Dogs at Work
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Service and Therapy Dogs.
4 服务和治疗犬。
5 Search-and-Rescue Dogs.
5"搜救犬队".
9 Detection Dogs.
9 侦测犬.
13 Conclusion.
13 结论。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Introduction You probably know that some dogs aren’t just pets—they hold jobs!
导言 有些狗不只是宠物,
What makes dogs good workers?
是什么让狗好工人?
They learn fast, and they also hear and smell better than we do.
他们学得很快,他们也比我们更能听到和闻到.
This means that dogs can do jobs that people can’t.
这说明狗可以做别人不能做的工作。
Some of their jobs may surprise you.
他们的一些工作可能让你吃惊
Service and Therapy Dogs Many dogs work with people to help them feel better.
服务和治疗 狗头 许多狗与人合作帮助他们感觉好些.
These dogs are called therapy dogs.
这些狗被称为治疗犬.
They comfort people and keep them calm.
他们安慰人们,让他们保持冷静.
These dogs need to be very friendly.
这些狗需要非常友好。
They are also trained to be calm around new places and people.
他们还受过培训,在新地方和新人周围保持冷静。
Simply petting a dog can make sick people feel better.
只要宠弄一只狗 病人就会感觉好点
Other dogs help people with disabilities.
其他犬类帮助残疾人.
These dogs are called service dogs.
这些狗被称为服务犬.
Service dogs can do many different jobs.
服务犬可以做许多不同的工作.
For example, guide dogs help people who cannot see well.
例如,导盲犬帮助那些看不见的人.
These dogs are trained to keep people from stepping into traffic.
这些狗被训练,防止人们踏入交通.
Guide dogs also lead their owner around things.
导盲犬也引领着主人左右事物.
That way, their owner won’t trip or fall.
他们的主人不会摔倒,
A guide dog helps its owner get off a train in China.
导盲犬可以帮助主人在中国下火车.
Tennille the Guide Dog Guide dogs can help their owner have adventures.
Tennille"导盲犬"导盲犬可以帮助主人冒险.
A guide dog named Tennille helped her owner hike.
一只叫Tennille的导盲犬帮助她主人徒步旅行.
Tennille was the first guide dog trained to do this.
Tennille是第一只训练有素的导盲犬.
Her owner, Trevor Thomas, is blind.
她的主人特雷弗·托马斯是盲人.
Tennille helped Thomas over and around large rocks.
Tennille帮助了托马斯在大石头上和周围.
Thomas hopes that he and Tennille can encourage other blind people to follow their example.
托马斯希望他和特尼耶能够鼓励其他盲人效仿他们的榜样.
Some service dogs help people who can’t hear well.
有些服务犬帮助那些听不清的人。
These dogs listen for noises, touch their owner, and move toward the noise.
这些狗听来会发出声音,会触摸主人,然后向着噪音移动.
Other service dogs help their owner move around.
其他服务犬帮助主人四处走动.
They pull wheelchairs, pick up dropped items, press buttons, and open doors.
他们拉起轮椅,取起被丢弃的物品,按下按钮,并打开门.
Service dogs help their owner with many day-to-day tasks.
服务犬帮助主人完成许多日常任务.
They can open doors by pulling ropes (left) and pushing buttons (bottom).
它们可以通过拉绳子(左)和推扣(下)来打开门.
Some service dogs can smell when their owner is about to be sick.
有些服务犬会在店主快病了的时候闻到味道.
For example, dogs can be trained to smell low blood sugar.
例如可以训练狗去嗅出低血糖.
These dogs can smell changes in blood and warn their owner to eat food or take medicine.
这些狗可以嗅出血的变化并警告其主人吃食物或吃药.
Other dogs can smell when a person is about to have a seizure.
其他狗会闻到某人即将发作的味道.
These sudden attacks cause body spasms and other problems.
这些突袭导致身体痉挛等问题.
Service dogs can warn the person before it happens.
服役犬可以在事发前警告人.
When Tyler Mc Cready has low blood sugar, his dog, Sinatra, warns him to take medicine by touching his arm.
当泰勒·麦克·克瑞迪有低血糖时,他的狗辛纳特拉就通过触摸手臂来警告他服用药物.
Search-and-Rescue Dogs Some dogs work to find people who are lost or trapped.
搜救狗队 有的狗努力寻找迷路或被困的人.
These dogs are called search-and-rescue dogs.
这些狗被称为搜救犬.
Many search-and-rescue dogs use their nose to find people who need help.
许多搜救犬用鼻子来寻找需要帮助的人.
