2017年03月11日 第二十九句

Virginia lawmakers were concerned about PETA'S extraordinarily high rate of euthanasia and even set out to redefine the term animal shelter to refer to a place whose primary missiion is to find a permanent home for pets.

词汇突破：1.extraordinarily 极度，非常
2.euthanasia安乐死
3.permanent永久的
4.primary mission首要任务
5.set out to do sth 准备做某事，着手做某事
6.animal shelter动物收容所
7.PETA(people for the Ethical Treatment of Animal）善待动物组织
8.be concerned about关注于...
9.the term animal shelter = the term of animal shelter（因为今天的句子是来自foxnews 的句子，所以在这里用法会比较随性，不是严格符合语法规范。
term说法。

主干识别：Virginia lawmakers were concerned about PETA's extraordinarily high rate of euthanasia and even set out to redefine the term of animal shelter
其他成分：to refer to a place/whose primary mission is to find a permentent home for pets.
(定语从句）（其主要使命是为宠物寻找长期居所的地方。）
（Redefine the term off animal shelter to refer to a place重新定义“动物收容所”为这样的地方）