福师《高级英语（一）》第四课拓展资源
福师《高级英语（一）》第四课拓展资源A Most Forgiving Ape (Part 1)
by Alan Moorehead
About the author：
Alan Moorehead is an Australian author born in 1910. He wrote No Room in the Art (1957) from which our text is taken. The author loves Africa and has made many journeys all over the continent. He warns the world that unless something is done, many of the great animals in Africa would soon become extinct.Text Explanation：
Apeshimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas, known collectively as great apes, and gibbons and siamangs, or lesser apes, share a number of characteristics. These primates lack tails, use all of their limbs in locomotion, and maintain a primarily vegetarian diet. Ape faces have a flattened appearance with prominent jaws and most species have a well-developed social structure.?
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"No Room in the Ark"：
??? This is the book our text is taken from. The title is a parody of a Bible story. As is said in Genesis, after God created mankind and put them on the earth, he later found they became wicked. With regret God decided to send a flood to destroy every living being on the earth. But God was pleased with Noah, the only good man God could find at that time. So God commanded Noah to build an ark, a covered boat, and take into the boat with him his family, a male and female of every kind of animal and bird. Then the flood came on the earth and continued for forty days. Every living being on the earth died with the only exception of Noah and those who were with him in the ark. So when there is no room in the ark for an animal, that animal is really facing the danger of extinction. ?
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