填空题A. find the topic sentences B. find out the new words C. keep reading fast D. go to bed every day E. keep a note of their reading speed F. look at your watch every few minutes
填空题The Price of Idleness1.Electrical devices such as CD players, vidoes and burglar alarms are consuming more energy in standby mode than when they are actually being used.2.Maria Sanchez and her colleagues from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, tested more than 50 small electrical applicances, from computers to doorbells, electric mowers, VCRs, and pool pumps. In the current issue of Energy Policy, they report that about half of all consumer electronics energy is used in standby mode. This costs American consumers $1 billion a year in wasted energy.3.The researchers say that while electronic devices are lying dormant(休眠状态),running their clocks, maintaining internal memories or displaying their settings, they consume aroud 40 terawatt hours of electricity in the U.S. every year--enough to power a city such as Chicago or London. Many machines use almost as much power on standby as when working. For example, it takes 15 watts to play a typical CD, but an average of 11 watts to keep it on standby. Satellite TV systems use 14 watts when active and 14 watts on standby. Given the long hours these systems spend idling, each uses far more power in standby mode than when actually working.4."Bad design is largely to blame," says Sanchez. In a separate survey of CD players last year, her colleague Wolfgang Huber found that two machines with similar features used 28 watts and 2 watts respectively on standby. "For most products, we believe that standby power can be reduced to one watt or less," says Sanchez.5.She backs proposals to set up a national labeling system to promote machines that meet this standard. Such a system could reduce standby power consumption in the U.S. by 50 per cent, says coauthor Alan Meier--more than 20 terawatt hours per year. Last month, electronics company Philips announced the launch of a device that can dramatically reduce the power used in standby mode.
填空题X-rays and gamma rays can be used to detect and treat cancer ______.
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{{B}}Should the U.S. halt human space flight?{{/B}}
The Columbia accident has revived the debate on whether the
rewards of
human space exploration are worth the
risks. No. I was a teacher when men first landed on the moon in
1969, and I remember how it moved my students and this country.{{U}} (46)
{{/U}}And we haven't ventured outward since then. That's 30 years too long!
America's human space-flight program is adrift, with no clear vision or goals
beyond the completion of the International Space Station. I want
NASA to establish a phased series of goals over the next 20 years, including
human visits to asteroids that cross the Earth's orbit, establishing a research
and living facility for humans on the moon, and human expeditions to the surface
of Mars and its moons.{{U}} (47) {{/U}}. An astronaut is
today's Christopher Columbus, who sailed into the unknown and discovered the
Americas. The knowledge we gain from having actual people exploring can never be
replaced by robots.{{U}} (48) {{/U}}Robots are useful, but humans can do
things that robots can't. The real obstacle we face in
overcoming the drift in the nation's human space-flight program is not
technological and it's not financial.{{U}} (49) {{/U}}.
The lesson from the Columbia accident is not that humans don't belong in
space. {{U}}(50) {{/U}}.A Instead, we should honor the memory
of the lost astronauts by pushing our exploration of space future.B
Astronauts are key to this expanded exploration.C It's the lack
of commitment to get started.D Until then, we should stop risking
people's lives by sending them into space.E It is now more than 30
years since the last American left the surface of the moon and returned to
Earth.F Our ability to send humans into space and have them return
gives us amazing information about ourselves and our universe.
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{{B}}The Joy of Living
Alone{{/B}} More and more Americans are living alone. Some live
alone because of divorce or the death of a partner.{{U}} (1)
{{/U}}According to a recent US census (人口普查), 25 percent of all households
in the US are made up of just one person. This is a dramatic change from the
extended families of just a couple of generations ago. The
typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely.{{U}} (2)
{{/U}}The majority of these people have chosen to live alone. They are
responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a
family. It's now socially acceptable, even fashionable, to live
alone. As people get better jobs and become financially independent, it becomes
possible for them to maintain a one-person household.{{U}} (3)
{{/U}}However, people who do get married are marrying at.a later age and
divorcing more often. The number one reason given by most
people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they
want to do it. "Living alone is a luxury,"says Nina Hagiwara, "Once you do it,
you can't ever go back to living with others." David C. Debaca, agrees.{{U}}
(4) {{/U}}Children think that being grown up means being able to do
exactly as they please.{{U}} (5) {{/U}}The chance to discover whether
that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more Americans
are taking. A. There's more pressure to get married
nowadays. B. The growing number of women with good jobs has done
much to increase the number of people living alone. C. However,
even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.
