Do chimps have the same emotions as us

6 Minute English

语言学习

2020-10-08

6 分钟
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  • Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

  • I'm Rob.

  • And I'm Sam.

  • Having your photograph appear on the cover of a magazine makes you famous around the world.

  • But imagine if that photo showed you hugging and playing with wild chimpanzees.

  • That's exactly what happened to Jane Goodall, who shot to fame in 1965 when she appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine.

  • Jane introduced the world to the social and emotional lives of the wild chimpanzees of Gumbay in Eastern Tanzania.

  • Jane spent years living among families of wild chimpanzees.

  • Her observations changed the way we view our closest animal relatives and made us think about what it means to be human.

  • In this program we'll be hearing from the iconic environmentalist Jane Goodall.

  • She reflects on how attitudes have changed as science has uncovered the deep connections between humans and the great apes.

  • Large primates including chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans who are closely related to humans.

  • And of course we'll be learning some related vocabulary along the way.

  • As well as Dr Goodall, the National Geographic photographs also made the chimpanzees of Gumbay famous.

  • People around the world became interested in the lives of a family of chimps living in a remote corner of Africa.

  • When Gumbay's alpha female died in 1972,

  • she was so well loved that she had an obituary in the Times newspaper.

  • But what was her name?