Another feature of language that's not displayed by any form of animal communication is what we call "displacement".
语言的另一个特征是我们所说的“置换性”,这是任何形式的动物交流都不会表现出来的。
Discovering direct evidence of what a fossil animal ate, rather than having to infer it from details such as the shape of its teeth, is always valuable.
发现一种动物以何为食的直接证据非常的有价值,我们不用再从它们的牙齿形状来推测它们吃什么了。
What is an animal that barks?, the camera records minute changes in the way light is reflected off the surface of her brain.
吠叫的动物叫什么名字?相机通过大脑表面光反应的变化来记录大脑细微的变化。
And since one of the key roles of pigmentation is camouflage, pigmentation could tell us more about the world around the animal and what it was trying to blend into.
而且由于色素的重要功能之一是伪装,所以它可以告诉我们有关动物试图融入的周围环境的更多信息。
The longevity dividend seems linked to something in the female genome, and though it's not clear what that critical variable is, size of the animal may play a role.
女性在长寿上的优势似乎与女性特有的基因有关,但确切的机理,或者说到底是什么关键性的原因导致了这样目前还不清楚。
The animal visitors pointed to the first bag and asked the cubs, "What is in this bag?"
动物们指着第一个袋子问:"袋子里装的什么呀?"
a little of that here with you today, to go over what Aristotle is suggesting in this idea of man, the polis animal.
我只能示范一些给你们看,要如何阅读亚里士多德所提示的概念,即人是城邦的动物。
Though nothing in the animal kingdom is using what we think of as language, gestures used by bonobos and orang-utans come close.
虽然在动物王国中,没有我们料想中的语言,姿势(倭黑猩猩和红毛猩猩其实也在用),我们是万物的灵长。
From the beautiful and peaceful heavenly realms of the animal kingdoms, we are able to observe much of what is happening to animals on this planet.
从动物王国那美丽与和平的天堂般国度,我们就能够观察到在这个星球上正在发生在许多动物身上的事情。
Here, we experience what Garfield says is "pleasurable physical contact," whether it's with celebrities, an angel, a talking animal or our next-door neighbor.
此时,我们的体验就是加菲尔德所描述的“愉快的身体接触,”无论是和名人、天使、会说话的动物还是和我们隔壁的邻居。
What is more, if carry trades are the rage again due to animal spirits, why is ultra-safe gold at an all-time high?
还有,如果说套利交易是因为动物精神而再次风靡,那么为何超级安全的黄金也涨到了空前高点?
British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.
英国科学家十日开始一项新研究,考虑如何在动物实验中使用人类脱氧核糖核酸,并确定这种引起争议的科学研究,界线可能在哪里。
This is in total juxtaposition to what you wrote in your last essay on the value of life, including animal life.
这和你上次写的关于生命,包括动物的生命价值的论文的思想形成鲜明的对比。
They need, for example, to explain "why an animal population is affected by changes in rainfall, and what might be done to protect it."
比如,他们需要解释动物种群为什么会受到降雨量变化的影响,以及可以采取何种预防措施。
We can't tell people what to do with their animals, but a veterinarian is going to counsel as to what's best for the animal.
我们不会告诉人们应该怎么对待他们的动物,但是做为兽医,要去劝告人们怎么对待动物才最好。
But what about when a baby chimp or ape whimpers and screams as it's being separated from its mother, couldn't we say with some certainty that the animal is crying?
不过,当与其母亲分开时,幼年的黑猩猩和猿会啜泣和尖叫,难道我们不能带点把握地说,它们是在哭泣吗?
The Year of the Pig is significant, not only in completing the cycle of animal years, but also in marking what can be a time of considerable opportunity and growth.
猪年是很重要的一年,不仅因为是作为十二生肖的结束之年,同样也意味着是机会与成长之年。
“It’s totally different from what classroom teaching is like, so it’s a completely different animal,” Ms. Sutter said.
“这和课堂教学是完全不同的,所以凯利变了一个人。”苏特女士说。
"It's totally different from what classroom teaching is like, so it's a completely different animal," Ms. Sutter said.
“这和课堂教学是完全不同的,所以凯利变了一个人。”苏特女士说。
Connecting is what our ancestors were doing thousands of years ago when they gathered around the fire to eat woolly mammoth steaks or stitch together the latest animal-hide fashions.
我们的祖先在几千年前就已经开始建立人际关系,他们围坐在火堆周围大块大块地吃着烤熟的猛犸肉,他们用动物的毛皮制作精美时尚的衣服。
And depending on what your definition of any sort of life is, this is as fundamental as any animal is.
根据生命的定义,这和动物一样,都是生命的基本形式。
That is interesting. Discovering direct evidence of what a fossil animal ate, rather than having to infer it from details such as the shape of its teeth, is always valuable.
比起根据其牙齿形状等细节来推测出结果,找出古生物吃什么的直接证据是有价值的。
International Animal Rescue is trying to decide what to do with the 31 toothless slow lorises it has collected from concerned tourists and sting operations on illegal market traders in Indonesia.
国际动物援救组织正试图决定如何处理收集到的31只失去了牙齿的懒猴,这些懒猴是从热心的游客手中以及对印尼非法市场交易商进行卧底追捕行动时收集到的。
What we're trying to do is identify that gene and keep it from turning on, and just let the animal hatch out with its tail.
我们试图确认那个基因,阻止它的启动,希望能够孵化出有长尾的小鸡。
"What we saw is that the animal has fewer signs of aging, healthier organs, and at the end of the experiment we could see they had lived 30 percent longer than control mice," Izpisua Belmonte said.
“我们所看到的是,接受实验的动物的的老化迹象更少,器官更健康,并且在实验结束时,我们可以看到他们的寿命比对照组小鼠长30%,”伊斯皮苏亚·贝尔蒙特说。
"What we saw is that the animal has fewer signs of aging, healthier organs, and at the end of the experiment we could see they had lived 30 percent longer than control mice," Izpisua Belmonte said.
“我们所看到的是,接受实验的动物的的老化迹象更少,器官更健康,并且在实验结束时,我们可以看到他们的寿命比对照组小鼠长30%,”伊斯皮苏亚·贝尔蒙特说。
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