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Assistance Dogs 帮家犬
[ 2007-04-18 11:25 ]

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Can she change how you behave?
Dogs that can retrieve cash from ATMs and empty washing machines help disabled people lead more independent lives, but can they also help change disruptive teenagers' behaviour?

A unique TV experiment, "Dog House", follows five unruly youngsters as they're taught to become dog trainers. The idea is simple. Kids really like dogs. But can the skills involved in training them - patience, consistency, rewarding good behaviour – give these teenagers the discipline they need in their own lives?

The teens involved were put forward by local schools in West Sussex, who had run out of ideas of how to deal with them.

Liam was typical - 14 years old, sullen, aggressive, foul mouthed and about to be permanently excluded from school. Allie, Rob and Ellie, had similar problems – they couldn't concentrate, they didn't like being told what to do and they had serious anger problems. Katrina was different. She was so shy that she had developed agoraphobia, she suffered from depression and had taken herself out of mainstream education.

Gradually, working with the dogs began to have an impact on the kids. But, in order to fully appreciate the significance of what they were doing, they needed to meet the disabled people who benefited from having these dogs. The meetings had a profound impact on the teenagers. After meeting Eileen Hobson and her dog Sailor, Liam changed his ways and his unlikely friendship with severely disabled wheelchair user Eileen blossomed.

Two months into the course Liam began to connect with the dogs too - particularly a young yellow Labrador called Aero. The relationship flourished so much that the dog often knew instinctively what the teenager wanted him to do before he'd even asked. "He just knows," says Liam.

Liam's school noticed a huge change in his whole outlook. His teacher Nick Brown said "More than anything I see a confident and happy young man. It's been superb."


GLOSSARY 词汇表 (收听发音, 请单击英语单词) 

ATMs
自动提款机

disabled people
残疾人
  
disruptive
调皮捣蛋的
      
unruly
任性的
dog trainers
训狗人
 
consistency
一贯性
  
discipline
纪律
     
put forward by
由…挑选出
 
to deal with
处理
     
sullen
阴沉的,不高兴
      

foul mouthed
满口脏话
     

permanently excluded (from school)
永远被驱逐出(学校)
     
being told what to do
受人教诲
     
agoraphobia
广场恐怖症
taken herself out of
自我脱离某个地方
to fully appreciate
完全领悟
     
blossomed
开花,繁荣 (在文章中指两人成了好朋友) 

flourished
蒸蒸日上
 

to connect with
和…达成了共鸣,有默契
           
knew instinctively
本能反应
      
  


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