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! p& E! }# d* J7 W9 A' z2 S2 ~0 u Every Dog Has Its Say8 T6 h3 w- t( X$ _
Kimiko Fukuda，a Japanese girl，always wondered what her dog was trying to say.
) Q: a% U, H, O5 d6 ]2 X$ n Whenever she put on makeup，it would pull at her sleeve．_____(46)When the dog barks，
, T1 }9 H6 t$ |/ `; p3 M+ E0 `7 G she glances at a small electronic gadget (装置)．The following“human”translation appears on its
5 z& M% _ P0 N2 o* E screen：“Please take me with you．”“I realized that’s how he was feeling．”said Fukuda．
4 n* I% L0 z/ Q8 Y( y The gadget is called Bowlingual，and it translates dog barks into feelings．People laughed
6 X8 g* L: ]% d7 f' x when the Japanese toymaker Takara Company made the world’s first dog-human translation+ _% F! w7 p' B5 k$ Y! z7 J
machine in 2002．But 300，000 Japanese dog owners bought it．______(47) n) m2 _! ^1 M( t2 r
“Nobody else had thought about it，”said Masahiko Kajita，who works for Takara“We8 n7 ]9 ^5 P7 ~8 \1 b
spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders；what would it be like if we could
% A7 S6 g" R9 n: ?4 ^ understand dogs?”( a% p5 ?" I5 m& l, d
Bowlingual has two parts．____(48)The translation is done in the gadget using a database(资料库)containing every kind of bark．
0 b# q5 ?7 o* u8 M7 k Based on animal behaviour research，these noises are divided into six categories：happiness，
& e. b: f1 D% H, l( |, H Sadness, frustration，anger，declaration and desire．_____(49)In this way，the database8 ~' u$ L7 I- a
scientifically matches a bark to an emotion，which is then translated into one of 200 phrases．
% n5 J: M6 `3 v, y4 N' I When a visitor went to Fukuda’s house recently，the dog barked a loud“bow wow”．This
/ F7 a9 n; O" \5 o; a7 ^ translated as“Don’t come this way”_____(50). \# b2 @+ e2 Z7 G
The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US$120 It can store up- L! C+ A# E0 A( L0 O
to 100 barks，even recording the dog’s emotions when the owner is away．% }3 `: ~& a! A& R/ Q: X5 P
A A wireless microphone is attached to the dog’s collar,which sends information to the gadget
- o& I0 n' L. ] held by the owner． p) u6 d( }/ c# E0 T% x( Q
B Nobody really knows how a dog feels
+ ?! j9 ?: |& x- n, S9 A C It was followed by“I’m stronger than you”as the dog growled(嗥叫)and sniffed(嗅)at the
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D More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer
5 A$ l: x, v5 W6 z E Now，the Japanese girl thinks she knows
: S, P6 \2 p* C# B; t8 _; w# ~; a F Each one of these emotions is then linked to a phrase like“Let’s play”，“Look at me”，or
$ @$ W+ f8 Z- H: Z3 ^2 | “Spend more time with me”． |
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