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　　A man tried to sell his neighbor a new dog for five dollars"This is a talking dog"he said"Stop behaving stupidly,”the neighbor replied,“how can a beast like that talk? Or you mean bark?” Suddenly, the dog looked up and said with tears in his eyes, “Please buy me, Sir."This man is mean.He keeps me in a barn and I have to sleep in a barrel.He feeds me only beans and never walks me to the bay, and the only toy I have is a waste battery.Basically speaking, he treats me like a beggar.On the basis of his behavior, I'm sure he'll abuse me with his baseball bat one day.And mind you, I hate his ugly beard.I used to be the richest trick dog in the country, and have the best bearing, too.I can jump over the highest barrier and barrel over any high beam.I attended the Animals Olympics on behalf of the country.I had so many fans who loved me so much that my bodyguards had trouble keeping them at bay"The dog beamed with pride.

　　"Hey, ”said the neighbor, “he can talk! How come you want to sell him for just five dollars? ... I'm selling him on my own behalf.I'm getting tired of his lies, which have a bearing on my kids, too, and wish he would only talk with a bark"the seller said.

　　记单词

　　bark (狗等)吠，叫n 1. 吠声，叫声; 2. 树皮

　　barn 谷仓，牲口棚

　　barrel 1. 桶; 2. 筒，枪(或炮)管vi 快速移动

　　barrier 1. 栅栏，关卡，检票口; 2. 障碍，隔阂; 3. 屏障

　　baseball 棒球

　　basically 基本上，从根本上说

　　basis 基础，根据，原则

　　bat 1. 蝙蝠; 2. 球棒，球拍

　　battery 1. 电池(组)，蓄电池(组); 2. 排炮，炮组; 3. 一系列，一套

　　bay 1. (海或湖泊的)湾; 2. (大厅等建筑物内的)分隔间

　　keep/hold sth at bay使无法近身

　　beam 1. (光线等的)束，柱; 2. 梁，桁，横梁; 3. 笑容，喜色vi 面露喜色vt 定向发出(无线电信号等)，播送

　　bean 豆

　　beard 胡须

　　bearing 1. 举止，风度; 2. pl 方位，方向感; 3. 轴承

　　have a bearing on与…有关，对…有影响

　　beast 1. 野兽，牲畜，动物

　　2. 凶残的人，令人厌恶的人

　　beggar 乞丐vt 使贫穷

　　behalf 利益，方面

　　on/in behalf of代表，为了

　　behave 1. 表现，举止端正; 2. (机器等)运转，(事物)作出反应

　　vt (oneself)检点(自己)的行为

　　behavior 1. 行为，举止，表现; 2. (机器等的)运转情况，(事物的)反应

　　behaviour见behavior

　　一个人想把刚刚养了不久的狗以5美元卖给他的邻居。“这是条会说话的狗。”他说。“别表现得傻乎乎的。”他的邻居回答道，“动物怎么会说话?你是说会叫吧?”突然，狗抬起头含着眼泪说：“请买下我吧，先生，这个人卑鄙自私，他把我关在谷仓里，我只得睡在一只桶里，他只给我豆子吃，从来不带我去海湾散步，我的玩具就是一节废电池。从根本上说，他待我就像待乞丐一样。根据他的表现，我敢肯定早晚他会用棒球棒打我。告诉你，我还讨厌他那难看的胡须。我原是全国最富有的表演狗，风度也是最棒的，我能跳过的障碍，快速在高高的横梁上移动，我还代表国家参加了动物奥运会。我的狗迷不计其数，他们非常喜欢我，我的保镖要费好大的劲才能使他们无法接近我。”狗骄傲地面露喜色。

　　“嗨，”邻居说，“他真的会说话!你怎么只卖5美元呢?”“我要卖掉他是为了我自己，我讨厌他谎话连篇，因为这对孩子也有影响。我倒希望他只会用叫声跟我说话。”卖主说。