大学英语综合教程 第一册 unit 6b

[05:16.32]When people start saying animals have emotions
[05:21.36]they cross the bridge of reality."Jane GoodalL.
[05:26.32]whose work has shed light on the emotional life of chimpanzees also writes,
[05:33.87](3) I cannot think of chimpanzees developing emotions, one for the other
[05:41.32]comparable in any way to the tenderness, protectiveness
[05:47.06]to lerance and spiritual joy that are the mark of human love in its truest and deepest sense
[05:56.39]Yet there is evidence of love in the devotion that members of pairs heap on each other
[06:04.54]Geese, swans and mandarin ducks are all symbols of marital faithfulness;
[06:11.20]field biologists tell us this is true to life
[06:16.48]Coyotes, often thought of as representing trickery,
[06:21.44]would make equally good symbols of devotion
[06:25.88]since they also form lasting pairs.
[06:30.32]Observations indicate that they begin to form pair attachments
[06:36.56]before they are sexually active.
[06:40.01]In his study of coyotes, Hope Ryden tells how pairs can be observed curling up together
[06:47.85]hunting mice together and  greeting each other with elaborate displays.
[06:53.54]Ryden describes two coyotes mating. Afterward
[07:00.52]the female tapped the male with her paw and licked his face.
[07:06.16]Then they curled up to sleep
[07:09.53]This looks a lot like romantic love.
[07:13.29]Whatever distinctions may be made between the love of two people
[07:19.04]and the love of two animals,the essence frequently seems the same.
[07:25.81]An animal raised by another species
[07:29.33]will often show affection for a member of that species when it grows up.
[07:35.26]Gavin Maxwell tells of an otter called Tibby,who was raised by a man
[07:42.63]who lived on an island off the coast of Scotland
[07:46.86]and who got around with the help of a walking stick
[07:50.91]When he became seriously ill
[07:54.36]he took Tibby to Maxwell and asked him to look after the otter.
[07:59.40]The man died not long after.
[08:03.24]Tibby made a habit of escaping and visiting the nearest village.
[08:08.99]There she found a man who used a walking stick,
[08:14.26]She tried to build a nest under his house, but he chased her away.                    
[08:20.61]A short time later Tibby disappeared again
[08:25.57]One day Maxwell received a call from a person who had been alarmed by an otter
[08:32.13]that had acted strangely
[08:35.60]even trying to follow him indoors.
[08:39.44]"You don't by any chance use a walking stick,do you?"asked Maxwell.
[08:46.71]"Yes," he replied with astomshment in his voice,
[08:50.96]"but how in the world could you know that?"
[08:56.01](4)While the idea of love among animals
[08:59.95]has been generally rejected by science, doubts remain
[09:06.19]For stories such as these suggest that some animals may experience joy,
[09:09.68]谨慎            展示            陪同            展示典型的          振作起来        买              虽然如此喜欢上          宏大的          阐明            表明注意            使恐慌          拒绝接受
[09:13.17]love and heartbreak remarkably like our own.