Every Dog Has Its Say
Kimiko Fukuda, a Japanese girl, always wondered what her dog was trying to say.
Whenever she put on makeup, it would pull at her sleeve． (46) When the dog barks, she glances at a small electronic gadget (装置). The following "human" translation appears on its screen: "Please take me with you. " "I realized that's how he was feeling. " said Fukuda.
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 300000 Japanese dog owners bought it. (47) "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?" Bowlingual has two parts. (48) The translation is done in the gadget using a database (资料库) containing every kind of bark.
Based on animal behavior research, these noises are divided into six categories: happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, declaration and desire． (49) In this way, the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion, which is then translated into one of 200 phrases. When a visitor went to Fukuda's house recently, the dog barked a loud "bowwow". This translated as "Don't come this way. " (50)
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.
不定项选择题第1题______________
A.A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owne
B.Nobody really knows how a dog feel
C.It was followed by "I'm stronger than you" as the dog growled (嗥叫) and sniffed (嗅) at the visito
D.More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summe
E.Now, the Japanese girl thinks she know
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".
参考答案：C
不定项选择题第2题______________
A.A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owne
B.Nobody really knows how a dog feel
C.It was followed by "I'm stronger than you" as the dog growled (嗥叫) and sniffed (嗅) at the visito
D.More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summe
E.Now, the Japanese girl thinks she know
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".
参考答案：D
不定项选择题第3题______________
A.A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owne
B.Nobody really knows how a dog feel
C.It was followed by "I'm stronger than you" as the dog growled (嗥叫) and sniffed (嗅) at the visito
D.More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summe
E.Now, the Japanese girl thinks she know
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".
参考答案：E
不定项选择题第4题______________
A.A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owne
B.Nobody really knows how a dog feel
C.It was followed by "I'm stronger than you" as the dog growled (嗥叫) and sniffed (嗅) at the visito
D.More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summe
E.Now, the Japanese girl thinks she know
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".
参考答案：F
不定项选择题第5题______________
A.A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owne
B.Nobody really knows how a dog feel
C.It was followed by "I'm stronger than you" as the dog growled (嗥叫) and sniffed (嗅) at the visito
D.More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summe
E.Now, the Japanese girl thinks she know
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".
参考答案：A
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