时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力文摘 English Digest


英语课

   Dear A Moment of Science,


 
  I know that humans and chimps 1 share something like 98 percent of our DNA 2. But what does this really mean? At least on the surface, humans and chimps seem very different we live in houses, they live in trees. We use complex language, they use hoots 3 and grunts 4.
 
  So how similar are we?

  Well, according to a slew 5 of studies, humans and apes and monkeys are much more alike than they are different.
 
  For example, one thing that seems to make us unique is our ability to think ahead and to be aware of what other people may be thinking. But chimps do this, too.
 
  In zoos they’ve been seen collecting rocks to use as weapons, and hiding them under haystacks to fool their enemies. In one experiment, chimps that were able to see some hidden food could realize that other chimps were not aware of the food and used that information against them.
 
  Another supposedly uniquely human trait is self awareness 6. But dolphins and elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror. And when it comes to memory, some apes are far better than humans at memorizing images and strings 7 of numbers.
 
  None of this means that monkeys and apes are the same as people. There are still important differences. While some apes can recognize that certain letter combinations form words, they still can’t read and understand what words mean. And the way apes and monkeys communicate is much simpler and more primitive 8 than human language.

(非洲)黑猩猩( chimp的名词复数 )
  • Chimps are too scarce, and too nearly human, to be routinely slaughtered for spare parts. 黑猩猩又太少,也太接近于人类,不可以作为人器官备用件说杀就杀。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
  • And as nonprimates, they provoke fewer ethical and safety-related concerns than chimps or baboons. 而且作为非灵长类,就不会产生像用黑猩猩或狒狒那样的伦理和安全方面的顾虑。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
  • DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
  • Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
咄,啐
  • His suggestion was greeted with hoots of laughter. 他的建议引起了阵阵嗤笑。
  • The hoots came from the distance. 远处传来呜呜声。
(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的第三人称单数 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说; 石鲈
  • With grunts of anguish Ogilvie eased his bulk to a sitting position. 奥格尔维苦恼地哼着,伸个懒腰坐了起来。
  • Linda fired twice A trio of Grunts assembling one mortar fell. 琳达击发两次。三个正在组装迫击炮的咕噜人倒下了。
v.(使)旋转;n.大量,许多
  • He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧,抵住了。
  • They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
n.弦
  • He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物
  • It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
  • His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。
学英语单词
abdominal vein
abnormal refraction
acute catarrhal tonsillitis
alcohol disorder
areoles
associated Laguerre polynomials
audio-guides
backman tower
backprojection operator
bank dick
Beatlemania
bemac
Blanca, B.
bolting silk
boreen
bosonisation
BWR (band width ratio)
cachexia strumipriva
christelite
clematises
component audio
computing gunsight
congealing die
controvertibly
copartnery
delivery equipment
detechnicalizes
drachoalban
elementary cycle
Enix
errorexcepted
erycibelline
Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
eye drops of mild silver protein
fire resisting suspended ceiling
fourteenness
Gear Couplings
geminiani
government officials
heat fade
herbless
I.P. (initial point)
imperative nuisance
inductive AEM system
ingot surface
inter-married
Isicaine
janies
land royalty
light angle of approach
literal string constant
load-sharing matrix switch
loop direction-finder
loop seal
Manzhouli
marine biological pollution
maximum effective
med-kit
methylene blue reduction milk test
multilayered dielectric filter
multilayered food
neomarxism
neurinomas
octoechos (greece)
oil of chenopodium
on weekday
parahoplitid
pegmatitic dyke rock
price steadiness
prime subpool
principalities
purinergic receptors
pyrophoric reaction
real time detection
repressed
residual oil
residual toxic effect
restationed
Scott, Sir George Gilbert
Secretary of State for the Home Department
seedling tray
segmentum lingulare inferius
Serpens
setamine black
shravel
specific form
surveyest
synergistic gangrene
to-bread
top brasses
Torricellian vacuum
transimission dynamometer
traveling group
Tunglanites
two-books
ultracomfortable
uninventable
vacuojunction
vertical-loop dip-angle method
weld leakage
zeemen
Zhdanovo