Man is the only animal that has the faculty of speech.

人类是唯一有说话能力的动物。

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From left are Hailee Steinfeld for 'True Grit', Helena Bonham Carter for 'The King's Speech', Amy Adams for 'The Fighter', Jacki Weaver for 'Animal Kingdom' and Melissa Leo for 'The Fighter.'

从左至右分别是：出演《大地惊雷》的海莉·斯坦菲尔德、出演《国王的演讲》的海伦娜·伯翰·卡特、出演《斗士》的艾米·亚当斯、出演《动物王国》的杰姬·韦弗、出演《斗士》的梅丽莎·里奥。

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The bow-wow theory: In primitive times people imitated the sounds of the animal calls in the wild environment they lived and speech developed from that.

“汪汪”理论：原始时代，人们在野外模仿动物发出的叫声，语言便产生了。

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The court is also scheduled to consider whether a law that prohibits pictures of animal cruelty constitutes a violation of free speech under the 1st Amendment to the U.S.Constitution.

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To be a political animal means first to possess speech or reason that allows us to participate in a community or a way of life governed by shared standards of justice and injustice.

要成为政治动物的首要,是拥有演说或理性的能力,以让我们参与社群,或由共享公正,与不公标准所统治的生活方式。

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While dolphins have been taught to mimic the pattern and durations of sounds in human speech, no animal has spontaneously tried such mimicry.

BBC: Beluga whale 'makes human-like sounds'

Gingrich gave a speech and visited Disney's new Animal Kingdom theme park.

CNN: Disney In Washington: The Mouse That Roars