Therapy dogs are dogs that are trained to give comfort and love to people in unfortunate situations.They are often used to help people in hospitals,retirement homes,schools and disaster areas.Whether or not a dog is suitable for this line of work is based on its personality.Because therapy dogs must work with many kinds of people,such as young children or the elderly,they must have patience.
During World War Ⅱ,a soldier named William Wynne found a dog abandoned (遺棄)on the battlefield.He became friends with the dog and named it Smoky.When Wynne became ill and entered a hospital,his friends brought Smoky for a visit.Smoky became so popular with the other sick soldiers in the hospital that he was allowed to stay.The doctors in the hospital used Smoky to help cheer up the patients.After the war ended,he continued to work as a therapy dog in the United States.
In the 1970s,an American nurse named Elaine Smith started a program to train therapy dogs.Smith noticed that patients in hospitals seemed to get better faster when they were around dogs.Many other doctors and nurses noticed that having animals regularly visit hospitals helped lower stress and blood pressure among patients.In the 1980s and 1990s,other animals also started to help the sick.Cats,birds and rabbits have become "therapy pets" and they are now used in many hospitals around the world.
Today,therapy pets not only help injured soldiers,but also help children with reading disabilities by providing an audience that won't look down upon them.Some therapy pets are used to work along with the doctor to help the patient learn to walk again after a serious injury.
(1)What dogs are most suitable to be therapy dogs?(No more than 5 words)
Dogs with good personalities/patience.
Dogs with good personalities/patience.
(2)Why was Smoky allowed to stay in the hospital?(No more than 10 words) Because he was loved by the sick soldiers./ Because he was popular with the other sick soldiers. / Because he could cheer up the patients.
Because he was loved by the sick soldiers./ Because he was popular with the other sick soldiers. / Because he could cheer up the patients.
(3)What encouraged Elaine Smith to train and use therapy dogs?(No more than 8 words) Dogs could help patients get better faster.
Dogs could help patients get better faster.
(4)What does the underlined word "therapy" mean? (No more than 1 words) Treatment.
Treatment.
(5)What do you think of the relationship between human beings and therapy pets?Why? (No more than 25 words) I think therapy pets are our good friends and helpers,because they help us a lot in many aspects.
I think therapy pets are our good friends and helpers,because they help us a lot in many aspects.