</p> Every Dog Has His Say7 V# j K! K; e6 p
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 U9 }" Q- _% i( G
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)" G& ?- }+ e; q
"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?"
" Y& ?4 i0 \' ~ U2 A& E- h8 w Bowlingual has two parts. (3) The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark.1 y/ R! Y7 c0 C! |" n( L, p1 D8 x, t: J
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.
5 W8 B; i# l+ m# ] 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.
0 G; n, k4 Z, ?9 I+ {- M X The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US$120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dog's emotions when the owner is away.% `' w. f: @4 b# l1 W2 K M+ u
A A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.
' e) z, O/ p9 @5 O B Nobody really knows how a dog feels.
9 T1 q( z4 y+ P- \ C This translated as "Don't come this way".1 E1 ^/ x. ?; b' U$ c0 D
D More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.
9 g) P9 \* F& l9 Z E Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.考试用书
5 x+ q7 m6 v! g" b' d) E+ c- \0 }% n 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."
3 |, w; `) }7 n1 ^) t3 ` 答案:0 v& y( B2 O! R5 [8 T
1. E 2. D 3. A 4. F 5. C) b3 X7 j* u+ P3 F2 t, f/ h
解析:: b4 u& D& k6 _4 M; a" A6 |
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。
) g* _5 j5 Z9 t1 d, F7 s( { 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。 w: C: |) {7 b/ y0 W
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。) k- `/ o6 v9 b4 r, t4 h* O
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。
7 T* z/ `1 f) B9 U: R8 D7 b 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- k2 n7 b$ @9 h# Z8 p j0 N& L1 H
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。 |