一、阅读精讲
Recently a program called Apps for Apes was started by the New York-baxxxxsed nonprofit organization OrangutanOutreach. The program introduces Apple’s iPad to orangutans in zoos.
How could orangutans react to seeing another orangutan using the iPad when they themselves are not using it? Mr. Zimmerman explains that the orangutans all want to use the tablet when they see it. This desire could come from wanting their caretaker’s same attention.
Mr. Zimmerman told us what happens in a situation where the mother of a baby orangutan uses the iPad with an animal caretaker. When the baby orangutan sees the iPad he will jump over and want to play with them. In this case he advises having two iPads and caretakers to work with the mother and the baby.
Another example comes from an animal sanctuary in Florida.
“At the Center for Great Apes in Florida when we use an iPad with Mari a female orangutan Pongo a big male who lives with Mari gets jealous and wants the attention. So he comes running over and wants to use the iPad.”
How do orangutans react to seeing visitors using iPads? Mr. Zimmerman says this behavior has not been reported. But he says orangutans are used to being taken pictures with other devices. So they don’t mind anything pointing at them such as a camera or a phone.
Mr. Zimmerman adds that the orangutans do recognize the iPad but to know what they are thinking is a bit more difficult.
We are expecting mind readers to tell us what a great ape is thinking or someone has developed an app for that?
1、Words and phrases
（1）react to 对……做出反应
He didn't react to the question.
（2）want to do sth. 想要做某事
John want to go shopping with his mother.约翰想和妈妈去逛街。
（3）come from 来自于，相当于be from
He comes/is from America.他来自于美国。
（4）jump over 跳过，越过
I'm gonna jump over it! 我要跳了！
（5）be used to doing 习惯做某事
I'm used to running every morning. 我习惯了每天早晨跑步。
He has been used to doing homework after coming home.他已经习惯了回家后做作业。
（6）take pictures 照相，相当于take photos
We took many photos in the park last Sunday.我们上周日在公园找了很多照片。
（7）mind doing sth. 介意做某事
Do you mind opening the door?你介意打开门吗？
2、Listening practice
Recently a program called Apps for Apes was started by the New York-baxxxxsed nonprofit organization Orangutan Outreach. The program introduces Apple’s iPad to orangutans in zoos.
How could orangutans react to seeing another orangutan using the iPad when they themselves are not using it? Mr. Zimmerman explains that the orangutans all want to use the tablet when they see it. This desire could come from wanting their caretaker’s same attention.
Mr. Zimmerman told us what happens in a situation where the mother of a baby orangutan uses the iPad with an animal caretaker. When the baby orangutan sees the iPad he will jump over and want to paly with them. In this case he advises having two iPads and caretakers to work with the mother and the baby.
Another example comes from an animal sanctuary in Florida.
“At the Center for Great Apes in Florida when we use an iPad with Mari a female orangutan Pongo a big male who lives with Mari gets jealous and wants the attention. So he comes running over and wants to use the iPad.”
How do orangutans react to seeing visitors using iPads? Mr. Zimmerman says this behavior has not been reported. But he says orangutans are used to being taken pictures with other devices. So they don’t mind anything pointing at them such as a camera or a phone.
Mr. Zimmerman adds that the orangutans do recognize the iPad but to know what they are thinking is a bit more difficult.
We are expecting mind readers to tell us what a great ape is thinking or someone has developed an app for that?
3、Reading comprehension
“Apps for Apes” is a program that introduces Apple’s iPad to orangutans in zoos. The orangutans all want to use the tablet/iPad when they see it. The desire could come from wanting their caretaker’s same attention.
The mother of a baby orangutan uses the iPad with an animal caretaker. When the baby orangutan sees the iPad he will jump over and want to play with them. In this case/situation two caretakers use two iPads to work with the mother and the baby.
At the Center for Great Apes in Florida when a caretaker uses an iPad with a female orangutan a big male who lives with her gets jealous and wants the attention. So he comes running over and wants to use the iPad.
It has not been reported how orangutans react to seeing visitors using iPads. But orangutans are used to being taken pictures with other devices. So they don’t mind anything pointing at them such as a camera or a phone.
Now the orangutans do recognize the iPad but it is a bit more difficult to know what they are thinking.
二、拓展阅读
Americans have contributed1to many art forms but jazz a type of music is the only art form that was created in the United States. Jazz was created by black Americans. Many blacks were brought from Africa to America as slaves. The black slaves sang and played the music of their homeland.
Jazz is a mixture of many different kinds of music. It is a combination2 of the music of west Africa the work songs the slaves3sang and religious4music. Improvisation5is an important jazz. This means that the musicians make the music up as they go along or create the music on the spot6. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played.
Jazz bands formed in the late nineteenth century. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South especially in New Orleans.
New Orleans is an imitational seaport7 and people from all over the world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.
Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars but in concert halls as well. Today people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States Asia Africa South America and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent8. In this way jazz continues to grow and change.
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