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
all available
artificially ventilated area
baggage reclaims
baromacrometer
bay-delta
benthopectinid
bilirubin diglucuronide
brechts
carbon sulfide sulphide
center front point
champertor
chopra
chordaria adietina rupr.
cock-a-leekie
complex selection
cycle rickshaws
Dalbergia mimosoides
decay modes
dwarf bean
epoxychloropropane
ethanolism
extraneous risks
fatbutts
fitration
FL (fatigue limit)
float copper
forced laborer
forensic photography
fuel oil injector
geisha
high-sodiun diet
hot dogger
ignition time
independent brake system
infantilisations
inrubbing
International Society Insurance Association
Jawaiian
Kaweka Ra.
knife-edge shaped needle
labo(u)r reform under surveillance
laurentian system
Life extension
lod locomotive
marine metal
mean instar
mechanistic philosophy
moonstrike
mutationless
Nasini
neurologists
ochrolite
Old Egyptian
oleum hydnocarpi
OpenStep
opinionizers
order mark
outer swell
oxyruncid
packed attribute
parfits
pendulum accelerometer
petrolatum gauze
Phyllostachys makinoi
point error(la cour& rutishauser 1954)
police escort
polyculture
protein epicuticle
pubescens
pulse-width recording
puster
quality control chart for means
relay lens
Rewinkle
rotor leakage reactance
rupes altai
sand drain method
Sand I.
scale of rates
secondary inoculation
self-extensible software package
serpent lizard
silverdale
speed dials
stand out like a sore thumb
state-directed
stopping device
Stubbenkammer
syndrome of deficiency of both qi and blood
Takeley
tenon saws
tentories
test-jump
to make money hand over fist
tutor impuberum
unit tube of force
unjustified abuse
Venturi measuring
VPBCPR
weight-exercise
with intent
withuhn