</p> Every Dog Has His Say. c: s! o/ F+ K2 O7 Y7 c- R
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.
. g2 ^/ z3 y- Y/ W0 Q9 H 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)
& l9 {" D8 z/ B( d. ~3 B "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?"
/ V b/ A: T5 P! i Bowlingual has two parts. (3) The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark.) w7 q" t# A7 ~5 N. a+ d
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.! y5 ^- @4 ~6 U: x
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.
+ M& `3 a0 ?0 { The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US$120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dog's emotions when the owner is away.
! J! N, I( P+ H' C; v# v A A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.
" p: [, @4 e" z B Nobody really knows how a dog feels.( f7 k7 k8 K. }* |$ P8 V
C This translated as "Don't come this way".
9 p% J" {9 I! l8 b. g D More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.
1 K' `! Z# G! z8 j0 Z' ~/ W+ v E Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.考试用书8 I R+ z) Y; Y; a2 f
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."
' A& ^/ l5 f& z( C( K1 o6 Z& k 答案:! {& E7 C( |7 n" i; t2 G
1. E 2. D 3. A 4. F 5. C; V, m; b' G) A0 L
解析:
: z6 ?- b. e$ x: n! Z5 \$ i4 _ 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。
2 A2 z" W) m3 E; |: K/ M& C" {& W 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。4 x6 K6 T3 v+ T 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。4 @2 ~- @) ?; {( g; N
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。
3 w9 O* P5 S4 J/ h; } 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
h5 r- B1 |" l; a 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。 |