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《中英對照讀新聞》Elephants sense ’danger’ clothes大象可以意識到「危險」衣著

◎鄭寺音

Elephants can tell whether a human is a friend or foe by their scent and colour of clothing.

大象可以辨別一個人是友是敵，藉著辨別他們的氣味與衣服顏色。

St Andrews University researchers found that elephants could recognise the degree of danger posed by different groups of individuals.

聖安德魯斯大學研究員發現，大象可以辨別不同組別的個人構成的危險度。

The study found African elephants reacted with fear when they detected the scent of garments previously worn by men of the Maasai tribe.

這份研究發現，非洲象發現馬賽族人穿過的衣服氣味時，會表現出害怕的樣子。

Maasai men are known to demonstrate their virility by spearing elephants.

馬賽族人以刺戳大象展現男性氣概聞名。

The elephants also responded aggressively to red clothing, which is characteristic of traditional Maasai dress.

大象也會對紅色衣著反應強烈，紅色是馬賽族傳統衣著。

However, the elephants showed much milder reaction to clothing previously worn by the Kamba people, agriculturalists who pose little threat.

但大象對坎巴族人穿的衣服反應較溫和，坎巴族是農民，構成的威脅較小。

The psychologists said they had expected to find elephants might be able to distinguish among different human groups according to the level of risk they posed.

心理學家說，他們早已預料到，會發現大象可能可以辨別不同組別的人類，根據他們構成的風險程度。

新聞辭典

sense︰動詞，感覺到，意識到。例句：I sensed that I had made a serious mistake.（我意識到自己犯了個嚴重錯誤。）

tell︰動詞，識別，判定。與後文的recognise、distinguish用法類似。例句：I could tell you were unhappy.（我看得出來你不快樂。）另一常見用法是 tell the differences between A and B（分辨A和B的不同之處）。

來源：自由時報

 

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