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趣谈英语:奶牛有口音哦-Cows Have Accents

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2016年07月22日

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary

bovine: related to cows

accent: the distinctive tone of a spoken language

herd: a group of some types of animals, such as cows and sheep

vocalize: to say something out loud

phenomenon: an extraordinary observance

Cows Have Accents

Researchers who study bovine behaviour have recently discovered that cows, like humans, have different regional accents. Cows in a small herd may all sound very similar, while the same species on the other side of the country or in another country may have their own distinct accent. This phenomenon has also been observed in birds. In English, the word used for a cow sound is “moo”. This type of word is onomatopoeic. The naming of the word is based on the sound that the word makes. Words like “boom”, “tweet” and “pop” are all examples of onomatopoeia. In many languages, people use the word “moo” or something very similar to vocalize the sound of a cow. This is not the case for other animals, such as pigs. In English a pig says “oink”, while in other countries it says “boo-boo”, “oof”, or “heh-roo”.

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