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Here’s one of the stranger celebrity1 sightings out there: Researchers have confirmed that sheep can recognize the actors Emma Watson and Jake Gyllenhaal.

一个不太出名的名人说道:研究人员已经正式,羊可以认出艾玛·沃特森和杰克·吉伦哈尔。

"Yeah I think it's very cool." Jennifer Morton is a neurobiologist at the University of Cambridge. "The reason we chose celebrities2 is we were sure they'd never met these people."

“我觉得很酷。”詹妮弗·莫顿是剑桥大学的神经生物学家。我们选择名人的原因是我们确认它们从没有见过这些人。

The experiment worked like this. First, Morton's team trained eight sheep to recognize the famous faces. And the sheep correctly chose the celeb's face over a stranger's 80 percent of the time.

实验过程是这样的。首先,莫顿团队训练了8只羊认识明星。在多数时间里,相比于陌生人,羊群正确认出了明星。

Next they presented faces at a slight angle. The sheep got only two-thirds of those right. But that's on par3 with how human performance dips for the same problem.

接下来,实验人员以小角度呈现这些明星的脸。羊群的正确率仅为2/3。但是这与人类在此项的表现是相同的。

Proving that sheep have advanced facial recognition skills, the scientists say…comparable to humans or our primate4 cousins. The study is in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

科学家们说,这表明羊有高超的面部识别技能,这与人类或者灵长类动物不相上下。该研究结果发表在《英国皇家协会开放科学》杂志上。

If you're wondering, "Why sheep?"

如果你感到惊奇“为什么是绵羊呢?”

"Sheep chose me rather than the other way around." There's a good model of Huntington's disease in sheep. So Morton says studying cognitive5 tasks like facial recognition in sheep--and the decline in those abilities in Huntington's sheep—might offer insights into the human condition.

“绵羊可以很好的辨别人类,但是我们人类却不能辨别绵羊。”绵羊是一种很好的的亨廷顿氏病的模型。所以,莫顿表示,研究认知能力例如绵羊的面部识别技能——亨廷顿羊的能力下降——或许可以为研究人类提供见解。


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1 celebrity xcRyQ     
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
参考例句:
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
2 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
参考例句:
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
3 par OK0xR     
n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的
参考例句:
  • Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
  • I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
4 primate A1YzI     
n.灵长类(目)动物,首席主教;adj.首要的
参考例句:
  • 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
  • The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。
5 cognitive Uqwz0     
adj.认知的,认识的,有感知的
参考例句:
  • As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大,他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
  • The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。

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