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| 91. | The smallest weighed in at a mere three kilograms, hardly more than a small housecat; the largest tipped the scales at a gorillalike heft of80 kilograms. |
| 最小的体重只有三公斤，与小号家猫差不多大；最大的体重80公斤，与雌性大猩猩相当。 |
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| 92. | Slang goon, gorilla, hood. See attack/defend, crimes. |
| 一个对待他人很粗暴和极端的人，尤其是在其雇佣他人时：流氓、暴徒、恶棍、小流氓、（俚语）受雇暴徒、（俚语）使用暴力的歹徒。参见“攻击/防卫，罪行”。 |
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| 93. | Even the streets leading up to its outer barriers were roamed by gorilla-faced guards in black uniforms |
| 甚至通往大楼外层关卡的街上，也少不了粗鲁凶恶的警卫来往巡逻，穿着黑制服，装备着连枷警棍。 |
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| 94. | It turns out that humans walking on two legs use only one-quarter of the energy that chimpanzees use while knuckle-walking on four limbs. |
| 测算结果表明，人类用两条腿行走时消耗的能量仅为大猩猩四肢着地行走时所消耗能量的四分之一。 |
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| 95. | Thrice in the London Zoo he saw an eighteenmonth-old specimen trace the out line of its own shadow with its finger. |
| 他在伦敦动物园里三次看到一只十八个月的大猩猩用手指沿着自己的影子勾画轮廓。 |
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| 96. | In the latest attempt to find an explanation, researchers trained five chimpanzees to walk on a treadmill while wearing masks that allowed measurement of their oxygen consumption. |
| 在这项最新研究中，研究人员让五只大猩猩戴着可测算氧气消耗量的面罩在跑步机上行走。 |
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| 97. | Then, once alone, Patterson heard Koko make the gorilla's distress call: a loud series of hoots. |
| 在佩特森离开后，她听到科科用大猩猩的方式表达了痛苦：发出一连串大叫。 |
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| 98. | "They are calmer and more persistent than chimpanzees; though not as adaptable, gorillas are highly intelligent and capable of problem solving. " |
| 与黑猩猩相比,大猩猩更镇静且固执;适应能力虽不及黑猩猩,但具有很高的智能和解决问题的能力。 |
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| 99. | No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in a wild state,no zoologist,however intrepid,has been able to keep the animal under close and constant observation in the dark jungle in which he lives. |
| 没有谁拍摄过一张真正令人满意的野生状态下的大猩猩的照片，至今还没有任何一位动物学家，不管他多么勇敢，能够在大猩猩所生活的黑暗丛林里对这种动物进行过细致而持久的观察。 |
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| 100. | "Carl Akeley, the American naturalist, led two expeditions in the nineteen-twenties, and now lies buried among the animals he loved so well. " |
| 美国博物学家CarlAkeley在19世纪20年代曾两次率领过考察队,现在他还长眠在他十分钟爱的大猩猩中间。 |
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