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International Dog Day

25/08/2020

Everyone knows dogs are man’s best friend, and today is their day!

Dog Day was created to celebrate every dog, no matter its breed, and everything they do for us: rescue people in danger, save lives, protect us, look after people with disabilities and most important, give us love! If you have a four-legged friend at home, do not forget to make his day very special.

However, today is also the perfect day to increase awareness about all the dogs that still need to be adopted, for instance the ones who are in a shelter waiting to find the family of their dreams J

To honour all of them, we created a special quiz so you can test your knowledge about our canine friends:

Having a dog increases headaches and depression. ☐TRUE  ☐FALSE

The first dog that went to space was named Laïka. ☐TRUE  ☐FALSE

The name of the St. Bernard dog comes from a monastery in the Alps. ☐TRUE  ☐FALSE

 

If you love dogs as much as we do, do not hesitate to practice your interpreting and language skills with one of the speeches below:

24154 – EN

27840 – IT

23326 – NL

25741 – ET

26834 – SK

24298 – ES (restricted)

 

Happy practice!

Your Speech Repository team

 

Quiz answers

1)  False

2) True

3) True

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