英语四级晨读100篇精华版069动物的语言 (中英)

　　英语四级晨读100篇精华版069： Animal Language动物的语言

　　69. Animal Language动物的语言

　　Some people say that human beings are theonly animalsthat have language. Is this true It is a very difficult question to answer. A person must have a good definition of language. Different kinds of animals must be studied. Some animals certainly seem to have a communication system. That system may or may not be a language. For example, the bee has ways of telling other bees about food.

　　有人说人粪是唯一拥有语言的动物，这是真的呜?这是个很难回答的问题。人们必须对语言一词有恰当的定义。我们还需对不同的动物进行研究。一些动物确实好像有其交流系统，那种系统可能是也可能不是语言。比如说，蜜蜂就有办法告诉其伙伴有食物。

　　Bees do two kinds of dances to tell other bees of their discovery of food. First, there is a round dance. In this dance, the bee moves in a circle inside the hive(蜂房). The round dance is used when food is close by.The food must not be more than ten meters away. If a bee comes back and does a round dance, other bees know they must go out and look nearby for food. The bees also smell the bee that has found the food. The smell tells them what kind of flower to look for. After watching the round dance and smelling the bee thathas found the food, the other bees can find the food source.

　　蜜蜂通过两种舞蹈告诉伙伴它发现了食物。第一种是圆形舞蹈。跳这种舞蹈时，蜜蜂在蜂房里绕一个圆圈移动。这种舞蹈表示食物就在附近，不超过10米远。蜜蜂还会去闻已经找到食物的那只蜜蜂以确定应该找何种花，看了圆形舞蹈,有问过找到食物的那只密蝗.

　　A second kind of dance done by the bees is a tail-wagging dance. In this dance, the bee wiggles the end of its body as it moves in a straight line. Thetail-wagging dance is used when the food is more than ton meters away. The bees know from the speed ofthe tail-wagging dance just how far away the food source is. The line the bee dances on shows thedirection that the bees must fly in to find the food. In the tail-wagging dance, the bees also smell the beethat has found the food. The smell tells them what kind of flower to look for.

　　第二种舞蹈是摆尾舞。跳这种舞时,蜜蜂沿直线移动并摆身体的尾部。摆尾舞表示食物很远，超过 10米以外。蜜蜂通过摆尾舞的速度知道食物源头究竟有多远。蜜蜂跳舞的那条线表示其他蜜蜂应该沿着其飞行以找到食物的方向。在摆尾舞中，蜜蜂仍然去闻已经找到食物的那只蜜蜂。它身上的味道会告诉它们应该寻找哪种花卉。

　　The bees communication system is extremely interesting. Each bee can tell all the other bees where to look for food. The bees can also toll one another if the food is especially good and how much of it there is. Karl von Frisch did an experiment with bees. He put a food source very high above the bee hive, and put a bee into the food. The bee returned tothe hive and did the round dance, but none of the other bees could find the food. This suggests that bees do not really have a language. One bee could not tell the other bees the height of the food. One bee could not communicate this new information to the others.

　　蜜蜂的交流系统非常有趣。每只蜜蜂都可以告诉其他蜜蜂去哪儿寻找食物。如果食物特别好的话，蜜蜂也能告知彼此选一信息，它们还能交流食物到底有多少。卡尔冯弗瑞斯克用蜜蜂做过一个实验。他把一些食物放在蜂房上面很高的地方，然后将一只蜜蜂放在食物里。这只蜜蜂飞回蜂房后跳了圆形舞，但是没有一只其他蜜蜂能够找到这个食物。这表明蜜蜂并不真正拥有语言。蜜蜂不能告诉其他同伴食物所在的高度。蜜蜂无法就此新信息相互交流

　　CET4四级词汇：

　　definition 定义

　　hive 蜂房

　　wiggle(使)摆动

　　look for寻找

　　CET4阅读单词短语考点：

　　Some animals certainly seem to have a communication system. That system may or may not be a language.

　　一些动物确实好像有其交流系统，那种系统可能是也可能不是语言。

　　本句中主语为some animals，谓语为seem to，宾语为have acommunication system，而which may or be a language 为非限制性定语从句，修饰限定a communication system。