世界節(jié)假日博覽 第145期: 國家忠犬日

There is a well-known expression that says a dog is a man’s best friend. It is right, therefore, that there is a special day to celebrate dogs. This day is National Dog Day. It takes place on the 26th of August. On this day you should let your dog know just how important he or she is. Dogs are very important in our society. Of course, many of us keep a dog as a pet. However, working dogs help many people every day. Our world would not be the same without police dogs, sniffer dogs (who find drugs and bombs), rescue dogs and guide dogs for the blind. National Dog Day's founder, Colleen Paige, said we need “to show deep appreciation for…their endearing patience, unquestioning loyalty, for their work and their capacity for love.”Humans have kept dogs as pets for over 15,000 years. It’s amazing how quickly word spread around the world that dogs were so intelligent and helpful.The fact that people could tame dogs meant they interacted easily with humans. This led to dogs helping humans hunt, herd animals and protect people. It’s also amazing how dogs migrated around the world. Historians believe it is because of sled dogs that the species moved from Russia to Alaska, across the Bering Strait. Today there are about 400 million dogs in the world. Dogsare now big business. Breeders sell pedigree dogs for big money. Unfortunately, many dogs are abused or abandoned and end up in shelters.

有一條著名的格言：狗是人類最好的朋友。確實是，所以人們專門設立了國家忠犬日來贊美狗狗。忠犬日在8月26日。這天你應該讓你的狗狗知道它對你多么重要。狗在人類社會中非常重要。當然，狗被很多人養(yǎng)著當寵物。然而，工作犬每天都幫助很多人。我們的世界離開了警犬、嗅探犬（尋找毒品和炸彈），搜救犬和導盲犬會很不一樣。國家忠犬日的始創(chuàng)人——柯林佩奇說我們需要“對狗狗可敬的耐心，無可置疑的忠誠，它們的工作和愛的能力表達感激之情。”人類養(yǎng)狗的歷史已有一萬五千多年。關于狗聰明有用的言論在世界傳播的如此之快令人驚訝。人們能馴養(yǎng)狗說明它們?nèi)菀着c人接觸。這就使得狗能幫人們搜救，放牧和保護人類。狗在世界的遷徙也令人驚訝。歷史學家相信拉雪橇狗從俄國橫跨白令海峽遷徙到了阿拉斯加。世界上如今有4億條狗。狗現(xiàn)在是大產(chǎn)業(yè)。育種者靠出售純種狗賺大錢。不幸的是，許多狗被虐待、遺棄或在避難所結(jié)束生命。