Every Dog Has ItsSay

Kimiko Fukuda,aJapanese girl,always wondered what her dog was trying to say.Whenever she puton makeup,it would pull at her sleeve._______(46)When the dog

barks,she glances ata small electronic gadget（装置）.The following“ human” translation appears on its screen:“ Pleasetake me with you .I realized that's how he was

feeling.”saidFukuda.

The gadget is calledBowlingual,and it translates dog harks into feelings .People laughed when theJapanese toymaker Takara Company made the world's first dog-human

translation ma-chine in 2002 .But 300,000 Japanese dog owners bought it.________(47)

“Nobody elsehad thought about it,”said Masahiko Kajita,who works for Takara. We spend somuch time training dogs to understand our orders;what would it be like if we

could understanddogs?

Bowlingual has twoparts.________(48)The translation is done in the gadget using a data- base（资料库）containing every kind of bark.Based on animal behaviour

research,thesenoises are divided into sixcategories:happiness,sadness,frustration,anger,declaration and desire.________(49)In this way,the database scientifically matches a

bark to an emotion,whichis then translated into one of 200 phrases.

When a visitor wentto Fukuda's house recently,the dog barked a loud“bow wow”.This translatedas“Don't come this way”.________(50)The product will be available in US

pet stores thissummer for about US$120 .It tail store up to 100 barks,even recording the dog'semotions when the owner is away.________(49)

A.A wirelessmicrophone is attached to the dog's collar,which sends information to thegadget held by the owner.

B. Nobody reallyknows how a dog feels.

C. It was followedby“I'm stronger than you”as the dog growled（嗥叫）and sniffed（嗅）at the visitor.

D. More customersare expected when the English version is launched this summer.

E. Now,the Japanesegirl thinks she knows.