| A team of Japanese researchers recently found that pet birds not only can imitate sounds, but can distinguish between languages, potentially offering new clues on how the brain recognizes speech. The researchers did not use Japanese because it was the language the birds normally listen to. Instead, they exposed Java Sparrows to English and Chinese translations recorded by exchange students of two well-known Japanese novels, "The Tale of Genii" and "I Am a Cat". A bird sitting on a perch first listened to the English version and was only allowed to eat afterwards. Then the researchers played English and Chinese recordings at random and only allowed the bird to eat after hopping onto the perch with the English. | |
| 日本研究人员近日发现，家里养的宠物鸟不仅能够模仿声音，而且能够辨别不同的语言。这一发现为研究大脑如何认知语言提供了新的线索。 研究人员没有用日语进行试验，因为鸟平时经常听到这种语言。他们给文鸟(爪哇禾雀)听由交换学生朗读的两本日本名著的英文版及中文版的录音。这两本书分别是《源氏物语》和《我是猫》。研究人员让站在杆上的文鸟先听英文录音，然后才允许它吃东西。接下来，他们随意播放英文和中文录音，但是只有当文鸟听到英文录音跳到杆子上之后，才允许它吃东西。 |
| A team of Japanese researchers recently found that pet birds not only can imitate sounds, but can distinguish between languages, potentially offering new clues on how the brain recognizes speech. The researchers did not use Japanese because it was the language the birds normally listen to. Instead, they exposed Java Sparrows to English and Chinese translations recorded by exchange students of two wellknown Japanese novels, " The Tale of Genii" and " I Am a Cat". A bird sitting on a perch first listened to the English version and was only allowed to eat afterwards. Then the researchers played English and Chinese recordings at random and only allowed the bird to eat after hopping onto the perch with the English. | |
| ri ben yan jiu ren yuan jin ri fa xian, jia li yang de chong wu niao bu jin neng gou mo fang sheng yin, er qie neng gou bian bie bu tong de yu yan. zhe yi fa xian wei yan jiu da nao ru he ren zhi yu yan ti gong le xin de xian suo. yan jiu ren yuan mei you yong ri yu jin xing shi yan, yin wei niao ping shi jing chang ting dao zhe zhong yu yan. ta men gei wen niao zhao wa he que ting you jiao huan xue sheng lang du de liang ben ri ben ming zhu de ying wen ban ji zhong wen ban de lu yin. zhe liang ben shu fen bie shi yuan shi wu yu he wo shi mao. yan jiu ren yuan rang zhan zai gan shang de wen niao xian ting ying wen lu yin, ran hou cai yun xu ta chi dong xi. jie xia lai, ta men sui yi bo fang ying wen he zhong wen lu yin, dan shi zhi you dang wen niao ting dao ying wen lu yin tiao dao gan zi shang zhi hou, cai yun xu ta chi dong xi. |
| A team of Japanese researchers recently found that pet birds not only can imitate sounds, but can distinguish between languages, potentially offering new clues on how the brain recognizes speech. The researchers did not use Japanese because it was the language the birds normally listen to. Instead, they exposed Java Sparrows to English and Chinese translations recorded by exchange students of two wellknown Japanese novels, " The Tale of Genii" and " I Am a Cat". A bird sitting on a perch first listened to the English version and was only allowed to eat afterwards. Then the researchers played English and Chinese recordings at random and only allowed the bird to eat after hopping onto the perch with the English. | |
| rì běn yán jiū rén yuán jìn rì fā xiàn, jiā lǐ yǎng de chǒng wù niǎo bù jǐn néng gòu mó fǎng shēng yīn, ér qiě néng gòu biàn bié bù tóng de yǔ yán. zhè yī fà xiàn wèi yán jiū dà nǎo rú hé rèn zhī yǔ yán tí gōng le xīn de xiàn suǒ. yán jiū rén yuán méi yǒu yòng rì yǔ jìn xíng shì yàn, yīn wèi niǎo píng shí jīng cháng tīng dào zhè zhǒng yǔ yán. tā men gěi wén niǎo zhǎo wā hé què tīng yóu jiāo huàn xué shēng lǎng dú de liǎng běn rì běn míng zhù de yīng wén bǎn jí zhōng wén bǎn de lù yīn. zhè liǎng běn shū fēn bié shì yuán shì wù yǔ hé wǒ shì māo. yán jiū rén yuán ràng zhàn zài gān shàng de wén niǎo xiān tīng yīng wén lù yīn, rán hòu cái yǔn xǔ tā chī dōng xī. jiē xià lái, tā men suí yì bō fàng yīng wén hé zhōng wén lù yīn, dàn shì zhǐ yǒu dāng wén niǎo tīng dào yīng wén lù yīn tiào dào gān zi shàng zhī hòu, cái yǔn xǔ tā chī dōng xī. |
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