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Bunny, a 1-year-old sheepadoodle, loves to play ball and go outside.
邦尼是一只一歲大古牧貴賓混血犬，它喜歡玩球和出去玩耍。
At least that’s what she says.
至少它是這么說的。
Bunny presses 46 different buttons—each with a recorded word—to “speak” with her owner Alexis Devine,
邦尼按下了46個不同的按鈕——每個按鈕代表一個錄好的單詞——通過這種方式與它的主人亞歷克西斯·迪瓦恩“說話”
who built the soundboard after watching Christina Hunger, a speech pathologist,teach her own dog how to “talk”with a similar method.
亞歷克西斯·迪瓦恩看到語言病理學家克里斯蒂娜·瑞德用類似的方法教她自己的狗“說話”后，制作了這個音板。
Devine, an artist, says training Bunny takes “a lot of patience and repetition.”
迪瓦恩是一位藝術家，他說訓練邦尼需要“大量的耐心和重復。”
She presses a button, lets Bunny hear it, repeats the word and shows Bunny the activity it describes.
它按下一個按鈕，要讓邦尼聽到，重復這個單詞，并向邦尼演示它所表示的活動。
“We have very interesting conversations,” Devine says.
“我們的對話非常有趣，”迪瓦恩說。
“Bunny loves the words ‘beach,’ ‘park’ and ‘walk.’
“邦尼喜歡‘海灘’、‘公園’和‘散步’這些詞。
She will also say, ‘Love you, Mom,’ and wag her tail.
她還會說，‘愛你，媽媽，’并搖著尾巴。
Recently we introduced a ‘no’ button. She’s very much enjoying the ‘no’.”
最近我們加了一個‘不’的按鈕。它很享受說‘不’的感覺。”
Devine isn’t sure if Bunny knows she’s “talking.” “I’m a hopeful skeptic,” she says.
迪瓦恩不確定邦尼是否知道自己在“說話”。“我是一個充滿希望的懷疑論者，”她說。
“But it’s fascinating, and she’s having fun, which is the most important thing.”
“但這很吸引人，它玩得很開心，這才是最重要的。”
