纪录片《你喝多了吗》 第12期：猴子也贪杯

In 2004 on the island of St Kitts

2004年 在圣基茨岛上

people noticed monkeys coming in from the surrounding jungle

人们发现旁边丛林里的猴子

and stealing cocktails¹.

会来偷鸡尾酒

Monkeys wouldv'e been used to consuming low levels of alcohol

猴子食用当地成熟的甘蔗

through eating the local ripe sugar cane².

因而能够适应少量酒精

But now they are onto the distilled³ stuff.

但是现在它们喝的是蒸馏酒

And some of them were getting drunk.

其中有些猴子喝醉了

In the Washington Animal Research Centre

在华盛顿动物研究中心

scientists like Dr Barr were intrigued⁴.

像巴尔博士这样科学家对此兴趣甚浓

She wanted to find out if there are behavioural traits

她想探究人和动物在喝醉后

that both monkeys and humans share once they have drunk alcohol.

有没有相似的行为特性

So they must really want it

它们肯定很想喝

because its got to be to some extent risky⁵ for them to be doing this.

否则它们不会冒那么大风险去偷酒

You really have to hold onto your drink!

你只能拿紧自己的酒杯

You really do have to hold onto your drink.

不然它们就会偷喝你的酒

Look at that! Thats frenzied⁶ drinking isnt it?

快看 喝得真疯狂啊

There can be some competition.

还会出现争酒杯的情况

Back off from the Mai Tai!

别碰我的迈泰酒

1 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句

2 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

3 distilled   

adj.由蒸馏得来的v.蒸馏( distil的过去式和过去分词 )；从…提取精华

参考例句：

• The televised interview was distilled from 16 hours of film. 那次电视采访是从16个小时的影片中选出的精华。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Gasoline is distilled from crude oil. 汽油是从原油中提炼出来的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 intrigued   

adj.好奇的，被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式)；激起…的兴趣或好奇心；“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧！
• He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。

5 risky   

adj.有风险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
• He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。

6 frenzied   

a.激怒的；疯狂的

参考例句：

• Will this push him too far and lead to a frenzied attack? 这会不会逼他太甚，导致他进行疯狂的进攻？
• Two teenagers carried out a frenzied attack on a local shopkeeper. 两名十几岁的少年对当地的一个店主进行了疯狂的袭击。