[听力] 【sss听力训练】20120301 Do Whale Research without Getting Seasick [复制链接]

Maybeyou've heard that sound, it's an Orca, akiller whale. We know that whales have a kind of language. Families and closely related groupseven share dialects.

Arethey letting numbers of the pod know where thefood is, crooninga romantic ballad to a potential mate. Or something else altogether.That's what researchers want to know andwhere citizen scientists come in.

Thefirst step in understanding whale talk iscataloging the calls. You might organizeyour messy drawer by matching up the socks. At ourwebsite, citizen scientists can match up the whalecalls.

Youlisten to an uncategorized call thenfound one that it sounds like it. So far more than 5000 volunteers have matched 100,000calls. That efforts would have taken professionals years.

The data will help answerquestions like "how many kinds of calls do whalesmake.". And what does the numbercalls say about intelligence.The studies also help researchers develop guidelinesto reduce theimpact of man-made sounds on marinelife.

Tolend us your ears, just go to whale scientificamerican.com.

dialects:方言

croon:
轻哼

ballad:民谣