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(裝置)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(資料庫(kù))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 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 It was followed by“I’m stronger than you”as the dog growled(嗥叫)and sniffed(嗅)at thevisitor

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”

參考答案

46 E 文章的第一句話提出了Kimiko Fukuda一直在想的一件事，即狗究竟想表達(dá)什么。緊接著應(yīng)該給出一個(gè)答案是比較符合邏輯的。E就是答案。

47 D 上一句話說(shuō)的30萬(wàn)日本養(yǎng)狗人已經(jīng)買(mǎi)了人狗翻譯機(jī)。符合邏輯的一步是更多的人還會(huì)買(mǎi)。因此D是合理的選項(xiàng)。

48 A 上一句說(shuō)的是Bowlingual這個(gè)裝置有兩個(gè)部分。接著應(yīng)該是具體說(shuō)明。A是對(duì)裝置的具體說(shuō)明。

49 F 第五段的第一句話說(shuō)的是：根據(jù)動(dòng)物行為研究，這些雜音可以分成六類(lèi)：幸福;悲痛;受挫;氣憤;聲稱(chēng);欲望。因?yàn)槭侨斯贩g機(jī)，這些情感還需要人的話對(duì)應(yīng)起來(lái)。

50 c 上一句話說(shuō)的是：當(dāng)一個(gè)客人最近來(lái)到F1Jkuda的屋時(shí)，狗大聲地叫著“bow wow”的聲音。因?yàn)槭窃谥v人狗翻澤機(jī)，下面一句話應(yīng)該講的是它的翻譯。因此c是對(duì)的。

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