Unit six TextA Do Animals have a culture?
Unit Six Text A Do Animals Have a Culture?
Using tool
Using tool
Unit six Text A I Pre-Reading Task 1. What makes human beings different from animals? A. The ability to use tools B The learning and sharing of behavior C The use of language 2. Do you think animals have a culture? If yes, give an example Now read the passage and compare your answers with the author’s
Unit Six Text A I. Pre-Reading Task 1. What makes human beings different from animals? A. The ability to use tools. B. The learning and sharing of behavior. C. The use of language. 2. Do you think animals have a culture? If yes, give an example. Now read the passage and compare your answers with the author’s
IL Related Information (1: Chimpanzee: an anthropoid ape of Africa, with black hair and large, outstanding ears, it is smaller and less fierce than a gorilla. Chimpanzees communicate through vocalizations, facial expressions, posture touch, and movement. A young chimp is able to make at least 32 different sounds, and the facial musculature can express a wide range of emotions. The animals show great intelligence in problem solving and the use of simple tools, such as a stripped twig to draw termites from their nest Experiments suggest that chimps can even learn to use language in a symbolic sense, but these results are disputed
II. Related Information(1): Chimpanzee: an anthropoid ape of Africa, with black hair and large , outstanding ears, it is smaller and less fierce than a gorilla. Chimpanzees communicate through vocalizations, facial expressions, posture, touch, and movement. A young chimp is able to make at least 32 different sounds, and the facial musculature can express a wide range of emotions. The animals show great intelligence in problem solving and the use of simple tools, such as a stripped twig to draw termites from their nest . Experiments suggest that chimps can even learn to use language in a symbolic sense, but these results are disputed
II. Related Information (2): Apes: the closest living relatives of humans. Together with humans they constitute the superfamily hominoid of the mammalian order primates. The two extent families of apes are the pongidae( great apes)and the hylobatidae (lesser apes). Apes and humans are classified together because they are more similar to each other anatomically, physiologically, and genetically than they are to the monkeys. Great apes are about equally good at solving laboratory problems; gibbons are less successful. Captive great apes are all handy with objects, but in the wild only chimpanzees are clever tool users. Great apes have learned to communicate with human trainers using symbolic systems. Captive hobnobs have a remarka ble capacity to understand human speech, but thus far no apes have talked back perhaps because they lack humanoid brains or vocal tracts
II. Related Information(2): Apes: the closest living relatives of humans. Together with humans they constitute the superfamily hominoid of the mammalian order primates. The two extent families of apes are the Pongidae ( great apes) and the Hylobatidae (lesser apes). Apes and humans are classified together because they are more similar to each other anatomically, physiologically, and genetically than they are to the monkeys. Great apes are about equally good at solving laboratory problems;gibbons are less successful. Captive great apes are all handy with objects, but in the wild only chimpanzees are clever tool users. Great apes have learned to communicate with human trainers using symbolic systems. Captive hobnobs have a remarkable capacity to understand human speech , but thus far no apes have talked back __ perhaps because they lack humanoid brains or vocal tracts