補全短文 實戰(zhàn)演練 二

（二）Every Dog Has His Say

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 (裝置). The following "human" translation appears on its screen: "Please take me with you." "I realized that's how he was feeling." says 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 300,000 Japanese dog-owners bought it.　2

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.　3　The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of barks.

Based all animal behavior researches, 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.

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 (嗅) at the visitor.

The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about $120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dog's emotions when the owner is away.

A. A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.

B. Nobody really knows how a dog feels.

C. This translated as "Don't come this way."

D. More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.

E. Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.

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."

［答案解析］

1．E。［解析］文章的第一、二句話提出了Kimiko Fukuda一直在想的一件事，即弄明白狗究竟想表達什么。緊接著應(yīng)該給出一個答案是比較符合邏輯的。E就是答案。

2．D。［解析］上一句話說30萬日本養(yǎng)狗人已經(jīng)買了人狗翻譯機。按照邏輯推理，下一句可能會提及更多的人想買。故D是合理的選項。

3．A。［解析］上一句說的是Bowlingual這個裝置有兩個部分，接著應(yīng)該是具體說明。A是對裝置的具體說明。

4．F。［解析］第五段的第一句話提到根據(jù)動物行為研究，可以把狗發(fā)出的聲音分成六類：幸福，悲痛，受挫，氣憤，聲稱，欲望。因為是人狗翻譯機，這些情感還需要跟人的話語對應(yīng)起來。

5．C。［解析］上一句話提到：最近，當一個客人來到Fukuda的房子時，狗大聲地發(fā)出bow wow的聲音。因為是在講人狗翻譯機，下面一句話應(yīng)該講的是它的翻譯。故C是對的。