D. It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood
dream. E. In fact, a quarter of the 23 million single people in
the US are under the age of 35. F. He says, "I like being by
myself."
填空题Memory Test 1."I am going to give you five techniques that will enable you to remember anything you need to know at school," promised lecturer lan Robinson to a hundred schoolchildren. He slapped his hand down on the table. "When I've finished in two hours' time, your work will be far more effective and productive. Anyone not interested, leave now. " The entire room sat still. 2.Robinson calls himself the Mind Magician (魔术师). He specializes in doing magic tricks that look totally impossible, and then he reveals that they involve nothing more mysterious than good old-fashioned trickery (骗术). "I have always been interested in tricks involving memory-being able to reel off (一口气说出) the order of cards in a pack, that sort of thing," he explains. 3.Robinson was already lecturing to schools on his magic techniques when it struck him that students might find memory techniques even more valuable. "It wasn't a difficult area to move into, as the stuff's all there in books. " So he summarized everything to make a two-hour lecture about five techniques. 4."You want to learn a list of a hundred things? A thousand No problem," says Robinson. The scandal is that every child is not taught the techniques from the beginning of their school life. The schoolchildren who were watching him thought it was brilliant. "I wish I'd been told this earlier," commented Mark, after Robinson had shown them how to construct "mental journeys". 5.Essentially, you visualize (想象) a walk down a street, or a trip round a room, and pick the points where you will put the things you want to remember—the lamppost, the fruit bowl. Then in each location you put a visual representation of your list—phrasal verbs, historical dates, whatever—making them as strange as possible. It is that simple, and it works. 6.The reaction of schools has been uniformly enthusiastic. "The pupils benefited enormously from lan's presentation," says Dr. Johnston, head of the school where Robinson was speaking. "Ideally we should run a regular class in memory techniques so pupils can pick it up gradually. /
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The Building of the Pyramids
The oldest stone buildings in the world are the pyramids. They have stood
for nearly 5,000 years, and it seems like that {{U}}(46) {{/U}}. There
are over eighty of them scattered (分散的) along the banks of the Nile, some of
which are different in shape from the true pyramids. The most famous of these
are the "Step" pyramid and the "Bent" pyramid. Some of the
pyramids still look much the same as they must have done when they were built
thousands of years ago. Most of the damage suffered by the others has been at
the hands of men who were looking for treasure or, more often, {{U}}(47)
{{/U}}. The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids, and
their very shape {{U}}(48) {{/U}}. These are good reasons why they can
still be seen today, but perhaps the most important is that they were planned to
last for ever. It is practically certain that plans were made
for the building of the pyramids {{U}}(49) {{/U}}. However, there are no
writings or pictures to show us how the Egyptians planned or built the pyramids
themselves. Consequently, we are only able to guess at the methods used.
Nevertheless, by examining the actual pyramids and various tools which have been
found, archaeologists (考古学家) have formed a fairly clear picture of
them. One thing is certain, there must have been months of
careful planning {{U}}(50) {{/U}}. The first thing they had to do was to
choose a suitable place. You may think this would have been easy with miles and
miles of empty desert around, but a pyramid could not be built just anywhere.
