><span word="Presumably">Presumably</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="leftover">leftover</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="wasn">wasn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="fit">fit</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="friend">friend</span>.</p><p><span word="Anyways">Anyways</span>, <span word="that">that</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="literal">literal</span> <span word="meaning">meaning</span> <span word="of">of</span> “<span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>”, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="age">age</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="American">American</span> (<span word="I">I</span> <span word="think">think</span>) <span word="idiom">idiom</span> <span word="widely">widely</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="sides">sides</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span>.</p><p><span word="Figuratively">Figuratively</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idiom">idiom</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>, <span word="he">he</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="health">health</span>, <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="trouble">trouble</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="dire">dire</span> <span word="situation">situation</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="newspapers">newspapers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="magazines">magazines</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="online">online</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="print">print</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="losing">losing</span> <span word="customers">customers</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="bankruptcy">bankruptcy</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="Seattle">Seattle</span> <span word="Pose">Pose</span>-<span word="Intelligencer">Intelligencer</span>, <span word="covering">covering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>, <span word="last">last</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="closed">closed</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="print">print</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="altogether">altogether</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span>-<span word="only">only</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="short">short</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>, <span word="it">it</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="decline">decline</span>, <span word="wasting">wasting</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="staring">staring</span> <span word="rack">rack</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ruin">ruin</span> <span word="downright">downright</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="face">face</span>.</p>
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