（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 (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.　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、二句话提出了Kimiko Fukuda一直在想的一件事，即弄明白狗究竟想表达什么。紧接着应该给出一个答案是比较符合逻辑的。E就是答案。

2．D。［解析］上一句话说30万日本养狗人已经买了人狗翻译机。按照逻辑推理，下一句可能会提及更多的人想买。故D是合理的选项。

3．A。［解析］上一句说的是Bowlingual这个装置有两个部分，接着应该是具体说明。A是对装置的具体说明。

4．F。［解析］第五段的第一句话提到根据动物行为研究，可以把狗发出的声音分成六类：幸福，悲痛，受挫，气愤，声称，欲望。因为是人狗翻译机，这些情感还需要跟人的话语对应起来。

5．C。［解析］上一句话提到：最近，当一个客人来到Fukuda的房子时，狗大声地发出bow wow的声音。因为是在讲人狗翻译机，下面一句话应该讲的是它的翻译。故C是对的。