原文出處：
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1921614-1,00.html
單字表：
| No. | 生詞 | 本文中的意義 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | schnauzer-poodle mix | 德國剛毛獵犬與獅子狗的混種 |
| 2 | collar | 項圈 |
| 3 | gaze at | 盯著 |
| 4 | steps back | 後退 |
| 5 | inverted plastic cups | 倒立的塑膠杯 |
| 6 | profitable | 有賺頭的 |
| 7 | shell game | 猜硬幣在三個杯子當中的哪一個 |
| 8 | sniff | 聞 |
| 9 | knock over | 打翻 |
| 10 | releases the leash | 解開狗繩 |
| 11 | lift it | 舉起 |
| 12 | canine | 犬科動物 |
| 13 | known | 已知的 |
| 14 | affectionately | 親切地 |
| 15 | the sharpest knife in the drawer | 最了不起的 |
| 16 | profound cross-species bond | 深奧的、跨物種的聯繫 |
| 17 | coexist | 共生 |
| 18 | live in packs | 群體生活 |
| 19 | complex hierarchy | 複雜的階級制度 |
| 20 | extraordinarily | 異常地 |
| 21 | adapt to | 適應於 |
| 22 | take in | 接受 |
| 23 | presence | 存在 |
| 24 | spring from | 來自於 |
| 25 | intimate coexistence | 親密相處 |
| 26 | plumb | 探索 |
| 27 | pastime | 消遣娛樂 |
| 28 | carry out | 執行 |
| 29 | willing | 自願的 |
| 30 | line up | 排隊 |
| 31 | pressure | 迫使 |
| 32 | outgoing dogs | 率真的狗 |
| 33 | combative apes | 好鬥的類人猿 |
| 34 | uniqueness | 獨特性 |
| 35 | evolve | 發展 |
| 36 | Don’t trust your hunches. | 別相信你的直覺 |
| 37 | intuitions | 直覺 |
| 38 | Take for instance | 例如 |
| 39 | prompt | 促使 |
| 40 | vomit up | 吐出 |
| 41 | inspection | 檢查 |
| 42 | happen to | 碰巧 |
| 43 | spit up | 吐出 |
| 44 | ultimate charlatans | 超級大騙子 |
| 45 | slink away | 鬼鬼祟祟地溜走 |
| 46 | lowered tails | 垂下的尾巴 |
| 47 | devise an experiment | 設計了一個實驗 |
| 48 | scold | 責罵 |
| 49 | misbehave | 行為不端 |
| 50 | inner sense | 內在的感覺 |
| 51 | act submissive | 表現出順從的樣子 |
| 52 | unsettling | 心裡覺得亂 |
| 53 | attentiveness | 注意力 |
| 54 | eerily | 怪異地 |
| 55 | border collie | 博德牧羊犬 |
| 56 | dozens of | 一堆 |
| 57 | rigorous test | 嚴格的測試 |
| 58 | distinct object | 可區別的東西 |
| 59 | fascination | 魅力 |
| 60 | grew out of | 始於 |
| 61 | chimpanzee | 黑猩猩 |
| 62 | primatologists | 靈長類學者 |
| 63 | chimp | 黑猩猩 |
| 64 | figure out | 理解 |
| 65 | great apes | 大型類人猿 |
| 66 | apparent explanation | 顯然的解釋 |
| 67 | branch off from | 分支 |
| 68 | demur | 反對 |
| 69 | lack an innate ability | 缺乏一個天生的才能 |
| 70 | Siberia | 西伯利亞 |
| 71 | Soviet | 蘇維埃 |
| 72 | domesticate | 馴養 |
| 73 | breed | 繁殖 |
| 74 | cage | 籠 |
| 75 | slunk back in fear | 害怕而溜回 |
| 76 | snapped their teeth | 猛咬它們的牙齒 |
| 77 | raised | 養育 |
| 78 | mate | 交配 |
| 79 | bred | breed 的過去式、過去分詞 |
| 80 | the results speak for themselves | 結果會自己說話 |
| 81 | remarkably | 明顯地 |
| 82 | doglike | 像狗的 |
| 83 | run up to people | 向人跑去 |
| 84 | wag their tails | 搖擺它們的尾巴 |
| 85 | right out of the box | 馬上 |
| 86 | affability | 親切性 |
| 87 | fiercely competitive | 激烈地競爭 |
| 88 | claw its way to the top of the pack | 當上族群的頭 |
| 89 | easygoing | 隨和的 |
| 90 | thanks to | 拜…之賜 |
| 91 | scraps | 剩菜剩飯 |
| 92 | depart | 離開 |
| 93 | move in | 住進 |
| 94 | lash out | 猛烈抨擊 |
| 95 | affable | 容易親近的 |
| 96 | temperament | 性情 |
| 97 | warn of danger | 警告危險 |
| 98 | herding other animals | 放牧其他動物 |
| 99 | Along the way | 在過程中 |
| 100 | counterintuitive | 反直覺的 |
| 101 | rig | 操縱(不正當) |
| 102 | distraction | 分心的事物 |
| 103 | hardwired | 密切連接 |
| 104 | disregard | 無視 |
| 105 | relied on | 依靠 |
| 106 | is rooted | 根於 |
| 107 | are simply too distracted by | 也簡單的被…分散注意力 |
| 108 | aggression | 攻擊性 |
| 109 | competitiveness | 競爭性 |
| 110 | fathom | 揣摸 |
| 111 | on a grand scale | 大規模 |
| 112 | signing up for | 報名參加 |
| 113 | will be launching | 將要執行 |
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