（When a dog comes home from a walk dirty and smelling of something unmentionable, you sometimes want to throw it in the washing machine. Well, now you can. A young man has come __31__ with the Dog?O?Matic, a mini car?wash __32__ transforms pets from dirty to clean in half an hour. __33__ (insist) the device is not cruel, Frenchman Romain Jarry, 31, hopes to introduce it to Britain next year __34__ it proved a great success in his hometown. It costs about ￡13 __35__ (wash) a small dog, ￡22 for medium size, rising __36__ ￡31 for the largest customers. Cats can also be catered for—__37__the small?dog price. Mr Jarry said, “__38__ doesn't take long to wash the dog—usually a few minutes. The longest part is the drying. The dogs don't seem to get __39__ (bore). They just sit there and they come out clean then. We are really hoping it will take off and that other places will start buying in the machines. I think it will be a huge success in England within the next year __40__ so but at the moment people are still getting used to the idea.”

 

 

31．up　32.that / which　33.Insisting　34.after　35.to wash　36.to

37．a(chǎn)t　38.It　39.bored　40.or

 

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