Certain rules had to be followed, and certain problems had to be
overcome. A. for stone to use in modern buildings
B. has made them less likely to fall into ruin C. before
they could begin to build D. because the plans of other large
works have fortunately been preserved E. while building the
pyramids F. they will continue to stand for thousands of years
yet
填空题High Dive kilometers up into the atmosphere. (1) . No one has ever leapt from such a height or gone supersonic without an airplane or a spacecraft. Yet Stems, an airline pilot, is not the only person who wants to be the first to accomplish those feats. Two other. have people an Australian man and a Frenchman, are also planning to make similar leaps. (1) . First, she'll climb into a cabin hanging from a balloon the size of a football field. Then the balloon will take her high into the's trato sphere -- the layer of Earth's atmosphere 12 to 50 kilometers above the planet. "The ascent will take two and a half to three hours." said Stems.”Tll be wearing a pressurized, temperature-controlled space suit.” At 40 kilometers, Stems will be able to see the gentle curve of Earth and the blackness of space over head. Then she'll unclip herself from the cabin and dive headfirst, like a bullet, into the atmosphere. (3) For high dive, astronaut escape suits are a key to success. Current pilot and astronaut escape suits are guaranteed only a maximum altitude of 21 kilometers. Del Rosso, a NASA engineer of spacesuits and life — support systems, said the suit designed for Stem's jump could serve as a model for the lethal environment of higher climbs. (4) The first hazard is oxygen-deficient air. Any person without an additional oxygen supply at 40 kilometers would die within three to five seconds. The second hazard is low atmospheric pressure. Atmospheric pressure is much lower at high altitudes than it is at sea level. The low atmospheric pressure of the upper stratosphere causes the gases in body fluids to fizz out of solution like soda bubbles. (5) Other hazards include temperatures as low as 55 degrees Celsius, flying debris, and solar radiation. For Stems to survive, her spacesuit will have to protect her from all of these hazards. "A spacesuit is like a one-person spaceship," Del Rosso explained. "You have to take everything you need in a package that's light enough, mobile enough, and tough enough to do the job. You can't exist without it." A. It will handle several major hazards. B. Escape suits are tough enough to stand the atmospheric pressure of the upper stratosphere. C. From there, she'll take a death-defying leap back to Earth at supersonic speed. D. "In 30 seconds, I'll be going Mach speed," said Stems. E. How will Stems make her giant jump? F. In short, blood boils.
填空题A. How Sea Cucumbers Defend Themselves.B. Places Where Sea Cucumbers Live.C. Eccentricities of Sea Cucumbers.D. Favorite Food of Sea Cucumbers.E. Eating Habits of Sea Cucumbers.F. Color and Shape of Sea Cucumbers.
填空题 A. traditional lighting is less durable and dearer
B. a laser excited the quantum dots C. America adopted
LEDS D. graduate students work hard E. quantum
dot mixtures are magic F. it is more efficient
填空题Public Relations Public relations is a broad set of planned communications about the company, including publicity releases, designed to promote goodwill and a favorable image. (46) Since public relations involves communications with stockholders, financial analysts, government officials, and other noncustomer groups, it is usually placed outside the marketing department, perhaps as a staff department or outside consulting firm reporting to tip management. This organizational placement can be a limitation because the public relations department or consultant will likely not be in tune with marketing efforts. (47) Although the basic purpose of public relations is to provide positive influence on the public image, this influence generally may be less than that provided by the other components of the public image mix. (48) Publicity on the other hand should not be divorced from the marketing department, as it can provide a useful adjunct to the regular advertising. (49) The point we wish to emphasize is that a firm is deluding itself if it thinks its public relations function, whether within the company or an outside firm, can take care of public image problems and opportunities. (50) Many of these have to do with the way the firm does business, such as its product quality, the servicing and handling of complaints, and the tenor of the advertising. Public relations and directed publicity may help highlight favorable newsworthy events, and may even succeed in toning down the worst of unfavorable publicity, but the other components of the public image mix create more lasting impressions. A. Publicity may be in the form of news releases that have favorable overtones for the company initiated by the public relations department. B. Furthermore, not all publicity is initiated by the firm; some can result form an unfavorable press as a reaction to certain actions or lack of actions that are controversial or even down-right ill-advised. C. Publicity then is part of public relations when it is initiated by the firm, usually in the form of press releases or press conferences. D. Many factors impact on the public image. E. It surely causes heavy losses to the company. F. Poor communication and no coordination may be the consequences.
