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Every Dog Has His Say
1 e D7 j3 d5 F' j6 D5 Q+ g6 ] 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.
9 r, f2 v% J% H3 S/ a1 S) x 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）
9 m, C: u' T) U9 S1 w1 K0 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?" $ R+ F* k- g; K+ ]% C- |) d
Bowlingual has two parts. （3） The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark.
4 _/ i1 a! k1 a- U3 t* F 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. 1 k2 a# L G8 S2 Z. ]7 n# N- Z' R; v
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. 1 R* T. a) \& V
The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US$120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dog's emotions when the owner is away.
% j3 ~3 A: X; j) b$ ] A A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.
4 ]6 n3 \, K0 E7 Z7 x/ p B Nobody really knows how a dog feels.
7 m+ A* k- `1 i1 }4 m. V4 k9 p+ n C This translated as "Don't come this way". 7 h* j3 r8 n7 {" O7 Q
D More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.
4 J1 A8 I$ m8 f4 V3 [7 }7 E E Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.
0 c5 Q8 t( |; J$ ]* B7 p0 k 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."
' |7 o0 V* f# Y% ?# U: Y 【参考答案】1. E 2. D 3. A 4. F 5. C |
发表于 2012-8-16 00:07:50
