Name: 她竟然會猩猩語？！😱 (She Can Speak Chimpanzee)
Uploaded: 2026-02-14T17:15:53.000Z
Duration: 3 min 39 s
Description: 【看影片學英語】數萬部 YouTube 影片，搭配英漢字典即點即查，輕鬆掌握單字發音與用法，長久累積看電影不必再看字幕。

This woman has studied animals for 60 years and she can speak like them.

這位女士研究動物六十年了，她甚至能跟牠們溝通。

I'm 88 years old and I have always loved animals.

我今年88歲，我一直都很愛動物。

She has studied animals longer than any person in the world.

她研究動物的時間比世界上任何人都長。

And today I'm going to tell you her incredible story.

今天我要來跟大家說她不可思議的故事。

60 years ago, Dr. Jane did something crazy.

六十年前，珍古德博士做了一件很瘋狂的事。

She spent a month traveling by boat from England to Africa.

她花了一個月的時間，坐船從英國到非洲。

She lived in a tent in the jungle all by herself, just so she could study.

她一個人住在叢林的帳篷裡，就只是為了研究。

These chimpanzees are our closest relatives and so finding out about them helps us understand human evolution.

這些黑猩猩是我們最親近的親戚，所以瞭解牠們能幫助我們理解人類演化。

She discovered that humans and chimpanzees are very similar.

她發現人類和黑猩猩非常相似。

They cry, fight, hug and kiss, just like humans.

牠們會哭、會打架、會擁抱和親吻，就像人類一樣。

They use tools and they even have their own language.

牠們會使用工具，甚至還有自己的語言。

Doctor Jane became so close to the chimpanzees that they accepted her as family.

珍古德博士和黑猩猩們的關係變得非常親近，牠們接納她如同家人。

And I was following him, he was allowing me to follow him.

而我跟著他，他允許我跟著他。

On the ground between us was a ripe red palm nut which chimpanzees love.

我們之間的地板上有一顆成熟的紅色棕櫚果，黑猩猩很喜歡。

So I picked it up and held it out towards him.

He turned, he looked directly into my eyes.

He reached out, didn't want the nut, dropped it very gently squeezed my fingers, which is how chimpanzees reassure each other.

他伸出手，沒有要那顆堅果，輕輕地放下，然後擠了擠我的手指，這就是黑猩猩互相安撫的方式。

So in that moment, we understood each other perfectly.

所以在那一刻，我們完美地理解了彼此。

Nearly 40 years after she first went to the forest, science finally discovered that human DNA and chimpanzee DNA were nearly identical.

在她首次進入森林將近 40 年後，科學終於發現人類的 DNA 和黑猩猩的 DNA 幾乎是相同的。

Yes, 99% of our DNA is the same as chimpanzees.

沒錯，我們有 99% 的 DNA 和黑猩猩是一樣的。

Dr. Jain won tons of awards for her discoveries.

珍古德博士因為她的發現贏得了無數獎項。

直到有一天，她看到一個大問題。

The chimpanzee population went from 1 million to just 300,000.

黑猩猩的數量從一百萬隻銳減到只剩下三十萬隻。

The chimps forest homes were being destroyed.

黑猩猩的森林家園正在被摧毀。

Chimpanzees were being stolen and sold as pets and they were being locked up in cages for medical testing.

黑猩猩被偷走賣作寵物，還被關在籠子裡進行醫學實驗。

So she left the forest to become an activist.

所以她離開森林，成為一位倡議者。

She started two foundations that are now saving chimpanzees, protecting forests, and

她創立了兩個基金會，現在正在拯救黑猩猩、保護森林，並且

teaching youth about how to protect animals, people and the environment.

教導青年如何保護動物、人類和環境。

In seven African countries, chimps are living who would not have been there if we hadn't arrived.

在七個非洲國家，有黑猩猩得以生存，如果我們沒有出現，牠們就不會在了。

And in order for this to be successful in the long run, we have to work with the young people.

為了讓這一切能夠長久成功，我們必須與年輕人一起努力。

She spent 60 years of her life living with animals.

她花了六十年的人生與動物一起生活。

And what she learned from a tent in the jungle has changed the science community forever.

而她從叢林帳篷裡學到的東西，永遠改變了科學界。

Every individual matters has a role to play and that every individual makes an impact every day.

每個人都很重要，都有自己的角色，而且每個人每天都會產生影響。

So if we choose wisely, then we're really working together to make a better world for the future.

所以如果我們做出明智的選擇，我們就是在為未來創造一個更美好的世界。

There's not much difference between humans and animals.

人類和動物之間的差異其實不大。

So if we care so much about humankind, why not care about animals too?

既然我們這麼關心人類，為什麼不也關心動物呢？