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4c A friend for life

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A. Listen, read and match the summary sentences
a-d with the paragraphs 1 4.
a. A pet helps you relax.
b. A pet will be there when you’re on your own.
c. A pet helps you keep fit.
A pet can teach children to be better people.
d. A pet can teach children to be better people.
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Feeling down?
Stressed? Or
unwell? Before
you visit the
d oc t o r , w h y
doctor, why
don’t you get a
d o n ’ t y o u g e t a
pet? Here are a
pet? Here are a
few reasons why
a pet can change Therapy
Therapy
your life!
1 You’ve had a bad day. You go
home and your pet runs to welcome you.
Doesn’t that cheer you up? It just shows how
a pet can help you calm down. And that’s not
true only for cats and dogs. You can relax even
if you watch fish in an aquarium.
if you watch fish in an aquarium.
2 A pet can become a child’s best
friend and a great teacher at the same time.
Children who look after pets learn to be
more responsible and they also become more
sociable.

3 Nowadays, people work long hours
and they’re too tired to take up a sport.
However, if you’ve got a dog, all you need to
do is take it for a walk. It’s great exercise and
don’t worry, your dog will always want to go
out. B. Read again and write T for True or F for False.
4 Sometimes people are unhappy and 1. Only cats and dogs can help someone
lonely because someone they know has moved
away or they’ve lost a loved one. Lots of relax.
people, especially old people, find that they 2. Children who’ve got a pet make friends
feel better if they’ve got a pet. more easily.
But remember! If you decide to get a pet, you 3. Dog owners should do more exercise
should find out everything you can about the than just taking their dog for a walk.
animal before you get it. Choose carefully and 4. Pets can help when you’ve lost a loved
don’t forget, a pet is for life!
one.

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