填空题Should the U.S. halt human space flight? The Columbia accident has revived the debate on whether the rewards of human space exploration are worth the risks. No. I was a teacher when men first landed on the moon in 1969, and I remember how it moved my students and this country. (46) And we haven't ventured outward since then. That's 30 years too long! America's human space-flight program is adrift, with no clear vision or goals beyond the completion of the International Space Station. I want NASA to establish a phased series of goals over the next 20 years, including human visits to asteroids that cross the Earth's orbit, establishing a research and living facility for humans on the moon, and human expeditions to the surface of Mars and its moons. (47) . An astronaut is today's Christopher Columbus, who sailed into the unknown and discovered the Americas. The knowledge we gain from having actual people exploring can never be replaced by robots. (48) Robots are useful, but humans can do things that robots can't. The real obstacle we face in overcoming the drift in the nation's human space-flight program is not technological and it's not financial. (49) . The lesson from the Columbia accident is not that humans don't belong in space. (50) .A Instead, we should honor the memory of the lost astronauts by pushing our exploration of space future.B Astronauts are key to this expanded exploration.C It's the lack of commitment to get started.D Until then, we should stop risking people's lives by sending them into space.E It is now more than 30 years since the last American left the surface of the moon and returned to Earth.F Our ability to send humans into space and have them return gives us amazing information about ourselves and our universe.
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{{B}}Argument for Running{{/B}}
It was perfect July day in Vermont-- clear and cool. Jim Fixx, on the eve
of a longawaited vacation, put on his running clothes and headed down a rural
road for his daily run, expecting to do the usual twelve to fifteen miles.{{U}}
(46) {{/U}}, the best selling author of The Complete Book Of Running,
and the reigning instructor of the American exercise group. In 1968 he had
weighed 214 pounds, smoked two packs of cigarettes a day, and worried about his
family health history.{{/U}} (47) {{/U}}. So Fixx started running and
stopped smoking, he lost 60 pounds and introduced America to the virtues of
strenuous exercise: longevity, freedom from depression, energy, and the
"runner's high." He regularly ran 80 miles a week. When he hit the road on July
21, 1984, Fixx weighed 154 pounds and seemed the perfect image of fitness.{{U}}
(48) {{/U}}. A motorcyclist found his body later that
afternoon. {{U}} (49) {{/U}}. Of all people, how could
Jim Fixx have died of a heart attack? Millions of joggers, runners, swimmers,
cyclists, tri-athletes, walkers, weightlifters, had convinced themselves that
exercise preserved youth and postponed death. It was the yuppie panacea;
"working out" made them immune to the ravage of time. Even more
puzzling, Fixx had been complaining for months of chest pains while
running--clear signs of a deadly angina, the heart muscle protecting lack
of oxygen{{U}} (50) {{/U}}. He resisted, attempting to will good health.
