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teaching Alex to speak and understand wasn"t easy at first. He had to learn one word at a time. Irene and an
assistant (助手) would teach Alex by showing him what a word meant. Irene would hold up an object, saying
"What"s this?" Her assistant would give the word-"candy", for example-while Alex watched. Irene would praise
(表扬) her assistant, then ask Alex the name for the object. When he got it right, Irene would praise him and
give him the object to play with as a reward. It took Alex many weeks to learn his first word. After that, each
new word became easier and easier for him.
Why did Irene spend so much time getting a parrot to talk? Scientists like Irene are interested in discovering
how intelligent (聪明) animals are and how their brains work. But studying animal intelligence has been difficult,
partly because animals haven"t been able to communicate (交流) clearly with humans. Teaching Alex to speak
words that he understands has let Irene talk to him directly. She can ask him questions, and he can answer them
in English. In this way, Irene is finding out what kinds of things Alex"s brain can do. She has found that parrots
are much smarter than scientists used to think.
B. He uses words in English instead of bird calls to call other birds.
C. He can copy the pronunciations of more than 100 English words.
D. Alex has a brain that is much bigger than those of other parrots.
B. She taught Alex a special sign language.
C. She gave Alex rewards if he would say what she said.
D. She gave Alex a candy every time he answered correctly.
B. She wanted to provide a model for people who want talking birds.
C. She wanted to find out how many words parrots could remember.
D. She wanted to find out what kinds of things his brain could do.
B. parrots are much cleverer than scientists used to think.
C. birds are just as intelligent as humans.
D. teaching parrots to speak a human language isn"t very difficult.
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bad words maybe, like silly, dirty, greedy (贪婪)…But, are these true?
When we see pigs, they are usually in dirty water or behind dirty fences. But pigs also want to be clean
if they can. Pigs have no sweat glands( 汗腺), so they have to get cool in water when they feel hot.
If people are greedy, we say they "pig out". Yes, pigs love eating a lot. But they are useful to people.
People not only eat their meat, but also use other parts of pigs. Pig skin is used for glue and shoes. The hair
can be used to make brushes. Sometimes, pigs are even used to make medicine.
"He is as silly as a pig!" This expression is wrong. Pigs are very smart animals. Among all animals, they
are the third cleverest-monkeys, dolphins and pigs. Scientists think the training of pigs is easier than the
training of dogs and cats. Pigs have a very good sense of smell (嗅觉). They can find things nearby or
faraway. They can also help the police to sniff-out drugs (毒品) at an airport or at a train station.
B. pigs are as clever as monkeys and dolphins
C. people"s ideas about pigs are not always correct
B. drink water
C. get cool
B. meat
C. hair
B. they can do everything easily
C. they have a very good sense of smell
B. discover
C. feel
them how to 1 the language. Copying also does good to students of a second language. When you 2
foreigners speak English, repeat what they say as well as you can.
Children don"t practice grammar, but use the language to 3 that interest them. They don"t 4 their
vocabulary (词汇) or poor grammar. They find ways to express themselves, and they do it successfully.
Students of English school also pay their attention to communication (交流). Look for 5 to talk with
people in English. If you can"t find a 6 to talk to, talk with other studens of English 7 . Start an English
discussion group and talk about music, moves or anything that 8 you.
Don"t worry about 9 , what you want is to learn how to communicate easily and comfortably. Remember
that you communicate successfully even with a small vocabulary.
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