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2 }8 o h. s4 U Every Dog Has His Say 4 i6 i) E; j! H* X G" _8 ^
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.
8 r+ O2 t6 z7 o# o7 q 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$ _ Y& ^% y; N# j
"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?"
/ ~9 |3 G6 \5 }& s: ?" k/ z& Y Bowlingual has two parts. (3) The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark. $ [7 q$ \7 u! l* k W& T2 r
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 S- O* M* U: N! f6 I, c 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.
! n* E) w! _1 k# f9 E7 N) u 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.
: y- Z; F( A6 c9 q+ T A A wireless microphone is attached to the dog’s collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.
6 h, M ~4 c5 v) @ B Nobody really knows how a dog feels. www.examｗ.com
) P' G3 \" s' [6 r3 }. t1 {" ` C This translated as "Don’t come this way". ) K! Q. z( \0 C4 j) [% A
D More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer. 2 u/ c8 Y/ ]- ?% N& T
E Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.
, f, R# F; c1 U" N6 e4 j h 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."
! R, ~* g/ w5 _& \1 q+ } 答案：1. E 2. D 3. A 4. F 5. C |
发表于 2012-8-16 00:07:50
