SSS 2012-05-31
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(五)月
英语课
“Say Wilbur, get a load of this story.” If you grew up in the '60s, you probably recognize the voice of Mr. Ed, TV’s talking horse. And it turns out, he might recognize your voice, too. A new study shows that even non-talking horses can tell individual people apart based on the sound of their voice.
Researchers put 32 horses in front of a familiar trainer and a new person. When the horses heard their trainer’s voice coming from a loudspeaker 1, they looked at their trainer almost exclusively 2. When the stranger’s voice was heard, they were about equally 3 likely to look at either person.
Another test used 10 trainers the horses were familiar with. And when the animals heard a voice, they looked at the correct person faster and concentrated 4 on that person much more than any of the other choices. The study appears in the Proceedings 5 of the Royal Society B.
Researchers think the ability to recognize individual handlers might be rooted in the relationships the steeds have with their conspecific NEIGHHHHbors. I mean, neighbors.
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1 loudspeaker
n.扬声器，扩音器
- The loudspeaker's stopped working.扩音器不响了。
- There is a loudspeaker in a radio.收音机里有个喇叭。
2 exclusively
adv.排斥其他地；单独地；专有地
- The star has a ski slope reserved exclusively for her.这位明星有一个专门留给她的滑雪场地。
- The modern cult of beauty is not exclusively a function of wealth.现代对美貌的狂热崇拜并不只是财富的作用。
3 equally
adv.平等地；公平地
- Divide the cake into quarters and share it equally.把蛋糕分成四份，大家平均享用。
- The blue sky belongs equally to us all.蓝天为人所共有。
4 concentrated
adj.集中的；全神贯注的；浓缩的；汰选出来的v.集中(concentrate的过去分词)；聚集，集结；凝缩，浓缩；[矿]汰选
- He made a concentrated effort to finish the work on time. 他全力以赴以按时完成这项工作。
- He was calm and concentrated in judging how to defeat his opponent. 他冷静沉着，聚精会神地判断如何打败对手。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 proceedings
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