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1、2005年Text1①Everybodylovesafatpayrise.②Yetpleasureatyourowncanvanishifyoulearnthatacolleaguehasbeengivenabiggerone.③Indeed,ifhehasareputationforslacking,youmightevenbeoutraged.④Suchbehaviourisregardedas“alltoohuman”,withtheunderlyingassumptionthatotheranimalswouldnotbecapableofthisfinely
2、developedsenseofgrievance.⑤ButastudybySarahBrosnanandFransdeWaalofEmoryUniversityinAtlanta,Georgia,whichhasjustbeenpublishedinNature,suggeststhatitisalltoomonkey,aswell.①Theresearchersstudiedthebehaviouroffemalebrowncapuchinmonkeys.②Theylookcute.③Theyaregood-natured,cooperativecreatures
3、,andtheysharetheirfoodreadily.④Aboveall,liketheirfemalehumancounterparts,theytendtopaymuchcloserattentiontothevalueof“goodsandservices”thanmales.①SuchcharacteristicsmakethemperfectcandidatesforDr.Brosnan'sandDr.deWaal'sstudy.②Theresearchersspenttwoyearsteachingtheirmonkeystoexchangetoke
4、nsforfood.③Normally,themonkeyswerehappyenoughtoexchangepiecesofrockforslicesofcucumber.④However,whentwomonkeyswereplacedinseparatebutadjoiningchambers,sothateachcouldobservewhattheotherwasgettinginreturnforitsrock,theirbehaviourbecamemarkedlydifferent.①Intheworldofcapuchins,grapesarelux
5、urygoods(andmuchpreferabletocucumbers).②Sowhenonemonkeywashandedagrapeinexchangeforhertoken,thesecondwasreluctanttohandhersoverforamerepieceofcucumber.③Andifonereceivedagrapewithouthavingtoprovidehertokeninexchangeatall,theothereithertossedherowntokenattheresearcheroroutofthechamber,orr
6、efusedtoacceptthesliceofcucumber.④Indeed,themerepresenceofagrapeintheotherchamber(withoutanactualmonkeytoeatit)wasenoughtoinduceresentmentinafemalecapuchin.①Theresearcherssuggestthatcapuchinmonkeys,likehumans,areguidedbysocialemotions.②Inthewild,theyareacooperative,group-livingspecies.③
7、Suchcooperationislikelytobestableonlywheneachanimalfeelsitisnotbeingcheated.④Feelingsofrighteousindignation,itseems,arenotthepreserveofpeoplealone.⑤Refusingalesserrewardcompletelymakesthesefeelingsabundantlycleartoothermembersofthegroup.⑥However,whethersuchasenseoffairnessevolv