Lilly, a six-month old black and white house cat with four ears is seen in a home for animals in Murnau, southern Germany on March 24, 2004. A four-eared German kitten has been given a new home after a German animal shelter was deluged with requests to adopt the animal born six months ago with the genetic defect. (Michaela Rehle/Reuters)

词汇：

kitten n.小猫，小动物

shelter n.身避处，庇护所

deluge v.使泛滥，淹，浸

adopt vt.收养

genetic adj.遗传的

defect n.过失，缺点