Passage 2
学霸导读 多年后，被救过的狗狗与我相遇。动物的感恩之情让我坚定了职业道路！
A Grateful Patient
I took a job as a receptionist for a vet （ 兽医 ） almost f ive decades ago. As an enthusiastic animal lover， I accepted the position on the condition that I wouldn’t have to assist with any wounded animals. I didn’t have the courage to watch any creature in p 1 .
At the end of my f irst week， we were closing the off ice for the day when a young man ran up to us holding a severely （ 严重地 ） i 2 Doberman puppy （ 杜宾幼犬 ） in his arms and begging us to save his life. The four-month-old puppy had been hit by a car.
The doctor and I ran back into the operating room. The only place where the skin was still attached to his poor little body was around one shoulder. The vet worked tirelessly （ 不知疲倦地 ） for what s 3 like hours， sewing him back together again. That was the easy part. The puppy had broken multiple bones， including his back. Even though he s 4 the next few days， we were quite sure he would never walk again.
The day f 5 changed my life. I became the vet’s assistant in all things medical. One of my f irst jobs was to give that Doberman puppy daily physical therapy. Weeks went by until one day he f inally recovered.
Fast-forward about a year. I walked into the clinic’s crowded waiting room and called the name of the next client. Suddenly， a huge Doberman ran towards me. I found myself pinned （ 被按住 ） a 6 the wall with this magnif icent dog standing on his back legs， his front paws （ 爪子 ） on my shoulders， washing my face with plentiful and joyful kisses！
I still feel amazed at the display of love and gratitude the dog had for me that day all those years ago. I went on to be a vet technician for 14 years, and since retirement, I have volunteered at a no-kill animal shelter. In all the time that has passed and all the e 7 I have had, I’ve never met a dog who didn’t know that it had been rescued in one way or another.
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高频词汇
receptionist /rɪ'sepʃənɪst/ n. 接待员
decade /'dekeɪd/ n. 十年
sew /səʊ/ v. 缝
multiple /'mʌltɪpl/ adj. 多个的，多种的
gratitude /'grætɪtjuːd/ n. 感激之情，感谢
retirement /rɪ'taɪəmənt/ n. 退休