高三英语二轮复习学案-名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选：A Canine Nanny.pdfVIP

高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 ACanineNanny （答案在最后） 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 心灵鸡汤精选ACanineNanny 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 动物与家人和谐相处 五星 809 【文章梗概】身为二孩妈妈，我既要照顾大女儿又要照顾刚出生三星期的二女儿。丈夫忙于 工作，父母远在千里之外，除了一条名叫“Two”的狗狗，我的身边再无亲人陪伴。有一天， 二女儿Abigail 弄脏了自己的衣服，当我无奈地离开她去清洗时，Two 承担起了保姆的职责， 安抚了Abigail。在Two 的陪伴下，Abigail 长成了一个细腻、体贴的的小女孩；而当Two 年纪大了，Abigail 也反过来细心地照顾它。 Thedog was createdespeciallyfor children. Henry WardBeecher I was physically and emotionally exhausted.At night, I was awake more than I slept, caring for our three-week-old daughter,Abigail. By day, I chased our older daughter, Bridget, an active two-year-old. My already taut nerves began tofray when Abigail developed a mild case of colic. Bridget demanded attention each time her sisterfussed.Our dog, apurebred Brittany named Two, wasconstantlyunderfoot,andstumbling over herrepeatedly didnothelpmy stateofmind. I also felt isolated.Wewere new to the area, and I didn’t know anyone in town.My parents, our nearest relatives, lived 150 miles away.Phoning my mother on thespur of the moment to ask if she’d drop by and watch the kids for an hour while I got some much-needed sleep wasn’t realistic.My husbandhelpedasmuch ashecouldbutneededto focusonhisjob. One day Abigail woke from a nap.As babies sometimes do, she had soiled her clothing and cribbedding.I triedto clean her up as fast aspossible,buther cries developed into ear-shattering wails beforeIwasthrough.I wantedto comfort her,but Iwas at a loss.Ihadtowash my hands,I couldn’t put her back into the crib and the floor hadn’t been vacuumed for days.Strapping her on the changing table, I wedged a receiving blanket between her and the railing. I promised I’d be right back.As her screams followed me into the