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The Listening Room - Female friendship important to gorillas

Nov 02, 2025 - Female friendship important to gorillas

Questions

  1. b

  2. babc

  3. one group to another, they(‘d) often reunit(reunite)

Dictation

  1. Moving from one group to another is something that shapes both gorilla and human society.

  2. To understand more about (these) evolutionary origins, researchers (study) decades of data on mountain gorillas in the (vocanos) national park in (Luwonda), an area (that’s been) monitored by (the) (Anne Foci gorillas fens) (from) the (16).

    • To understand more about its evolutionary origins, researchers studied decades of data on mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, an area that’s been monitored by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund since the ’60s.

  3. The research team tracked the (disbursal) of 56 different female gorillas over the years.

    • The research team tracked the dispersal of 56 different female gorillas over the years.

  4. They discovered that the animals tended to join (the) groups with females they knew, friends they(‘d) (growed) up with or females (that) they(‘d) made (a) social (connections) more recently.

    • They discovered that the animals tended to join groups with females they knew, friends they’d grown up with or females that they’d made a social connection with more recently.

  5. Even if two females had been apart for many years, they’d often (reunit) when (another one) moved (for) groups.

    • Even if two females had been apart for many years they’d often reunite when an animal moved groups.

  6. The scientists say (that) shows (that) the relationship between two female gorillas is much more socially significant than previously thought.

    • The scientists say this shows that the relationship between two female gorillas is much more socially significant than previously thought.

Vocabulary

  1. shapes - n. 形状；几何图形；状态 v. 形成 influence how something is, like its form

  2. evolutionary - adj. 进化的；发展的 describes the process by which species adapt and change over time

  3. dispersal - n. 散布、分散 distribution or spreading of things over an area

  4. tended to - were likely to

  5. social connection - the feeling of being close to others

  6. reunite - v. 重聚 come together again

Transcript

Moving from one group to another is something that shapes both gorilla and human society. To understand more about its evolutionary origins, researchers studied decades of data on mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, an area that’s been monitored by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund since the ’60s.

The research team tracked the dispersal of 56 different female gorillas over the years. They discovered that the animals tended to join groups with females they knew, friends they’d grown up with or females that they’d made a social connection with more recently. Even if two females had been apart for many years they’d often reunite when an animal moved groups. The scientists say this shows that the relationship between two female gorillas is much more socially significant than previously thought.