A Four-legged Guardian Angel

I just finished cleaning up the snow in the pool in preparation for selling the house. The year before, I had lost my job with the provincial government, and now we almost ran out of all of our savings,     1    (这意味着我将同时失去我们美丽的房子和挚爱的伙伴Brigitte). This thought nearly knocked me down.

Deep in sadness, I sat typing up resumes for job. Out of the corner of my eye I could see my thirteen-month-old son Forrest playing near our big, gentle, intelligent dog Brigitte. And I recalled this family. the scene of adopting him on a cold winter night. It seemed as if Brigitte was always meant to be in this family.

Thinking of these, I couldn’t help letting out a sigh and continued working. Suddenly, Brigitte began barking furiously and running back and forth to the glass door overlooking our pool. I raced to see what was happening.     2    (既吃惊又害怕，我发现玻璃门打开了，Forrest也不见了). In panic, I ran outside. There, I was surprised to see Brigitte, who was terrified of water, dive into the pool. Looking in the direction of his moving, I was shocked to find Forrest struggling in the water     3    (我立刻跳入水中，朝着Forrest 游去，并将他抱起). After getting him out or the pool, I dialed 911 with shaking hand while giving Forres t first aid. Moments later, an ambulance arrived and rushed us to the hospital, where the doctors gave him a thorough check While waiting for the result, I made up my mind     4    (尽管我们家经济状况不好，我也永远不会舍弃Brigitte)

Finally, we arrived home, safe and sound. On seeing us, Brigitte began barking excitedly and turning in circles cheerfully Since then, Brigitte never left my son an inch.     5    (Brigitte确确实实是我们一家的守护天使).

The swimming pool witnessed the close bond formed between my families and Brigitte.

The homes of the foxes     1    (在世界各地) are slowly disappearing because human beings are     2    (搜索，查找) land to farm and construction. Whatever we are doing, the fate of these creatures can closely     3    (与……相关，涉及) human in some way.

    4     (由于，因为) the     5    (逐渐消失，灭亡) of that species of fox , the local government is     6    (在压力下，承受压力) to double the population of those foxes in two years.

    7    (除……以外) that, since 2000, the Wild Aid has also contributed a lot to     8     this species (阻止，不准)    9    being killed or injured.

This organization has    10     (留下好印象) on us, because we once     11    (向……求助) it for help when we realized that we couldn’t protect the foxes by ourselves.