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London parrot does online shopping by mimicking owner
鹦鹉模仿主人在网上购物
A pet parrot managed to place an online shopping order by mimicking its owner on a voice-controlled smart speaker, media reported Wednesday.
周三，据媒体报道，一只宠物鹦鹉用语音控制智能音箱在网上购物成功。当然这是因为它模仿了主人平时说的话。
Buddy the parrot ordered a ?10 ($13.50) set of gift boxes via Amazon’s Alexa voice-controlled system, The Sun reported.
据英国太阳报报道，这只鹦鹉在亚马逊的Alexa语音控制系统中订购了10美元(合13.50美元)的礼盒。
The mystery order triggered an inquest in Corienne Pretorius’s house in southeast London, but after ruling out her family, she figured out Buddy was to blame after hearing him interact with the speaker.
在伦敦东南部Corienne Pretorius的家里，这一神秘的订单引发了一场调查，但在排除了她的家人之后，她发现，鹦鹉Buddy才是那个罪魁祸首，因为后来听到了他和语音系统的互动。
"I couldn’t believe it when I realized that Buddy had made an Amazon order," the South African said.
“当我意识到是Buddy下了亚马逊的订单时，我简直不敢相信。”这个南非人说。
Users can shout commands to the Amazon Echo speaker to access a host of services. It responds to the name Alexa.
用户可以向Amazon Echo话筒说出指令，为用户提供大量服务。这个智能系统会对Alexa的名字做出回应。
Footage shows the parrot squawking "Alexa!" and the device next to his cage lighting up blue, indicating that it is listening for commands.
视频显示，鹦鹉大声喊着“Alexa!”，于是在他笼子旁边的装置便亮起了蓝灯，这代表它听到了指令。
"Buddy said ’Alexa’ and some gibberish, and the machine replied, ’What is it you want to order?" Pretorius said.
Pretorius说:“Buddy说了 ‘Alex’ 和一些模糊不清的鸟语，系统就回答，‘你想要点什么? ’”
She thought nothing more of it until she got a notification that an order had been placed for some golden gift boxes.
直到她收到一份通知，要求订购一些金礼盒时，她才想起这件事。
"I laughed out loud because I knew then that it was Buddy."
“我后来意识到了是Buddy干的好事时，简直笑惨了。”