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现在，凯瑟琳，你觉得头足类动物怎么样？
Er …cephalopods? 
额……cephalopods？
Yeah. You do know what cephalopods are, don’t you?
是的。你知道cephalopods是什么，是吧？
Yes, of course I do. It’s a new kind of ipod, isn’t it? 
是的，我当然知道。它是一款新的苹果音乐播放器，不是吗？
Not exactly, no. A cephalopod is a kind of sea creature, like a squid or octopus. 
实际上不是，并不是。头足类动物是一种海洋生物，像鱿鱼或者章鱼。
Oh, cephalopods, yes, of course. I know what a cephalopod is.
哦，头足类动物，是的，当然。我知道头足类动物是什么。
Of course you do. Well, today’s programme is all about one of these squishy creatures, the octopus, which apparently is a pretty clever animal. To start, here’s today’s quiz question. What is the correct plural form of octopus? Is it a) octopuses b) octopodes or c) octopi?What do you think, Catherine?
你当然知道。好的，今天节目全是关于一种黏糊糊的生物——章鱼，显然它是一种相当聪明的动物。节目开始是今天的测试问题。章鱼正确的复数形式是什么？是a) octopuses b) octopodes 还是 c) octopi?你认为是什么，凯瑟琳？
OK. I think this is a trick question. I think people think that it’s ’octopi’.But it’s actually, there’s a technical term for it, which is the correct term and that’s ’octopodes’. But some people think, like children and staff, they just put the plural ’s’ on so they say ’octopuses’. So I’m going for answer b) octopodes. 
好吧，我觉得这是一个刁钻的问题。我觉得人们会认为是“octopi”。但是它实际上有一个专业术语，那是它的正确形式“octopodes”。但是一些人认为，像小孩和老师，他们只是把复数“s”加上，所以他们说是“octopuses”。所以我会说答案是b) octopodes。
Wow! Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme, just to see how right or wrong you are. Now, apparently the octopus is a remarkably intelligent creature. They have the ability to solve some complex problems and in one famous case one was even able to predict the result of World Cup football matches. 
哇！在节目最后留心听答案来看看你是对是错。现在显然章鱼是一种非常聪明的生物。它们有解决某些复杂问题的能力，而且在一个很出名的事件中，有一只章鱼甚至可以预测世界杯足球赛的结果。
Oh, yes, Paul, that octopus. I don’t think he was really psychic though. It was just a publicity stunt by the zoo that had him, as a way to promote their zoo.
噢，是的，那只叫保罗的章鱼。然而我并不认为它真的是超能力者。那只是它所在动物园的炒作，作为推广他们动物园的一种手段。
It may have been a publicity stunt, but he was actually quite accurate. In fact, he correctly predicted the result of 12 matches out of 14 - that’s 86%. Not bad, eh? 
它或许是一个炒作，但事实上它十分准确。事实上，14场比赛中，它正确预测出12场比赛的结果，那占了86%。不错了吧，嗯？
That’s amazing. I didn’t know he was that good. Anyway, Neil, tell us more about the octopus. 
难以置信。我不知道它那么棒。不管怎样，尼尔，告诉我们更多关于那只章鱼的信息。
Well, I’ll leave that to Peter Godfrey-Smith, philosopher of science and author of Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness. He is quite a fan of our eight-tentacled friends. On the BBC Radio 4 programme Start the Week he said that humans and the octopus have a common ancestor. This is a term in science which means ’a creature from which both species evolved’. Like a very distant relative. How long ago does he say this common ancestor lived?

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