1、【问题导读】 Read the text and try to tell if these sentences are True( T ) or False(F) 1Jane Goodall has been researching the chimps for 50 years.( ) 2Now she has to stop working on the chimps because of old age.( ) 答案：1.T 2.F,简古道尔是英国动物学家，在世界上拥有极高的声誉。她二十多岁的时候就来到非洲的原始森林。为了观察黑猩猩，她度过了38年的野外生活，收集到黑猩猩习性、行为等方面
2、大量珍贵的科研数据，重新改写了动物及人类自身的定义。,This year，Jane Coodall，the worldfamous primatologist(灵长类动物学家)who revolutionized1 our understanding of animal behavior，is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her pioneering2 research among the wild chimpanzees(黑猩猩)She is now a 76yearold grandmother，but time has done nothing
3、 to diminish3 her energy.She is on the road 300 days a year，lecturing to audiences and collecting material for her books.,When asked，“Can you sum up what you have learned from 50 years of living among the wild chimpanzees？”Goodall replied，“Of course.We humans are unique，but were not as different as
4、we used to think.Between chimps and humans，there is only about a 1 percent difference in DNA.Our biggest difference is our spoken language，which has enabled us to develop culturally4 in ways that chimpanzees have not.Some people therefore say that violence and war are inevitable(不可避免的)I say rubbish.
5、Our brains are fully capable of controlling this type of instinctive(本能的)behavior.And most of the time we do.”,【日积月累】 1revolutionize彻底变革，完全改革 2pioneering开拓性的，探索性的 3diminish缩减，降低，减少 4culturally与文化有关地，文化地,【佳句欣赏】 1When asked，“Can you sum up what you have learned from 50 years of living among the wild chimpanzees？” 当别人问道，“你能总结一下五十年来和野生黑猩猩生活在一起所了解到的东西吗？” when asked意为“当被问道/当别人问道”。,2Our biggest difference is our spoken language，which has enabled us to develop culturally in ways that chimpanzees have not. 我们的最大区别在于我们的语言交流，它使我们能够以一些黑猩猩所不具备的方式来进行文化发展。 enable sb.to do sth.意为“使能做某事”。,
