哥伦布英语 第 49 课：Who's Clever? 谁更聪明？

A university professor made experiments with several kinds of animals. 一位大学教授用好几种动物做实验。

He hoped to know which animal was the cleverest. 他希望知道哪种动物最聪明。

He found out it was the monkey. 他发现最聪明的是猴子。

In one experiment the professor put a monkey in a room with several small boxes. 在一次实验中，教授把一只猴子和几个小盒子放在一个房间里。

Some boxes were inside other boxes. 一些盒子套在另一些盒子里。

One small box had some food inside it. 一个小盒子里有食物。

The professor wanted to watch the monkey and find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. 教授想观察猴子，看它需花多长时间才能找到食物。

The professor left the room. He waited a few minutes outside the door.教授离开房间，在门外等了几分钟，

Then he kneeled down and put his eye to the keyhole. What did he see? 然后跪下来把一只眼睛对准锁眼。他看到了什么？

To his surprise he found himself looking directly into the eyes of the monkey. 他惊奇地发现，自己正好看到猴子的眼睛。

The monkey was on the other side of the door, looking at the professor through the keyhole. 猴子在门的另一面，正从锁眼里看教授呢。