新奇事件簿 韓國大象開口講韓語

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An elephant in Korea has become a language student. Koshik, a 22-year-old male elephant, is already fluent in speaking "elephantese," but he is now trying to learn the Korean language Hangul. A report about Koshik was printed in the online journal "Current Biology". The author of the report is Dr Angela Stoeger-Horwath, who works at the University of Vienna in Austria. Researchers said Koshik has been listening to human speech for many years and has slowly learned to copy it. He can now say the Korean for hello, sit down, no, lie down, good, not yet, and yes. Dr Stoeger-Horwath asked 16 Koreans to listen to 47 recordings of Koshik. They could all understand what he was saying.

一頭韓國大象開始學(xué)習(xí)語言。22歲的公象Koshik能夠說一口流利的“大象語”，他目前正在學(xué)習(xí)說韓語。Koshik的報道刊登在了《當(dāng)代生物學(xué)》雜志的網(wǎng)頁上。報告作者為安吉拉·施特格爾·奧爾瓦特博士，目前在奧地利維也納大學(xué)工作。研究人員認(rèn)為Koshik受人類語言熏陶多年，并逐漸開始進行模仿。如今，他能夠發(fā)出“你好”“坐下”“不是”“躺下”“好”“還沒”以及“是的”。施特格爾·奧爾瓦特博士讓16名韓國人聽了Koshik的47條錄音。他們都能夠明白Koshik所說含義。

The researchers gave a few reasons why they think Koshik can talk. One possibility is that he has a very close relationship with his trainer, Kim Jong-gab. Mr Kim often sleeps near Koshik to keep him company. The trainer talks to him every day, so Koshik copied what he heard. Another is that the elephant is lonely and wants to communicate with people and have friends. The research team said the way Koshik makes sounds is very unusual，he uses his trunk to reproduce human speech. They said he is much better at making vowel sounds than consonant sounds. Trainer Kim Jong-gab said he has one more phrase that he wants to teach Koshik，"Saranghae," or "I love you."

研究人員對Koshik的語言天賦給出了以下幾點原因。其中一種可能是Koshik與馴獸師Kim Jong-gab的感情非常好。Kim先生經(jīng)常與Koshik睡在一起。馴獸師每天與他講話，Koshik進行模仿。另一種可能是Koshik非常孤獨，他希望與人類進行溝通，交朋友。研究小組認(rèn)為，Koshik的發(fā)聲方式非常特別，他利用象鼻來制造聲音。他們認(rèn)為Koshik的元音要好于他的輔音。馴獸師Kim Jong-gab認(rèn)為，他還想教Koshik一句話，“我愛你”。