Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. However, the evening makes it all worthwhile⑨. We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree⑩. Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest⑪ for the night. We realize that the bond⑫ between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family.
①student在此不作"学生"讲,而是"研究者""学者"的意思。
②现在分词短语following Jane's way of studying chimps作方式状语。
③behave/bI'heIv/vt.&vi.举动;(举止或行为)表现
behave oneself/well守规矩/举止得体
behaviour/bI'heIvjə/n.(=behavior)行为;举止;习性
④动名词短语watching a family ...作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。
⑤mean doing sth.意味着做某事
mean to do sth.打算做某事
⑥where引导的定语从句修饰the place。在定语从句中现在分词短语sleeping in a tree作后置定语。
⑦in the shade of ...在......的阴凉处
shade/ʃeId/n.荫;阴凉处 vt.遮住光线
⑧move off离开;起程;出发
⑨worthwhile/wɜːθ'waIl/adj.值得的;值得做的
It is worthwhile to do sth./doing sth.做某事是值得的。
⑩句中用了"感官动词+宾语+宾补"结构,且and后省略了感官动词watch。