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PASSAGE SEVENTEEN

Pet transport

1.For nearly a decade now,Merebeth has been a self-employed pet transport specialist.

2.Her pet transport job was born of the financial crisis in the late 2000s．

3.The downturn hit the real estate firm where she had worked for ten years as an office manager.

4.The firm went broke and left her looking for a new job.One day,while driving near her home,she saw a dog wandering on the road, clearly lost.

5.She took it home,and her sister in Denver agreed to take it. This was a loving home for sure,but 1,600 miles away.

6.It didn’t take long for Merebeth to decide to drive the dog there herself. It was her first road trip to her new job.

7.Merebeth's pet delivery service satisfies her wanderlust. It has taken her to every state in the US except Montana,Washington and Oregon,she says proudly.

8.If she wants to visit a new place, she will simply find a pet with transport needs there.She travels in all weathers.

9.She has driven through 55 mph winds in Wyoming , heavy flooding and storms in Alabama and total whiteout conditions in Kansas.

10.This wanderlust is inherited from her father,she says.He moved their family from Canada to California when she was one year old,because he wanted them to explore a new place together.

11.As soon as she graduated from high school she left home to live on Catalina Island off the Californian coast,away from her parents,where she enjoyed a life of sailing and off-road biking.

12.It turns out that pet transporting pays quite well at about $30,000 per year before tax.She doesn't work in summer, as it would be unpleasantly hot for the animals in the car, even with air conditioning.

13.As autumn comes,she gets restless the same old wanderlust returning. It's a call she must handle alone,though.Merebeth says,“When I'm on the road, I'm just in my own world” .

14.“I've always been independent-spirited and I just feel strongly that I must help animals”.

第十七篇

宠物运输

1.近十年来，梅里贝斯一直是一名自雇的宠物运输专家。

2.她的宠物运输工作诞生于2000年代末的金融危机。

3.经济衰退打击了她做了十年办公室经理的那家房地产公司。

4.公司破产了，她只得另谋高就。一天，当她开车回家附近时，她看到一只狗在路上徘徊，显然是迷路了。

5.她把它带回家，她在丹佛的姐姐也同意收下它。这是一个充满爱的家，但在1600英里之外。

6.没过多久，梅里贝斯就决定自己开车送狗去那里。这是她第一次自驾游去新工作的地方。

7.梅里贝斯的宠物快递服务满足了她的旅行欲望。她自豪地说，除了蒙大拿州、华盛顿州和俄勒冈州，她已经走遍了美国的每个州。

8.如果她想去一个新的地方，她会在那里找一个需求运输的宠物。她风雨无阻。

9.她在怀俄明州经历了每小时55英里的大风，在阿拉巴马州经历了严重的洪水和风暴，在堪萨斯州经历了暴风雪。

10.她说，这种旅行癖是从她父亲那里遗传下来的。在她一岁的时候，他把家从加拿大搬到了加利福尼亚，因为他想让他们一起探索一个新的地方。

11.高中一毕业，她就离开家，住在加州海岸的卡塔利娜岛，远离父母，在那里她享受着帆船和越野自行车的生活。

12.事实证明，运送宠物的收入相当可观，每年税前收入约为3万美元。她夏天不工作，因为即使有空调，对车里的动物来说也太热了。

13.随着秋天的到来，她变得焦躁不安，同样的旅行欲望又回来了。但这是她必须独自应对的召唤。梅里贝斯说:“当我在路上的时候，我只是在我自己的世界里。”

  14.“我一直都很独立而且我强烈地感觉到我必须帮助动物。”