时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2009年


英语课

Coby, the lab, nudges and pushes and bugs 1 Bill Palmer until he gets his attention. That's how he warns that his blood sugar is dangerously low.


 


"He is able to smell when my blood sugar is low. And what we are training him with here is a sock that I wore while my blood sugar was low and mailed to Ann, his trainer."


 


Coby is a diabetes 2 service dog. His warning gives Bill time to eat and raise his blood sugar before he has a seizure 3 or goes into a diabetic coma 4.


 


"I woke up one morning to find him in a cold sweat with his limbs already jerking. And the only thing that I could do at that point was dribble 5 honey into his mouth and that brought him out of it."


 


They hope Coby will help them avoid more crises like that. It takes three months of intensive work to train a dog like Coby. He's one of ten diabetes dogs trained by Betheden Kennels 6 in Amarillo. More are in training.


 


"We train yellow labs, obviously, golden retrievers, German shepherds. We've trained one standard poodle. We train labradoodles."


 


"Good morning". "Good morning.."


 


Coby goes to work with Bill. Here Bill introduces him to each student in the class he teaches at Houston Community College.


 


"As you can see, Coby is a young dog and he's still in training. This is his first day of class. In fact Bill has only had it for two days. But eventually, he will lay still by Bill's desk without a trainer."


 


A little correction here and there from the trainer who accompanies him, but Coby is already a part of Bill's life and may someday end up saving his life.


 


Christi Myers, 13 Healthcheck



1 bugs
adj.疯狂的,发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 );病菌;虫子;[计算机](制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的)错误
  • All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞,都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 diabetes
n.糖尿病
  • In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者,医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
  • Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。
3 seizure
n.没收;占有;抵押
  • The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
  • The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。
4 coma
n.昏迷,昏迷状态
  • The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
  • She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。
5 dribble
v.点滴留下,流口水;n.口水
  • Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle.熔化了的蜡一滴滴从蜡烛边上流下。
  • He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
6 kennels
n.主人外出时的小动物寄养处,养狗场;狗窝( kennel的名词复数 );养狗场
  • We put the dog in kennels when we go away. 我们外出时把狗寄养在养狗场。
  • He left his dog in a kennels when he went on holiday. 他外出度假时把狗交给养狗场照管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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a nards
acoel
aconitine arsenate
actual starting and finishing dates
adsternal
agentes
almog
amaras
amebly
anterior labial nerves
autoxidizing
azenberg
baking-soda
banana note
be out of contact with
bit error rate(ber)
block of information
brick-walleds
capitals of guinea
cenanthy
citrussies
Cleome gynandra
common-battery set
company thugs
cubic inch receptacle
culm facies
deimling
demonicraty
diconquinine
duoplasmatron type ion engine
ecoconscious
effective drainage porosity
electro-optical converter
element of the carbon group
embezzlement of public funds
end journal bearing
end-group analysis
espionage act
eurytremiasis
fast radiochemical separation
ferrocolumbites
finely cut meat
firing-circuit
foredoomed
forgoes
fume resistance
Gnaphalium stewartii
grinnin'
gyner
had no further use for
haldanes
half vision
have a conference with
hensmen
infective hypertrophy of lingual tonsil
intercostal vein
interfacing angle
JIO
large navigable river
lightning protected cable
load information
mass newspaper
Met.O.
methylfumaric acid
misdefinitions
multiaperture core logic
Nalipoite
nidulation
on-line information
outside diameter of thread
pachyperiostitis
pale gold
pedregal
permixtion
pneumatic high-speed duster
posteriorities
prairie chickens
preferential trade
price agreement
quead
recycle gas blower
red pepper
rehealing
rnzafs
ruler mark
self-supporting capacity of surrounding rock
separable obligation
shammos
shapefile
Shut the barn door when the horse is stolen.
stock ale
stream-bank erosion
switching range
tenifugal
thymidine
ultra-short time film evaporator
understaffs
undistinguishing
uroleucon monticola
ventriculoscope
waveguide assembly
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