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1、Cheeky Monkey 顽皮的猴子 By Paddy Clark, BBCWatch out! Santinos on the warpath 媒体英语会带大家一起学习 BBC 撰稿人在报道世界大事时常用到的单词和短语。-Background: 瑞典的研究人员发现动物园里的黑猩猩自己搬运并储藏石块儿然后用之抛向园内的游客，以此事实证明尚未发现的动物有提前计划和安排事情的能力。 Questions: 请在听下面录音的时候试着回答这些问题。这是一个用来帮助你提高听力技能的练习。 1. Where does Santino live?2. What is Santinos living area
2、 in the zoo like?3. What did he do before attacking the visitors?4. Why were visitors safe from his attacks?-Cheeky Monkey 顽皮的猴子The chimp 黑猩猩 at the centre of this study, an alpha male 超南，男人中的男人 in his 30s called Santino, lives at Furuvik Zoo to the north of Stockholm. His war against the visiting p
3、ublic began in the 1990s, when he got into the habit 形成了习惯 of collecting stones from the moat 壕沟 surrounding his artificial island 人造小岛. Santino would stack these up 囤积 during the morning, and then wait for visiting time, when the bombardment 炮击（用石头击打游人） would begin. One zoo-keeper 动物园饲养员 said some
4、of the attacks were like hailstorms 雹暴. However, the chimp was not only capable of this unusual example of forward planning 制定远景计划, he also managed to break lumps of concrete 水泥 into manageable-sized missiles 导弹 by checking for their weak points. The researchers 研究人员 say Santinos behaviour shows con
5、vincingly that our fellow apes consider the future in a very complex way. It implies 暗示 that they have a highly-developed consciousness 高级意识, and are capable of the lifelike simulation 如同人类的模仿能力 of potential events 潜在的活动. However, despite his extraordinary abilities 惊人的能力, there was one thing Santin
6、o was not so good at: aiming 瞄准目标. He rarely managed to hit 击中 visitors, and on the rare occasions when he succeeded, there was no serious damage. -GLOSSARY 词汇表 chimp 黑猩猩alpha male 超南，男人中的男人got into the habit 形成了习惯moat 壕沟artificial island 人造小岛stack these up 囤积bombardment 炮击（用石头击打游人）zoo-keeper 动物园饲养员hailstorms 雹暴forward planning 制定远景计划concrete 水泥missiles 导弹researchers 研究人员implies 暗示highly-developed consciousness 高级意识lifelike simulation 如同人类的模仿能力potential events 潜在的活动extraordinary abilities 惊人的能力aiming 瞄准目标hit 击中本文章来源：
