生活英语|失聪牧羊犬通过辨别手势指令放羊

一只牧羊犬在失去了听力，没办法在农场工作后，被农场主弃养并送给了英国皇家预防虐待动物协会（RSPCA），她经过练习，可以理解一系列的手势，从而得以 回到她热爱的工作职位上。

Peggy, an eight-year-old collie, was taken in by the charitys Mid^{1 Norfolk and North Suffolk branch in 2018, where she was adopted by their animal welfare manager Chloe Shorten, whose husband also happens to be a shepherd.}

2018年，当时八岁的柯利牧羊犬佩吉被送到这家慈善机构的中诺福克和北萨福克分部，并被那里的动物福利经理克洛伊肖顿收留，她的老公恰好是一位牧羊人。

Chloe said they knew Peggy wanted to be working, so they started the long process of teaching her how to herd^{2 without relying on voice commands.}

克洛伊说，他们了解佩吉想工作，因而对她拓展了漫长的练习，教她怎么样不依赖语音命令放牧。

With the help of a sheepdog trainer, Peggy learned to understand hand signals and body language. A thumbs up, for example, means good girl.

在一位牧羊犬练习师的帮忙下，佩吉掌握了理解手势和肢体语言。比如，竖起大拇指的意思是 好女孩。

Now aged^{3 ten, Peggys still proving that you can teach an old dog new tricks and works part-time with the couples two other sheepdogs.}

现已十岁的佩吉印证了那句老话：活到老学到老，同时，她还在 兼职 和克洛伊夫妇的另外两只牧羊犬一块放牧。