Some of these dogs do this by tracking.
其中一些狗通过追踪来做到这一点。
Tracking dogs put their nose to the ground to follow a smell.
追踪犬将鼻子放入地上以跟随一股气味.
A search-and-rescue dog helps police find a lost boy.
搜救犬能帮助警方找到迷路的男孩.
Other dogs search for missing people by sniffing the air instead of the ground.
其他狗通过嗅出空气而不是地面来寻找失踪的人.
These dogs often work in a big search area.
这些狗经常在一个大搜索区工作.
They can find lost hikers using only their nose.
他们只能用鼻子找到迷路的徒步者
They can also find people trapped in buildings that have fallen down.
他们也可以找到被困在倒塌了的建筑物里的人.
A firefighter uses a rescue dog to search for people after a landslide in China.
[永久失效連結] 消防员使用救援犬搜救中国山体滑坡后人员.
Some search-and-rescue dogs work in the water.
一些搜救犬在水中工作.
Water rescue dogs can pull people to safety.
水上救援犬可以把人拉到安全的地方.
They can also pull small boats to land.
他们也可以拉起小船起降.
Water rescue dogs need to be strong swimmers.
水上救生犬需要强壮地游泳.
For this reason, big dogs like the Newfoundland make good water rescue dogs.
为此,纽芬兰等地的大狗会做出很好的水上救援犬.
These dogs have webbed toes and fur that keeps out water.
这些狗有网床的脚趾和毛皮能挡出水来.
Plus, they are very strong.
此外,它们非常强大。
A 68-kilogram (150 lb.)
68公斤(150磅)
Newfoundland can pull ten people to safety at once!
纽芬兰可以立刻把十个人拉到安全的地方!
A Newfoundland practices a water rescue in England.
纽芬兰人在英国练习取水
Odd Jobs Dogs are good learners, and they can be trained to do very unusual jobs.
奇数作业 狗是很好的学习者,可以被训练做非常不寻常的工作.
For example, one dog worked at an airport in Michigan.
例如,有一只狗在密歇根州的机场工作.
His job was to chase wild birds out of the path of planes on runways.
他的工作是把野生鸟类赶出跑道上的飞机道.
Another group of dogs had an unusual job at a baseball park near the ocean in San Francisco.
另一群狗在旧金山海边的一个棒球公园里有不寻常的工作.
These dogs jumped into the ocean to get balls that were hit into the water.
这些狗跳入了大海,以获得被打入水中的球.
This program is now over, but for a time, baseball fans loved to collect these “Splash Hit” balls.
这个节目现已结束, 但一段时间以来,
Detection Dogs Some dogs work as detectives.
探测犬 有些狗做侦探
These dogs are called detection dogs.
这些狗被称作"探测犬".
They help people find things that are hidden.
它们帮助人们找到隐藏的东西.
Police use detection dogs often.
警方经常使用探测犬.
They use these dogs when a building has burned down.
他们用这些狗 当一栋建筑被烧毁。
It may be hard to find out whether someone started the fire on purpose.
可能很难确定是否有人故意起火.
The dogs sniff for chemicals that might have been used to start the fire.
狗会嗅到可能用来起火的化学物质
Police also use detection dogs to find criminals.
警察还利用侦测犬来寻找罪犯.
A detection dog searches a burned building for chemicals.
一只探测犬搜查了被烧毁的建筑物 以获取化学物质
Dogs sniff for termites at an important building in South Korea.
狗在韩国的一栋重要建筑里嗅到白蚁
Detection dogs are also used at airports.
机场也使用探测犬.
These dogs search for items that can’t be brought to another country or on a plane.
这些狗搜索无法带到其他国家或飞机上的物品。
They can sniff out these things in people’s bags.
他们可以在人们的袋子里嗅出这些东西。
Other detection dogs search for termites in houses and other buildings.
其他探测犬在房屋和其他建筑中搜寻白蚁.
Termites damage buildings by eating wood.
白蚁通过吃木材来破坏建筑物.
They are hard for humans to find, but these dogs can find them with their nose.
人类很难找到它们 但是这些狗可以用鼻子找到它们
Conclusion Dogs do many different jobs.
结论 狗做许多不同的工作。
From sniffing out termites to pulling a swimmer to safety, dogs help humans in many ways.
从嗅出白蚁到把游泳者拉到安全,狗在许多方面帮助了人类.
Dogs are strong, smart, and friendly, and they have powerful senses.
狗是强壮的,聪明的,友好的,并且有强大的感官.
They are some of the best workers around.
他们是附近最好的工人