</p> Every Dog Has His Say
$ u# J/ j5 {9 k0 Z1 } KIMIKO Fukuda always wondered what her dog was trying to say. Whenever she put on makeup, it would pull at her sleeve. (1) When the dog barks, she glances at a small electronic gadget. The following "human" translation appears on its screen: "Please take me with you." "I realized that's how he was feeling," says Fukuda.
1 c; G8 U5 x; Q9 }8 K 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. (2)) `/ W4 O$ L. e( b7 l
"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?" H9 _7 ^/ K0 w# a8 a
Bowlingual has two parts. (3) The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark. H6 C% h( A* b
Based on animal behaviour research, these noises are divided into six categories: happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, declaration and desire. (4) In this way, the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion, which is then translated into one of 200 phrases.
+ |) a+ k, ?4 D p When a visitor went to Fukuda's house recently, the dog barked a loud "bow wow" (5). It was followed by "I'm stronger than you" as the dog growled and sniffed at the visitor.
7 \! ^0 u% c* E2 r: O# I* j The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US$120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dog's emotions when the owner is away.
7 X2 |/ A+ U" n7 V3 q3 v A A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.; Y0 W7 c- h+ M6 E" m2 {, C. S+ ?
B Nobody really knows how a dog feels. S4 M& n8 b* j: _) P
C This translated as "Don't come this way".4 [! m2 w+ i5 D, _* F
D More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.4 E8 Y. l* n' |4 m( p
E Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.考试用书( F! }/ b2 k$ p3 ]3 ]- @/ }
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."
4 a) _3 U0 J$ J: H9 G 答案:6 r1 Y$ D4 ^( W! m- ]; s/ k& G7 R
1. E 2. D 3. A 4. F 5. C! d4 T: f+ {3 Z
解析:
. t# d' R6 ^9 C' K! \ 做这类题要先看一下备选项,然后再联系空白处的前后句甚至前后段来选择。
8 c$ f+ {8 Y# h 1. E 开篇第一句话KIMIKO Fukuda不知道她的狗狗力图说什么,每次她画上妆的时候狗狗都会拉她的袖子。这段话的最后一句是"I realized that's how he was feeling," says Fukuda.主人Fukuda知道狗狗的感受了,所以中间的空白处选A最合适。但是现在她知道了。
) r1 ~4 V7 o# C* g `9 V 2. D 这段话简单介绍一种装置(能将狗吠声转化为狗的感受)在日本的销售情况,相关选项有A和D,A是关于装置的具体介绍的,D是关于另一种新版本装置的预销情况,但是两者相比与原文意思更贴切的是D。衔接起来的意思就是讲能实现人和狗交流的设置是很受大众欢迎的。第一台翻译机器就有30万日本人购买,预计英文版本的将会有更多的人购买。
: I; T# U1 T h2 S 3. A 这段话就是在具体讲这个仪器的工作原理和组成部分了,Bowlingual has two parts...选项中具体讲该仪器工作原理的就是A了。这样两部分就完整地体现出来了,第一部分是将狗狗的声音信息传到仪器里面,第二部分就是利用犬吠声的数据库将声音翻译出来以便使人能听懂。
4 X8 `; i7 o2 e 4. F 各种犬吠声可以归纳为6种情感,选项F,Each one of these emotions中的these emotions恰好对应了这六种情感,所以答案是F
/ u. I, Y9 f h& V1 q' F( ^ 5. C 当有客人来Fukuda家时,狗会发出bow wow的声音,什么意思呢C选项给出了答案,Don't come this way 不要过来。 |