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问:Wood pigeons use similar intention movements but in a different way.  rovided that each pigeon makes the intention movements before taking off, the others ignore the behavior. But if one spots danger and does an emergency take off, the others interpret the absence of intention movements as an alarm signal, and the whole flock rises into the air. Another bird signal is the attitude of alertness that conveys a warning among flocks of geese.
答:斑鸠使用同样的隐藏了意图的动作,但是是以不同的方式使用。假定每只斑鸠在起飞前都作出这些隐藏了意图的动作,其他斑鸠就不会去理睬这些动作。但是,如果某只斑鸠突然看到危险因而紧急起飞,其他斑鸠就把它起飞过程中意图动作的欠缺当作是一个警讯,结果就导致整个一群斑鸠飞到了空中。另外一种鸟类的信号是遇到警讯后的身体姿态,这种姿态在鹅群中传达了一个警报。
attitude 要看上下文才知道具体含义。
问:Capital for mills to crush the quartz and for vessels of mercury to dissolve the gold came not from the prospectors but from investors in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and London. (这个是不是说gold不是因为开采者的能力 而是因为投资者大量的金钱, 是不是也表明gold开采后归投资者)
答:碾磨厂碾碎石英所需的资金,以及用来购买一罐一罐的水银的资金(这些水银是用作溶解金子的),都不是来自采矿者,而是来自远在San Francisco,  hiladelphia 和London的投资者的。
(石英中含金子吧,碾碎后再泡在水银里,金子会溶解进水银,然后把溶不了的其他物质清理掉,再从溶了金子的水银里提取纯净的金子就容易多了。)
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