以前宠物只是单指人们为了消除孤寂或出于娱乐目的而豢养的动物。现今宠物定义为，出于非经济目的而豢养的动植物。宠物是为了精神的目的而豢养的动植物。宠物一直是人类的好朋友，小宠物的存活的时间长短不一，而一英国小男孩养的金鱼陪伴他24年。

When a four-year-old boy won a tiny goldfish at a fairground, no one expected it to live for very long, the DailyMail reported. But Paul Palmer is now 28 yearsold, and the one-inch tiddler he brought home from Newcastle's Hoppings fair is still alive and well.

　　据英国《每日邮报》报道，一个小男孩4岁时在游乐场赢了一只小金鱼，谁都未曾料想它会活很久;可是这个小男孩保罗·帕默今年已经28岁了，他从纽卡斯尔游乐会上带回家的仅1英寸长的小金鱼却依然活着，而且很健康。

　　Sharky has just celebrated his 24th birthday。

　　小金鱼鲨奇刚刚庆祝了24岁生日。

　　What's more, one goldfish year isequal to five human years, meaning Sharky has been around for the equivalent of a century。

　　金鱼1年寿命相等于人类5年，换言之，鲨奇目前已是百岁高龄了。

　　Palmer said: "He's had a charmedlife because mum actually put him down the toilet once thinking he was dead but he swam back up the U-bend."

　　帕默称：“他一定是冥冥中有神保佑，有一次我妈妈以为它死掉了，把它冲下马桶，但是，它竟然从U型管里游了回来。”

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