基於從盧旺達獲取的數據，研究人員進而展開的新研究表明，雌性山地大猩猩之間建立的關系比人們此前認為的更加重要。
Moving from one group to another is something that shapes both gorilla and human society. To understand more about its evolutionary origins, researchers studied decades of data on mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, an area that’s been monitored by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund since the 60s.
從一個群體遷移到另一個群體，這種行為塑造著大猩猩和人類社會。為瞭進一步瞭解這種行為的進化起源，研究人員研究分析瞭幾十年來在盧旺達火山國傢公園居住的山地大猩猩的數據，該區域自上世紀 60 年代以來一直受到黛安·弗西大猩猩基金會的監測。
The research team tracked the dispersal of 56 different female gorillas over the years. They discovered that the animals tended to join groups with females they knew, friends they’d grown up with or females that they’d made a social connection with more recently. Even if two females had been apart for many years they’d often reunite when an animal moved groups. The scientists say this shows that the relationship between two female gorillas is much more socially significant than previously thought.
該研究團隊多年來追蹤瞭 56 隻雌性大猩猩的分佈情況。他們發現這些動物傾向於加入它們認識的雌性大猩猩，或是加入那些和它們一起長大的朋友們、或者是近期和它們建立社交聯系的雌性群體。即使兩隻雌性大猩猩已經分別多年，但當其中一隻遷移群體時，它們可能就會再度團聚。科學傢們表示，這表明兩隻雌性大猩猩之間的關系比人們此前認為的更具社會意義。
詞匯表
shapes 塑造
evolutionary 進化的
dispersal 分佈
tended to 傾向於
social connection 社交聯系
reunite （使）團聚，（使）重聚
socially significant 具有社會意義的
聽力練習
一、聽第一遍音頻，回答問題。
1. What is this article about?
a. How female gorillas find new friends.
b. How female gorillas maintain friendship.
二、用一分鐘閱讀下列問題，然後聽第二遍音頻並回答問題。
1. Moving between groups damages gorillas socially.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given
2. The study looked at more than 10 years’ worth of data.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given
3. What made female gorillas more likely to join groups?
a. the group had existed for many years
b. they had grown up with a member of the group
c. the group was monitored
4. What conclusion have scientists made from this data?
a. social relationships make groups stronger
b. female gorillas like to spend many years apart
c. relationships between female gorillas are more important to their society than was thought
三、聽第三遍音頻，將句子補充完整。（提示：可以反復聽，直到聽清楚每一個詞）
1. Moving from ________________ is something that shapes both gorilla and human society.
2. Even if two females had been apart for many years ________________ when an animal moved groups.
答案
一、聽第一遍音頻，回答問題。
1. What is this article about?
a. How female gorillas find new friends.
b. How female gorillas maintain friendship.
b. The article mentions female gorillas joining groups with females they knew, friends they’d grown up with or that they’d made a social connection with. It also mentions that they would reunite even if they had been apart for many years.
二、用一分鐘閱讀下列問題，然後聽第二遍音頻並回答問題。
1. b. False. Moving from one group to another is something that shapes both gorilla and human society.
2. a. True. To understand more about its evolutionary origins, researchers studied decades of data on mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, an area that’s been monitored by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund since the 60s.
3. b. They discovered that the animals tended to join groups with females they knew, friends they’d grown up with or females that they’d made a social connection with more recently.
4. c. The scientists say this shows that the relationship between two female gorillas is much more socially significant than previously thought.
三、聽第三遍音頻，將句子補充完整。（提示：可以反復聽，直到聽清楚每一個詞）
1. Moving from one group to another is something that shapes both gorilla and human society.
2. Even if two females had been apart for many years they’d often reunite when an animal moved groups.
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