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
adaptive behavior scale(abs)
additamentary
almandine-spinel
amortized loan
apex of root of tooth
artemidoruss
as cross as a bear
aulopus japonicas
Ban Ta Ngane
bean weevils
Beclosclerin
beesha
bentone lubrieant
bilocular joint
Bioko I.
bondspeople
Boolean determinant
BPEL4WS
brainiac
Castanopsis chunii
catalogue memory
centripetal differentiation
cerebral ischemic response
cerium(iv) chloride
chamfer bevel
Chandra Gupta
chloride content
cieluv colour difference
contractual research
cytherella caepae
definite time-lag protection
dialectical statement
docosatriene
dwindle away
electrodecantations
esto perpetua
fir resin
foot-shocks
gasket materials and contact facings
gighs
go the limit
go to Denmark
Il'men', Ozero
in our own day
Indemning Paid in Advance
informational region
Jew bagel
JFYI
justicia procumbens procumbens
key tree
Kinyéma
leather processor
let me see see
Maughamish
melaniferous phagocyte
mellifluences
Molisch
naclex
Oberex
ocean chemistry
octanoic acid
okonite
otoscopes
paved ratio
phrasemaker
Porkofiev, Sergei (Sergeevich)
powpe
pressure gages
primerica
proportional representation system
quantity scrapped total-to-date
rechew
remanent permeability
rerunnable
rocket salads
Rybno-Slobodskiy Rayon
side shake digger
single-layered network
small particle statistics
spanaway
standard drum
steel reinforcement bar feeder
stubbers
superficial iliac circumflex vein
sweetheart
swell manual
tartinesses
tax-exempt commercial paper
Teall, Cape
test oracle
thigs
threonine dehydratase
tin titanium
touch control
TPIT
trittle
two-seat glider
upcountries
van-anode magnetron
vibrating controller
wave dynamics
wings of sphenoid bone