[00:00.00]UNIT 5
[00:07.60]Lesson 19
[00:13.40]Exercise 1.5
[00:15.73]Better than Doctors?
[00:18.19]An interesting experiment is taking place
[00:21.53]at the Children's Hospital in London, Dogs,
[00:26.36]cats,and even horses
[00:28.82]help sick children to get better.
[00:31.80]There are a number of reasons
[00:33.93]why this treatment is important,
[00:36.35]explains Dr.Marcus Finch
[00:38.55]of the Children's Hospital.
[00:40.98]"Children and teenagers have many changes
[00:44.00]as they are growing up.
[00:45.97]When they have problems,
[00:47.57]it's not easy for them to open up and talk.
[00:51.30]But when they are with a pet animal,
[00:53.63]they calm down, relax, and smile.
[00:58.23]Animals don't speak and so they don't criticize
[01:02.67]They listen and they don't stop the children.
[01:07.29]Children can talk to animals
[01:09.05]because they can trust them.
[01:11.68]Animals know how to keep a secret!
[01:14.41]Also, the children feel needed
[01:17.90]because they help to feed the animals
[01:20.03]and look after them."
[01:21.60]At the Children's Hospital you can find
[01:24.39]children playing with cats, dogs goats,
[01:28.21]and riding horses.
[01:30.28]The doctors just watch and take notes and
[01:33.65]wonder at the power of pets!
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