Every Dog Has His Say
Kimiko Fukuda 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(裝置).The following“human”translation appears on its screen:“Please take me with you”“I realized that’s how he was feeling.”says 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 pars____(48) The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark.
Based 011 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”. ___(0) It was followed by“I’m stronger than you”as the dog growled and sniffed(嗅) at the visitor
The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US$120 It can store 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 This translated as “Don’t come this way”
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 t0 a phrase like“Let’s play”。“Look at me”,or“Spend more time with me”
參考答案
46 E 文章的第一兩句話提出了Kimiko Fukuda一直在想的一件事,即狗究竟想表達什么。緊接著應該給出一個答案是比較符合邏輯的。E就是答案。
47 D 上一句話說的30萬日本養狗人已經買了人狗翻譯機。符合邏輯的一步是更多的人還會買。因此D是合理的選項。
48 A 上一句說的是Bowlingual這個裝置有兩個部分。接著應該是具體說明。A是對裝置的具體說明。
49 F 第五段的第一句話說的是:根據動物行為研究,這些雜音可以分成六類:幸福;悲痛;受挫;氣憤;聲稱;欲望。因為是人狗翻譯機,這些情感還需要跟人的話對應起來。
50 c 上一句話說的是:當一個客人最近來到Fukuda的屋時,狗大聲地叫著“bowwow”的聲音。因為是在講人狗翻譯機,下面一句話應該講的是它的翻譯。因此C是對的。
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