When Judy, Susan’s daughter, took her first steps in life, Susan was in tears. The disease that had developed ________ left her blind, and Judy’s ________ of the world around her could be held back by Susan’s shortage of confidence in her mobility. “I even felt unsafe to do something as ________ as take her to the park,” Susan said. “I have the courage to get across streets alone but the thought of doing it with my baby was ________ to me.” So Susan decided to ________ a guide dog. “I expected by having a guide dog I’d feel safe to ________ the streets to take Judy to the park. I had no idea that having a guide dog would ________ me to do so much more and how it would ________ my life.”

Susan’s first guide dog, Hero, ________ 17-month-old Judy’s safety as her job, though Susan knew Hero’s only job was to safely ________ her. “Sometimes Judy would walk beside me and when we ________ Hero would laid herself across my body to ________ Judy between us.” With Hero at her ________, Susan took Judy to the park, restaurants and stores. “Having Hero made me ________ to take Judy out, so being able to do these things gave me a sense of ________ that I didn’t think I’d have again.”

Susan advised other blind people preparing for parenthood to hug the chances that having a guide dog can ________. “Having a dog teaches children to respect and ________ animals. There was ________ that I couldn’t do with my daughter ________ Hero. The connection between us was so deep and so strong that words can’t ________ what the dog meant to me.”

The suburb I live in backs on to a large nature reserve. One morning I saw a koala (考拉) sitting in a palm tree in my front yard. I phoned around to ask what I could _________ this koala, but no one wanted to know. I ended up _________ the koala out of my tree and we crossed the road _________ for him to return to the nature reserve.

I’ve always been befriending animals. As a young kid I used to pick up lizard eggs and _________ them. It stimulated my interest as to why there wasn’t anyone wanting to come and _________this koala in my tree. After that, I signed up for all the _________I could find.

Once I had accreditation (合格证 ), I volunteered with the RSPCA in 2019, rehabilitating (使康复) wildlife. I was an ambulance driver, _________ overnight rescues. We rescued hundreds of animals and _________ more.

I cut the leaves of the eucalyptus trees for the koalas to eat and look after the __________ wildlife at our centre. If they recover, they are __________ back to where they come from.

As a kid I would never have imagined doing this. I feel like I’m the __________ girl on the planet that I get to do what I love. I believe it’s my __________.

After Japan discharged nuclear wastewater, people are terribly worried about more animals, especially marine animals. Any animal has the right to survive and the Earth is our common home. Please care for our animal friends.

One pet parrot (鹦鹉) Louie managed to save a Tennessee family. The Smiths were woken up by the bird’s repeated and _______ cries. “If it hadn’t been for him, I probably would have been asleep during the disaster.” Barbara Klein recently tolda news agency, “Louie is a _______ hero. He started shouting ‘Fire’. He had never said that _______before.”

When they woke up, they were shocked to find the _______ had spread across the rooms of the house. Barbara immediately carried her 5-year-old granddaughter and _______out of the house. But her husband Larry _______ escaped, and then was sent to hospital for the_______. “Larry ran to the kitchen and was trying to _______ the fire with water,” Barbara said. “Later he ran back into the house to try to _______our pets and his guitar. He kept saying he couldn’t breathe and I was shouting at him to ________ the house. I quickly told him to get down and he crawled out.” Barbara said her husband had to ________ in hospital while doctors tried to cure him so that he was able to attend the sixth ________ party of his cute granddaughter.

Although there was nothing left in their home, the family received support from a large number of ________ people. ________, Louie didn’t survive with them. However, to everyone’s relief, a generous person provided a flat to the Smiths and________ a new baby parrot to the family. “We call him Louie Jr.”, said Barbara.