What animals see
動物看見了什麼
一、Pre-reading activity 閱前思考
1.What animals do you like?
你喜歡什麼動物？
2.Do you have any animals in your home?
你家裡有動物嗎？
3.Do you think most animals can see as well as we can?
你認為大多數動物的視力和我們一樣好嗎？
Scientists think that many —— perhaps most —— animals cannot see colors.The world is black and white to them.
科學家認為，許多動物，也許大多數的動物都不能分辨顏色。對它們來說，整個世界只有黑白兩種顏色。
To find out if dogs could see colors, scientists gave dogs food ever time they played a certain piece of music.
為了弄清狗能否分辨顏色，科學家們每次給狗餵食時都播放同一首樂曲。
The dogs got ready to eat only when they heard this piece of music.
狗一聽到這首曲子就準備進食。
They did not get ready to eat when they heard other pieces of music.
而當它們聽到別的曲子時，就不會作好進食的準備。
Then the scientists gave the dogs food every time they showed them a certain color.The dogs got ready to eat when they saw this color.
然而，科學家們每次給狗餵食時都出示同一種顏色。狗一看到這種顏色就準備進食。
The scientists then showed the dogs another color.Again the dogs got ready to eat.The colors were all the same to them.
接下來科學家們又給狗出示另一種顏色。它們再一次作好了進食的準備。對狗來說，各種顏色都是一樣的。
Colors are not all the same to monkeys, however.
然而，對猴子來說，顏色並不完全相同。
For example, if we put food in a red box, and do this every day, a monkey will always go to the red box to get the food.
例如：如果我們把食物放在一隻紅色的盒子里，每天都這樣做，猴子會一直到紅色的盒子那兒去找食物。
If we then put food in a blue box, the monkey won't go to it.
如果我們把食物放在一隻藍色的盒子里，猴子就不會去了。
二、New words 新單詞
scientist：Scientists are studying animals in many countries.
科學家：許多國家的科學家都在研究動物。
dog：In English-speaking countries many people believe that a dog is man's beat friend.
狗：在英語國家，許多人認為狗是人類最好的朋友。
music：Most people like music, but not everyone likes the same kind of music.
音樂：大多數人都喜歡音樂，但並不是每個人都喜歡同一種音樂。
monkey：Monkeys can be very clever animals.
猴子：猴子是非常聰明的動物。
Box：I found some shoes in an old box.
盒子：我在一個舊盒子里找到了一些鞋子。
三、Vocabulary 辭彙
（b）1.Some __________ wanted to find out if dogs could see colors.
a.animals b.scientists
一些科學家想知道狗狗是否能看到顏色。
（b）2.The dogs got ready to eat when the scientists played __________ to them.
a.colors b.music
當科學家們給狗狗們播放音樂時，狗狗們就準備吃東西了。
（a）3.The monkeys found their food in a __________.
a.box b.tree
猴子們在盒子里找到了食物。
四、Main idea 主要意思
Circle the correct answer.將正確答案圈出來。（選4）
The story is about
1.monkeys.
2.dogs.
3.scientists.
4.animals and color.
這是一個關於動物和顏色的故事。
五、Looking for detail 尋找細節
Circle the correct answer.將正確答案圈出來。
（a）1.All colors are the same to __________.
a.dogs b.monkeys c.scientists d.all animals
所有的顏色對狗來說都是一樣的。
（b）2.Monkeys know that red and blue are __________.
a.colors b.not the same c.food d.music
猴子知道紅色和藍色是不一樣的。
（a）3.The scientists gave the dogs food every time they __________.
a.played certain music b.saw the color red
c.saw the color blue d.went to a box of food
每次播放特定的音樂時，科學家就給狗餵食物。
（a）4.One way dogs are different from monkeys is that __________.
a.dogs cannot see any colors and monkeys can
b.monkeys cannot see any colors and dogs can
c.dogs can see more colors than monkeys
d.monkeys cannot see red and blue
狗和猴子的一個不同之處在於狗看不到任何顏色，而猴子可以。
六、Summary 概括
Write each letter against the correct word in the box.
把每個字母寫在方框中正確的單詞旁邊。
（c）dogs （a）scientists （b）colors （d）same （e）monkeys
Some (a) wanted to find out if animals can see different (b). They found out that (c) cannot see any different colors. All colors are the (d) to them. They found out that (e) know that red and blue are not the same.
一些科學家想知道動物是否能看到不同的顏色。他們發現狗看不到任何不同的顏色。所有的顏色對他們來說都是一樣的。他們發現猴子知道紅色和藍色是不同的。
