My name is Emily. I am eight years old.（我叫艾米莉，我8岁了。） Last week my family and I got a new dog. （上周我们家来了一只新狗狗。）He is an Irish Setter. （他是一只爱尔兰塞特犬。） We named him Blaze because he is red like fire.（我们叫他“火焰”因为他红的像火。）

We didn't get Blaze from a pet shop. （我们不是在宠物店买的火焰。）We got him from the dog pound. （我们是从狗狗收容所得到的。）There were many dogs there. They did not have owners.（那有很多狗狗，他们都没有主人。） Some of them looked sad. I chose Blaze. （有一些狗狗看起来很伤心。我选择了火焰。）I am happy to have my new dog. It is important to take care of animals. （我很开心拥有自己的新狗狗。照顾动物是很重要的。）

Having a dog is a lot of work. My parents help me feed and exercise him every day. Blaze is my best friend.（养狗是个大工程。我的爸爸妈妈帮我每天喂狗遛狗。火焰是我最好的朋友。）

Word list:（词汇列表）

dog pound: a place where people can adopt dogs that don't have owners （狗狗收容所）

blaze: a large fire （一场大火）