乌干达的野生黑猩猩被观察到以多种方式使用药草，以治疗开放性伤口及其它创伤。牛津大学的科学家与布东戈森林的本地团队合作，拍摄并记录下了黑猩猩们用植物为自己或同伴进行急救的画面。

In some of the footage researchers have captured, an adult male dabs a wound with a leaf from a plant that's also gathered by local people for medicinal use. Another rather shaky but extraordinary video shows a young female dabbing chewed up plant material onto an injury on her mother's body. This is rare evidence of wild chimps using plants to tend to each other's injuries.

在研究人员捕捉到的一些影像中，一只成年雄性黑猩猩用一种植物的一片叶子轻轻擦拭一个伤口。这种植物也是当地人采集的药用植物。在另一段画面十分晃动但非同寻常的视频中，一只年轻的雌性黑猩猩将嚼碎了的植物树叶涂抹在她母亲身上的伤口上。这是野生黑猩猩用植物为彼此疗伤的罕见证据。

These animals are some of our closest living relatives. Studying them in the wild gives scientists insight into the origins of our own social behaviour, our communication, and now, how we care for one another.

黑猩猩是现存与人类最为接近的亲缘物种之一。在野外研究它们能让科学家深入了解我们人类自身的社会行为和交流方式的起源，以及现在我们关爱他人的方式源自何处。

词汇表

dabs 轻擦，轻轻地涂抹
wound 伤口
medicinal use 药用
shaky 晃动的，抖动的
chewed up 嚼碎的
rare 珍贵的，罕见的
relatives 亲属，亲缘物种
origins 起源

听力练习

一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。

1. Scientists have found…
a. that injuries are common in chimpanzees.
b. that first aid is not common in chimpanzees.
c. that chimpanzees treat each other when hurt.

二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。

1. Who recorded footage of chimpanzees treating each other?
a. other chimpanzees
b. local people
c. researchers

2. In one video, an adult male was seen pushing leaves into a wound.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given

3. A video of a young female treating her mother was expertly captured.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given

4. What could this new evidence help scientists learn about?
a. the origins of how humans look after each other
b. the relationships between humans and chimpanzees
c. how behaviour and communication influence each other

三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）

1. … an ________________ dabs a wound with a leaf…

2. These animals are ________________ closest living relatives.

答案

一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。

1.  c. Scientists have found that chimpanzees treat each other when hurt.

二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。

1. c. In some of the footage researchers have captured, an adult male dabs a wound with a leaf from a plant that's also gathered by local people for medicinal use.

2. b. False. An adult male dabs a wound with a leaf from a plant that's also gathered by local people for medicinal use.

3. b. False. Another rather shaky but extraordinary video shows a young female dabbing chewed up plant material onto an injury on her mother's body.

4. a. Studying them in the wild gives scientists insight into the origins of our own social behaviour, our communication, and now, how we care for one another.

三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）

1. … an adult male dabs a wound with a leaf…

2. These animals are some of our closest living relatives.