特别广播英语第 29 课：Do animals Think? 动物也会思考吗？-2

The same is true of the owl, who always looks as if he were considering some important question. 猫头鹰也是这样：总让人看起来好像猫头鹰老是在考虑很重要的问题的样子。

Animals think much while building their houses. 动物在筑巢或垒窝的时候就会考虑得比较多。

The bird searches for what it can use in building its nest, and in doing this it thinks. 鸟在筑巢时就要搜索它能用得上的材料，在做这类工作时，鸟儿就在动脑筋。

The beavers think as they build their dams and their houses. 河狸在修水坝或垒窝的时候也会动脑子。

They think in getting their materials, and also in arranging them, and in plastering them together with mud. 河狸在寻找建筑材料，在把撒谎到的材料考虑怎样安放以及用泥土把这些材料粘合到一起时都在动脑子思考。

Some spiders build houses which could scarcely have been made except by some thinking creature. 有些种类的蜘蛛所垒的窝，除了有些思想的动物而外，是很少有什么动物能垒成的。

As animals think, they learn. Some learn more than others. 动物不但会思考，而且也会学习。有些动物比其他动物更关于学习。

The parrot learns to talk, though in some other respects it is quite stupid. 鹦鹉虽然在别的方面很蠢，可是会学说话。

The mocking bird learns to imitate a great many different sounds. 美国南方的模仿鸟会模仿很多不同的音响。

The horse is not long in learning many things connected with the word which he has to do. 马不用很长时间就能学会跟让它干的活儿有关的许多东西。