综英_Unit_7(四级).ppt

; /blogs/theworldinpictures/2008/05/ /viewthread.php%... /home_life/holiday/chinese-zodiac.htm * * /home_life/holiday/chinese-zodiac.htm 7.0 Difficult sentences Animals, he argued, face the same general challenges and have the same basic needs as humans: to find food and a mate, to navigate through the sky, the woods or the sea. (P3) 他认为，动物和人一样面对相同的常规挑战和相同的基本需求：寻找食物和伴侣，在天空、森林和海洋中旅行时不迷失方向。 Researchers investigate how animals or birds navigate, especially those that migrate over long distances using the sun, stars or the earth’s magnetic field. 7.0 Difficult sentences Many scientists in the 20th century dismissed such findings as unreliable, usually influenced by anthropomorphism, in other words, judging animals by human attributes. (P7) “dismiss sth. as…” means refuse to accept that something might be true or important. The reason why these findings were considered as unreliable in a science was that they were influenced by anthropomorphism, considering that animals or objects have human features of qualities. 许多20 世纪的科学家轻视这些发现，认为它们不可靠，这是受了拟人说的影响，即根据人的特征来判断动物。 7.0 Difficult sentences However, the pendulum is now swinging away from thinking of animals as machines without intelligence, and back towards Darwins ideas. (P7) The sentence means now it is found Darwin’s ideas about animals’ minds tends to be true. Animals are not like machines without intelligence. “swing away from sth.” means to change from one emotion, condition, idea, etc to another. 但是，现在舆论的天平已经不再向那些认为动物像机器一样没有智慧的观点倾斜了，而是向达尔文的观点倾斜。 8.0 Comprehending the text Read the passage quickly and find out what animals mentioned in the text can do and what these activities suggest about animal intelligence. 8.0 Comprehending the text 1. Elephants Activities:Comments: 2. DogsActivities:Comments: Recognize themselves in a mirror. Self-awareness is not limited to humans, primates and dolphins. Respond to commands and perform useful tasks; recognize different people and make choices about what to eat