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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___(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.”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.____(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 pars____(48) The translation is done in the gadget using a
database containing every kind of bark.
Based 011 animal behaviour 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“bow wow”.
___(0) 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 US$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 t0 a phrase like“Let’s play”。“Look at me”,or“Spend more time with me”