Japanese Dog /忠犬八公 - 英文課 / 母語人士語速

In front of the huge [很大的] Shibuya[澀谷] train station in Tokyo, there is a big statue [雕像] of a dog. The statue is very small compared to [和…相比] the train station, but it is not difficult to find. The dog statue has been used as a meeting place since 1934. ¶1S4 These days hundreds of people use the dog statue as a place to meet their friends. The dog is named Hachiko [八公] and was born [出生] in 1923 and brought to Tokyo in 1924. ¶2S2 His owner was Professor [教授] Uyeno. He and the dog were friends right from the start [打從一開始]. Each day Hachiko and the professor went together to the Shibuya train station. The professor rode [搭乘] the train to Imperial University. When he came back, the professor would always find Hachiko patiently [耐心地] waiting at the station.