My friend has a large police dog, Jim. Police dogs are often clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jim for a long walk in the park. Jim likes these long walks in the park very much. One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jim for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jim became very worried about his walk in the park.But the visitor paid no attention. He went on talking. Finally Jim could not stand any longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later.
Like humans, dogs donate blood too, but not every dog can donate blood. The dogs are screened (检查) for health first.They may donate three or four pints (品脱) a year, which can help animals that are suffering from illnesses like cancer or an accident like being hit by a car. One pint can save up to three dogs.
Owners volunteer their pets for the short procedure (程序), which requires no sedative, a kind of medicine given to calm him or her down. It's the dog that finally chooses to lie still and give.
Sandy Lucas brought her 7-year-old black German shepherd, Raina, to the mobile blood station (流动血站) when it was parked at her small village. Sandy said she wouldn't have troubled herself with highway traffic and city parking problems to take the dog to Penn Vet's animal hospital in downtown Philadelphia, which is twice as far from her home.“I was very, very excited that she had the right blood that was needed to help another dog out,” said Sandy. “We'll surely do it again.”
| A. If the dogs want to get up and leave, they can. B. But the mobile blood station made it easy to find out if Raina could donate. C. Dogs must have the correct blood type, weigh at least 55 pounds and be younger than 8 years old. D. He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time he held the visitor's hat in his mouth. E. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. |
