摘要
一天，我去向一位当律师的朋友求助。“我真的遇到麻烦了。”我说，“住在我家马路对面的几位邻居要去度一个月的假，他们没有把自己的狗送去寄养，而是准备把它们全锁在家里。一个女人会过去给它们喂食，如果她记得这个事的话。这期间，那些狗无人相伴，会日夜不停地狂吠。这样一来，我将无法入睡。为此，我要么打电话给防止虐待动物协会，让他们派人过来把那些狗运走，要么我就会气疯的。”
One day I went to a lawyer friend for advice. ＂I＇ m in real trouble,＂ I said. ＂My neighbors across the road are going on vacation for a month and instead of boarding their dogs, they are going to keep them locked up and a woman is coming to feed them, if she doesn＇t forget. Meanwhile they＇ll be lonely and bark all day and howl all night, and I won＇ t be able to sleep and I＇ 11 either have to call the SPCA to haul them away or I＇ll go berserk.＂
