2023年职称英语考试精选模拟试题补全短文.doc
2023年职称英语考试精选模拟试题:补全短文
EveryDogHasItsSay
KimikoFukuda,aJapanesegirl,alwayswonderedwhatherdogwastryingtosayWheneversheputonmakeup,itwouldpullathersleeve.(46)Whenthedogbarks,sheglancesatasmallelectronicgadget(装置)Thefollowing“human”translationappearsonitsscreen:“Pleasetakemewithyou.“Irealizedthat’Showhewasfeeling.”saidFukuda.
ThegadgetiscalledBowlingual,andittranslatesdogbarksintofeelings.PeoplelaughedwhentheJapanesetoymakerTakaraCompanymadetheworld’sfirstdog。humantranslationmachinein2023But300.000Japanesedogownersboughtit.(47)
“Nobodyelsehadthoughtaboutit,”saidMasahikoKajita,whoworksforTakara.“WespendSOmuchtimetrainingdogstounderstandourorders;whatwoulditbelikeifwecouldunderstanddogs?’’Bowlingualhastwoparts.(48)Thetranslationisdoneinthegadgetusingadatabase(资料库)containingeverykindofbark.
Basedonanimalbehaviourresearch,thesenoisesaredividedintosixcategories:happiness,sadness,frustration,anger,declarationanddesire(49)Inthisway,thedatabasescientificallymatchesabarktoanemotion,whichisthentranslatedintooneof200phrases.
WhenavisitorwenttoFukuda’shouserecently,thedogbarkedaloud“bowWOW”Thistranslatedas‘Don’tcomethisway”(50)
TheproductwillbeavailableinUSpetstoresthissummerforaboutUS$120.Itcanstoreupto100barks,evenrecordingthedog’semotionswhentheownerisaway.
AAwirelessmicrophoneisattachedtothedog’scollar,whichsendsinformationtothegadgetHeldbytheowner’
BNobodyreallyknowshowadogfeels
CItwasfollowedby“I’mstrongerthanyou”asthedoggrowled(嗥叫)andsniffed(嗅)atthevisitor
DMorecustomersareexpectedwhentheEnglishversionislaunchedthissummer
ENow,theJapanesegirlthinkssheknows
FEachoneoftheseemotionsisthenlinkedtoaphraselike“Let’splay”,“Lookatme”,or“Spendmoretimewithme”
参考答案:
46E文章的第一句话提出了KimikoFukuda一直在想的一件事,即狗究竟