Every Dog Has HisSay

Kimiko Fukuda alwayswondered what her dog was trying to say.Whenever she put on make-up,it wouldpull at her sleeve.______(46)When the dog barks,she glances at a

small elec-tronicgadget（装置）.Thefollowing" human" translation appears on its screen; "Pleasetake me with you.""I realized that's how he was feeling."saysFukuda.

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

translation ma-chinein 2002 .But 300,000 Japanese dog owners bought it.______(47)

"Nobody elsehad thought about it."said Masahiko Kajita,who works for Takara."Wespend so much time training dogs to understand our orders;what would it be likeif we

could understanddogs?"

Bowlingual has twoparts.______(48)The translation is done in the gadget using a data-basecontaining every kind of bark.

Based on animalbehavior research,these noises are divided into six categories.happiness,sadness,frustration,anger,declaration and desire.______(49)In this way,thedatabase

scien-tificallymatches a bark to an emotion,which is then translated into one of 200 phrases.

When a visitor wentto Fukuda's house recently,the dog barked a loud"wowwow".______(50)It was followed by"I'm stronger than you"as thedog growled and sniffed

（嗅）at thevisitor. The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for aboutUS$120.It can store up to 100 barks,even recording the dog's emotions when the

owner is away.______(48)

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. This translatedas"Don't come this way".

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

E.Now,the Japanesegirl thinks she knows.