In January 1984, he had agreed to a treadmill test, but he skipped the
appointment that afternoon, running 16 miles instead. Why had someone so
committed to death ignored such obvious warnings? How had sports, exercise, and
fitness become such obsessions in the U. S. ?A Twenty minutes into the
run he had a massive heart attack and died on the side of roadB Fixx'
death shocked middle-and upper-class AmericaC Friends had expressed
concern and urged him to get a check-upD Fixx's father had died of a
heart attack at age of forty-threeE At fifty-two years of age, Fixx
was a millionaireF The impact of walking is reduced by at least a
third compared to running
填空题Obesity Causes Global Warming The list of ills attributable to obesity keeps growing: Last week, obese people were accused of causing global warming. This conclusion comes from Sheldon Jacobson of the University of Illinois, US, and a doctoral student, Laura McLay. Their study calculates how much extra gasoline is needed to haul fat Americans around. The answer, they say, is a billion gallons of gas per year. (46) . There has been calls for taxes on junk food in recent years. (47) . "We tax cigarettes partly because of their health cost," Schmidt said. "Similarly, leading a lazy lifestyle will end up costing taxpayers more." US political scientist Eric Oliver said his first instinct was to laugh at these gas and fast food arguments. But such claims are getting attention. At the US Obesity Society's annual meeting, one person correlated obesity with car accident deaths, and another correlated obesity with suicides. (48) . "The funny thing was that everyone took it seriously," Oliver said. In a 1960s study, children were shown drawings of children with disabilities and without them, and a drawing of an obese child. They were asked which they would want for a friend? (49) . Three researchers recently repeated the study using college students. Once again, almost no one, not even obese people, liked the obese person. "Obesity was stigmatized," the researchers said. But, researchers say, getting thin is not like quitting smoking. People struggle to stop smoking, and, in the end, many succeed. Obesity is different. But, not because obese people don't care. (50) . Genes also play a part.A. A meager diet may keep you thin.B. It means an extra 11 million tons of carbon dioxide.C. The obese child was picked last.D. US economist Martin Schmidt suggests a tax on fast food delivered to people's carsE. Science has shown that they have limited personal control over their weight.F. No one asked whether there was really a cause-and-effect relationship.
填空题Transport and Trade
1. Transport is one of the aids to trade. By moving goods from places where they are plentiful to places where they are scarce, transport adds to their value. The more easily goods can be brought over the distance that separates producer and consumer, the better for trade. When there were no railways, no good roads, no canals, and only small sailing ships, trade was on a small scale.
2. The great advances made in transport during the last two hundred years were accompanied by a big increase in trade. Bigger and faster ships enabled a trade in meat to develop between Britain and New Zealand, for instance. Quicker transport makes possible mass-production and big business, drawing supplies from, and selling goods to, all parts of the globe. Big factories could not exist without transport to carry the large number of workers they need to and from their homes. Big city stores could not have developed unless customers could travel easily from the suburbs and goods delivered to their homes. Big cities could not survive unless food could be brought from a distance.
3. Transport also prevents waste. Much of the fish landed at the ports would be wasted if it could not be taken quickly to inland towns. Transport has given us a much greater variety of foods and goods since we no longer have to live on what is produced locally. Foods which at one time could be obtained only during a part of the year can now be obtained all through the year. Transport has raised the standard of living.
4. By moving fuel, raw materials, and even power, for example, through electric cables, transport has led to the establishment of industries and trade in areas where they would have been impossible before. Districts and countries can concentrate on making things which they can do better and more cheaply than others and can then exchange them with one another. The cheaper and quicker transport becomes, the longer the distance over which goods can profitably be carried. Countries with poor transport have a lower standard of living.
5. Commerce requires not only the moving of goods and people but also the carrying of messages and information. Means of communication, like telephones, cables and radio, send information about prices, supplies, and changing conditions in different parts of the world. In this way, advanced communication systems also help to develop trade.
填空题A. Drying Fruit in the Traditional Way.B. Food Drying Histrory.C. Water in Food.D. Drying of Liquid Food.E. Advantages of Dry Food.F. Mechanical Food Dehydration.
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{{B}}Reinventing the
Table{{/B}} An earth scientist has rejigged the periodic table to
make chemistry simpler to teach to students. {{U}} (46)
{{/U}}But Bruce Railsback from the University of Georgia says he is the
first to create a table that breaks with tradition and shows the ions of each
element rather than just the elements themselves. "I got tired
of breaking my arms trying to explain the periodic table to earth students," he
says, criss-crossing his hands in the air and pointing to different bits of a
traditional table.{{U}} (47) {{/U}}But he has added contour lines to
charge density, helping to explain which ions react with which.
