VOA慢速英语:Now on the iPad: Apps for Orangutans

短语讲解：

1. With some assistance, the orangutans are able to use different apps to listen to music, play games and do other activities.

be able to 能，会；能够
例句：We'll be able to smooth away these difficulties.
我们能够克服这些困难。

2. Some of the big males, they’re not scared, but they’re curious as to what this strange thing is. And they spend a little time watching it from a distance.

a little 一点
例句：Maybe a little bit.
也许有那么一点。

3. Mr. Zimmerman says the program could affect the behavior of orangutans, but it is too early to know.

too ... to 太....以致
例句：The child is too young to go to school.
这孩子太小不能上学。

4. So there’s been a change in his actual personality, and we think it’s due to the iPad use.

due to 由于
例句：His success is due to industry.
他的成功是由于勤奋。

5. It has expanded to more than 10 other zoos as well as a rescue center for apes in the United States and Canada, and is growing worldwide.

as well as 以及
例句：She can speak japanese as well as english.
她会说日语和英语。