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　　Every Dog Has Its Say
　　Kimiko Fukuda，a Japanese girl，always wondered what her dog was trying to say Whenever she put on makeup，it would pull at her sleeve．______(46)When the dog barks，she glances at a small electronic gadget(装置)The following"human"translation appears on its screen："Please take me with you．""I realized that'S how he was feeling．"said Fukuda．The gadget is called Bowlingual，and it translates dog barks into feelings．People laughed when the Japanese toymaker Takara Company made the world'S first dog-human translation machine in 2002 But 300，000 Japanese dog owners bought it______(47)
　　"Nobody else had thought about it," said Masahiko Kajita，who works for Takara．'We spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders；what would it be like if we could understand dogs?"
　　Bowlingual has two parts_____(48)The translation is done in the gadget using a database(资料库)containing every kind of bark．
　　Based on animal behaviour research，these noises are divided into six categories：happiness，sadness，frustration，anger，declaration and desire．_____(49)In this way，the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion，which is then translated into one of 200 phrases．
　　When a visitor went to Fukuda'S house recently,the dog barked a loud''bow WOW"．This translated as"Don't come this way"_______(50)
　　The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US$120 It can up to 100 barks，even recording the dog'S emotions when the owner is away．
　　A A wireless microphone is attached to the dog'S collar,which sends information to the gadget held by the owner,
　　B Nobody really knows how a dog feels
　　c It was followed by"I'm stronger than you"as the dog growled(嗥叫)and sniffed(嗅) at the visitor．
　　D More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer
　　E Now，the Japanese girl thinks she knows．
　　F Each one of these emotions is then linked to a phrase like"Let'S play"．"Look at me'' or"Spend more time with me"．
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　　What Is Anthrax(炭疽)?
　　There'S been a lot of talk about anthrax on the news lately．Some people are worried that anthrax may be connected to terrorist attacks or that terrorists may spread the germ that _____(51)the disease．Federal officials and police are investigating this and taking ______(52)to protect us.
　　In the meantime，it'S important not to panic over anthrax．The chances that you and your Family________(53)at risk are very tiny．One of the ways you can feel better is to leam about anthrax．When you know what it is and_____(54)you can get it，it doesn't seem quite as scary．
　　So，what______(55)is anthrax?
　　Here are the facts on anthrax：
　　Anthrax is a bacterial infection caused by a germ Although it'S most common in farm _____(56)，like sheep，COWS，pigs，horses，and goats，there'S a very small chance that people can get it，too，
　　Anthrax spores(孢子)(a version of the germ in a protective shell that can live in the soil for years)cause the disease．People may get anthrax if they are exposed to anthrax_____(57)But here'S the important part：just being exposed to these spores doesn't mean that a person will get_____(58)．
　　For a person to get sick，he would have to breathe in thousands of these spores a11 the way Into his_____(59)．Or he'd have to eat meat contaminated with anthrax or handle _____(60)that has