时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:2015年Scientific American(六)月


英语课

 Chimpanzees, they are much like us, genetically 1 and atomically, and as it turns out, cocktail 2 logically. Because we finally have solid evidence that chimps 3 drink alcohol.Social researcher who observed while chimpanzees throw back fermented 4 tree tap, the finding were showed up in the world society journal open science. Some biologist that the reason that we humans like adult beverages 5 is because our primary ancestors were partial to super ripe fruits, which are hying calories and often ethyl. But there is one problem with this so called drunken monkey hypothesis, apes had not been seen dawning alcohol in the wild that is until now. The researchers were study chimps in B west Africa.In this region, people tap palm tree and allow to collect the sap fermented in small plastic containers, which they cover with leaves to prevent contamination. It turns out, for chimps who hanker hootch, the leaves are like the s banana daiquiri. The apes take the leaves, crumbles 6 them up, dip them in the sap and then soak them dry. The drinkers were mostly male, shockingly, accounting 7 for 34 of the 51 dozes 8 of boozing observed. And they consume a couple leaders of the fermented bru each time they b up to the bar. I mean, tree. Whether chimps are simply taking advantage of an easily acquired calorie-rich liquid,or they especially enjoyed the sap's sweet flavor,or intoxicating 9 effects is not known. But the questions call for another round, of research.



1 genetically
adv.遗传上
  • All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
  • Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
2 cocktail
n.鸡尾酒;餐前开胃小吃;混合物
  • We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
  • At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上,人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。
3 chimps
(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
4 fermented
v.(使)发酵( ferment的过去式和过去分词 );(使)激动;骚动;骚扰
  • When wine is fermented, it gives off gas. 酒发酵时发出气泡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His speeches fermented trouble among the workers. 他的演讲在工人中引起骚动。 来自辞典例句
5 beverages
n.饮料( beverage的名词复数 )
  • laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
  • regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例
6 crumbles
酥皮水果甜点( crumble的名词复数 )
  • This cake crumbles too easily. 这种蛋糕太容易碎了。
  • This bread crumbles ever so easily. 这种面包非常容易碎。
7 accounting
n.会计,会计学,借贷对照表
  • A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
  • There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
8 dozes
n.打盹儿,打瞌睡( doze的名词复数 )v.打盹儿,打瞌睡( doze的第三人称单数 )
  • It'scratches, licks or dozes off. 有搔痒、舐毛、打瞌睡等动作。 来自互联网
9 intoxicating
a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的
  • Power can be intoxicating. 权力能让人得意忘形。
  • On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent. 夏日的傍晚,鲜花散发出醉人的芳香。
学英语单词
a priori estimate
acclimates
Adenosinum
air inlet volute
alundum boat
apocatastasis
application for transfer of L/C
approved school
athletic sport
automatic quantitative perimeter
Bacterium syncyaneum
be active
bergalis
Bessel Fd.
Bloukrans
boiler clearing
bolstering strategy
boormen
brentcross
budde
bullheadednesses
cathode ray oscillography
cavolina globulosa
ceric sulfate dosimeter
coefficient of contraction for orifice
coil load
colour picture period
corporate sponsor
craig line
Crataegus laevigata
despatch weather
detracin
didymosporous
dig on
disorganised
epandrium
Erzenhausen
eutetic temperature
exhausting the air brake cylinders
false fire
FEDOM
ferrosilicons briquets
flood control
flour trier
Frontolacrimal
galanthuss
giant fiber
ginoes
half-writtens
have had the dick
hornblende granite
information retrival
jitter elimination
laeviscala angusta
lipochondrodystrophies
log-linear
mimetic convulsion
mud basin
Nifian
no job definition error
Nucleus ventralis posteromedialis
one-layer winding
one-stop-shop
photographic unit
pick-up spectral characteristic
pigmentolysin
plant switchboard
play key
primary radionuclide
production material
pteriids
reasonable suspicion
recandescence
Regt.
resheathed
rfes
Rhynchostylis
rod-tips
rough estimation yield
saint francis xaviers
Saxifraga brachyphylla
sextant altitude correction
shinpad
skrimmages
sleeps with
slobbed
sodalitite
source space function
spirea
stock mentor
Strobilanthes chinensis
suicidally
Taenitis
terpenoids
thermoelectric potentiometer
transfer between notes
trefs
Tuiiinae
unsignalized
volumetric moisture content
wattle and daubs
wheel contact patch