"Geochemists just want an intuitive sense of what's going on with the
elements," says Albert Galy from the University of Cambridge.{{U}} (48)
{{/U}}. {{U}} (49) {{/U}}He explains that sulphur,
for example, shows up in three different spots -- one for sulphide, which is
found in minerals, one for sulphitr, and one for sulphate, which is found in sea
salt, for instance. He has also included symbols to show which
ions are nutrients, and which are common in soil or water.{{U}} (50)
{{/U}}.A There have been many attempts to redesign the periodic
table since Dmitri Mendeleev drew it up in 1871.B Railsback has still
ordered the elements according lo the number Of protons they have.C "I
imagine this would be good for undergraduates."D Railsback has listed
some elements more than once.E And the size of element's symbol
reflects how much of it is found in the Earth's crust.F The
traditional periodic table was well drawn.
填空题A Heroic Woman The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero,Ashley Smith,with the Federal Bureau of lnvestigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind. (36) She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta,Georgia early on the morning of March 12,when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side."I started walking to my door,and I felt really,really afraid,"she said in a TV interview last week.The man was Brian Nichols,33.He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse(法院)on March 11 and later of killing a federal agent. (37) Nichols tied Smith up with tape,but released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life."I told him if he hurt me,my little girl wouldn't have a mummy,"she said.In order to calm the man down,she read to him from"The Purpose-Driven Life",a best-selling religious book.He asked her to repeat a paragraph"about what you thought your purpose in life was-what talents were you given." (38) "I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust,"Smith said. Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her."He said he thought I was an angel sent from God,and we were Christian sister and brogher,"she said."And that he was lost,and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of peopole." (39) She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage(报道)of the police hunt for him."I cannot believe that's me,"Nichols told the woman.Then,Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do.She said,"I think you should turn yourself in.If you don't,lots more people are going to get hurt." Eventually,he let her go. (40) A US$60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols' capture.Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible(有资格的)for that money. A. The local police were searching for him. B. Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. C. Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols. D. She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave. E. And the two of them discussed this topic. F. Then she called the police.
填空题Women"s Rights Movement
1. Women"s rights are guarantees of political, social, and economic equality for women in a society that traditionally gives more power and freedom to men. Among these rights are control of property, equality of opportunity in education and employment, right of voting, and freedom of marriage. Today, complete political, economic, and social equality with men remains to be achieved.
2. Male control was obvious from the time of the earliest written historical records, probably as a result of men"s rote in hunting and warfare. The belief that women were naturally weaker and inferior to men was also found in god-centered religions. Therefore, in most traditional societies, women generally were at a disadvantage. Their education was limited to learning domestic skills, and they had no access to positions of power. A woman had no legal control over her person, her own land and money, or her children.
3. The Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, which caused economic and social progress, provided a favorable climate for the rise of women"s rights movement in the late 18th and the 19th century. In 1848 more than 100 persons held the first women"s rights convention in New York, and the feminists demanded equal rights, including the vote.
4. In the late 1960s women made up about 40 percent of the work force in England, France, Germany, and the United States. This figure rose to more than 50 percent by the mid-1980s. A commission under the President was established in 1960 to consider equal opportunities for women. Acts of Congress entitled them to equality in education, employment, and legal rights. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act, initially intended only for blacks, was extended to women.
5. The objectives of the women"s movement included equal pay for equal work, federal support for day-care centers, recognition of lesbian (女性同性恋) rights, making abortion legal, and the focus of serious attention on the problems of forced sex relations, wife and child beating, and discrimination against older and minority women.
A.Goals
B.History of Women"s Rights Movement
C.Start of women"s Rights Movement
D.Traditional Status of Women
E.Rights of Women
F.Development
填空题Every Dog Has Its Say
Kimiko Fukuda, a Japanese girl, always wondered what her dog was trying to say. Whenever she put on makeup, it would pull at her sleeve.
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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," said 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.
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"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.
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The translation is done in the gadget using a database (资料库) containing every kind of bark.
Based on animal behaviour research, these noises are divided into six categories: happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, declaration and desire.
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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". This translated as "Don"t come this way".
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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. It was followed by "I"m stronger than you" as the dog growled (嗥叫) and sniffed (嗅) at the visitor.
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".
