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Unit5Intotheunknown

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Haveyoueverwonderedwhatanimalsaretalkingabout?WiththedevelopmentofAI,wemaybeabletounderstandtheirlanguages!

InProfessorKarenBakker’snewbook,TheSoundsofLife:HowDigitalTechnologyIsBringingUsClosertotheWorldsofAnimalsandPlants,shetalksabouthowAIishelpingustomakeananimalversionofGoogleTranslate.

Allaroundtheanimalkingdom,therearesoundsthatwecanhardlypickupandunderstand.Elephants,forexample,talkwitheachotherusinginfrasound(次声波)—farbelowourhumanhearingrange.Corals(珊瑚)intheoceanalsosendsoundwavestoattractbabycoralstosaferareastogrow.Thisissurprisingascoralsdon’thaveanyears!Scientistshaveplacedlisteningequipmentintotheseenvironmentstopickupthesoundshumanscannothear.

Afterthesoundsarerecorded,AIcanstudytheirmeaning,accordingtothenewswebsiteVople,someresearchersusedAItotranslatebats’15,000calls.Theyfoundthatmorethan60percentwereargumentsaboutfourthings:food,sleeppositions,occupationofpersonalspace,andunwantedadvances.

Thistechnologycannotonlyunderstandtheanimalsbutcommunicatebacktothem.Foremunicate.AresearchteaminGermany,therefore,putthebeelanguageAIsystemintoarobotbee.Theyaskedtherobottocreateadanceroutetotellthebeeswherethenectar(花蜜)was,Voxreported.

1.WhatisKarenBakker’snewbookmainlyabout?

A.HowAIhelpstranslateanimals’sounds.

B.WhyAIcanhelppeopleresearchanimals.

C.HowAIhelpspeopledotranslationsbetter.

D.Whyanimalsneedhelpfromhumanbeings.

2.Whatdoweknowaboutthesoundsmadebyanimals?

A.Nosoundsbyanimalscanbeheardbyhumans.

B.Thesoundsguaranteeanimalssaferareastolive.

C.Coralshaveearstosendandreceivesoundwaves.

D.Elephants’soundwavesarebeyondhumanhearingrange.

3.Whatisparagraph4mainlyabout?

A.Theargumentsofbats.

B.Therecordingofanimalsounds.

C.Thecontentsof