Whydoparrotsmimicsounds?

Doyouhaveapetparrot？Haveyoutriedtrainingyourparrottotalk？Youmighthaveheardsomesimplewordscomingoutofaparrotsmouth.Butdoyouknowwhyparrotsrepeatsoundstheyhear?

Repeatingsoundsyouhaveheardbeforeiscalledmimicry.Parrotsmimicsoundsbecausetheyaresocialcreatures.Theyfeelaneedtointeract.Withthesesoundsaroundthem.Wildparrotsusuallyonlyrepeatthesoundsthatotherparrotsmake.;Butwhenkeptaspets,parrotsseetheirhumanownersastheirfamilyandwanttointeractwiththem,sothesebirdsrepeatwhattheirownersay.

Sinceahumanownerusuallycantlearnabirds“language”,thebirdinstead,triestolearnthelanguageofitsowner.Mimicrybecomesawayforparrotstogetattentionandinteractwiththeirowners.

Althoughparrotareoftenquitesmart,youstillneedtospendlotsoftimetrainingthemtotalk.;1.Kitty,_________(notbe)lateforclassnexttime!

2.Kitty,withherclassmates,_______(notbe)lateforclassthisweek.

3.Nowmostpeopleliveintall_______(building).;1.准备做某事/为某事做准备

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2.它看起来怎么样？

Howdoesitlook?

Whatdoesitlooklike?

3.Whatissblike?提问性格外貌

4.look（系动词）+adj.看起来，否定dont/doesntlook

5.look(实义动)+adv.

6.so如此，这么=veryso+adj.(形容词)

somany/much

so所以，与because不连用

7.showsb.aroundsp.=takesbtovisitsp.带某人参观某地

;8.showsb.sth.=showsth.tosb.

把…展示给某人看

9.letsb.(宾格)+dosth.让某人做某事

letsb.notdosth.让某人不做某事

10.infrontof(外部,无包含)反:behind

11.inthefrontof(内部,有包含)反:in/atthebackof

12.Therebe存在句,某处有,就近原则=have某人有

13.onthetopfloor在顶层

;14.wayn.道路onone’swaytosp.在某人去某地的路上

wayn.方法inthisway用这种方法

15.intheway/ontheway/bytheway挡路/在路上/顺便说一句

16.buildingn.buildv.buildtallbuildings建高楼

17.amoderntown一个现代化的小镇

18.havemeetings=haveameeting

19.formeetings为了开会

for(介词)+doing

20.wearvsputonvsin

wearv.状态,puton动作（-take