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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

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