北师大初中英语八年级上册 Unit5 19-1（MP3+LRC）

[00:00.00]UNIT 5

[00:07.60]Lesson 19

[00:13.40]Exercise 1.5

[00:15.73]Better than Doctors?

[00:18.19]An interesting experiment is taking place

[00:21.53]at the Children's Hospital in London, Dogs,

[00:26.36]cats,and even horses

[00:28.82]help sick children to get better.

[00:31.80]There are a number of reasons

[00:33.93]why this treatment is important,

[00:36.35]explains Dr.Marcus Finch

[00:38.55]of the Children's Hospital.

[00:40.98]"Children and teenagers have many changes

[00:44.00]as they are growing up.

[00:45.97]When they have problems,

[00:47.57]it's not easy for them to open up and talk.

[00:51.30]But when they are with a pet animal,

[00:53.63]they calm down, relax, and smile.

[00:58.23]Animals don't speak and so they don't criticize

[01:02.67]They listen and they don't stop the children.

[01:07.29]Children can talk to animals

[01:09.05]because they can trust them.

[01:11.68]Animals know how to keep a secret!

[01:14.41]Also, the children feel needed

[01:17.90]because they help to feed the animals

[01:20.03]and look after them."

[01:21.60]At the Children's Hospital you can find

[01:24.39]children playing with cats, dogs goats,

[01:28.21]and riding horses.

[01:30.28]The doctors just watch and take notes and

[01:33.65]wonder at the power of pets!

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