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從文章來看，(A)(B)只是選項中的一部分，文章沒講到(C)，明顯內容在講(D)沒錯

What is this passage mainly about?這段話主要講什麼？

(A)Pygmy chimpanzees侏儒黑猩猩

(B)American Sign Language美國手語

(C)Comparison between Washoe and Koko Washoe 和 Koko 的比較

(D)Attempts to communicate with apes嘗試與類人猿交流

Gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans are our nearest animal relatives. Long ago, people tried to teach apes to talk. This did not work, for the shapes of their tongue and mouth are different from ours and they cannot make the same sounds as we do. In the 1960s, a chimpanzee ca...

這題不難

從文章來看，(A)(B)只是選項中的一部分，文章沒講到(C)，明顯內容在講(D)沒錯

What is this passage mainly about?這段話主要講什麼？

(A)Pygmy chimpanzees侏儒黑猩猩

(B)American Sign Language美國手語

(C)Comparison between Washoe and Koko Washoe 和 Koko 的比較

(D)Attempts to communicate with apes嘗試與類人猿交流

Gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans are our nearest animal relatives. Long ago, people tried to teach apes to talk. This did not work, for the shapes of their tongue and mouth are different from ours and they cannot make the same sounds as we do. In the 1960s, a chimpanzee called Washoe was taught American Sign Language, as though she were a deaf and dumb baby. She and other chimpanzees learned a large number of signs and sometimes put them together to describe things for which they did not know the word.

大猩猩、黑猩猩和猩猩是我們最近的動物親戚。很久以前，人們試圖教猿類說話。這不起作用，因為他們的舌頭和嘴巴的形狀與我們的不同，他們不能發出與我們相同的聲音。在 1960 年代，一隻名叫 Washoe 的黑猩猩被教授美國手語，就好像她是一個又聾又啞的嬰兒。她和其他黑猩猩學會了大量的符號，有時將它們放在一起來描述他們不認識的事物。

One of them called watermelons "drink fruit" and oranges "smell fruit." Other ways of talking with apes included teaching them to use symbols on a chart or a computer. They all showed that they could think like humans, but in a simple way. For instance, a gorilla called Koko cried when her pet kitten died. The latest attempts are with pygmy chimpanzees. These animals understand a good deal of human speech and reply using symbols on a chart. Scientists hope that this study may show us some of the ways that our own language developed.

其中之一稱西瓜為“喝水果”，橙子稱“聞水果”。與猿交談的其他方式包括教他們使用圖表或計算機上的符號。他們都表明他們可以像人類一樣思考，但方式很簡單。例如，一隻名叫 Koko 的大猩猩在她的寵物小貓死後哭了。最新的嘗試是針對侏儒黑猩猩的。這些動物可以理解大量人類語言，並使用圖表上的符號進行回覆。科學家們希望這項研究可以向我們展示我們自己的語言發展的一些方式。