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Chimps and orangutans may experience midlife crises

By Ian Sample, science correspondent 19 November, 2012

 

  There comes a time in some men’s lives when the days seem darker, death more certain, and the only sensible response is to blow the life savings on a sportscar.

  Radical and often ill-advised changes in lifestyle are typical for the midlife crisis but, if it is more than a myth, then humans may not be the only animals to experience it.

  Now an international team of scientists claims it has found evidence for a slump in well-being among middle-aged chimpanzees and orangutans. The lull in happiness in the middle years, they say, is the ape equivalent of the midlife crisis.

  The findings of the study, which was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that the midlife crisis may have its roots in the biology humans share with our closest evolutionary cousins.

More than 500 apes were included in the study in three  separate groups. The first two groups were chimpanzees, with the third made up of orangutans. “In all three groups we find evidence that well-being is lowest in chimpanzees and orangutans at an age that corresponds more or less to midlife in humans,” Weiss said.

  Robin Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Oxford University, was sceptical about the findings. “What can produce a sense of well-being that varies across their lifetimes like this? It’s hard to see anything in an ape’s life that would have that sort of pattern. They’re not particularly good at seeing far ahead into the future; that’s one of the big differences between them and us.”

   But Weiss believes the findings could point to a deeper understanding of the emotional crisis some men may experience. “If we want to find the answer to the question of what’s going on with the midlife crisis, we should look at what is similar in middle-aged humans, chimps and orangutans,” he said.

Available at: http://www.onestopenglish.com. (Adapted)

Analyze the use of the \'S in the statements below:

I. There comes a time in some men’s lives when the days seem darker, death more certain, and the only sensible response is to blow the life savings on a sportscar.
II. It’s hard to see anything in an ape’s life that would have that sort of pattern.
III. They’re not particularly good at seeing far ahead into the future; that’s one of the big differences between them and us.
IV. “If we want to find the answer to the question of what’s going on with the midlife crisis, we should look at what is similar in middle-aged humans, chimps and orangutans,” he said.

Mark the correct one answer:

John Barleycorn

By Robert Burns

 

There was three kings into the east,

Three kings both great and high,

And they hae sworn a solemn oath

John Barleycorn should die.

 

They took a plough and plough'd him down,

Put clods upon his head,

And they hae sworn a solemn oath

John Barleycorn was dead.

But the cheerful Spring came kindly on,

And show'rs began to fall;

John Barleycorn got up again,

And sore surpris'd them all.

 

The sultry suns of Summer came,

And he grew thick and strong;

His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears,

That no one should him wrong.

Available at: classiclit.about.com/library/b-etexts/rburns/bl-rburns-johnabarley.htm. (Excerpt)

After reading the poem, it\'s possible to say that:

According to the context, the student interpreted the word “depression” as:

I. a large mass of air at low pressure that usually brings colder weather and rain.
II. a period of time when there is a lot of unemployment and poverty because there is very little economic activity.
III. a medical condition in which a person is so unhappy that they cannot live a normal life.
IV. a part in a surface which is slightly lower than the rest an abnormal lowering of the rate of any physiological activity or function, such as respiration.
V. an abnormal lowering of the rate of any physiological activity or function, such as respiration.
VI. the angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

Mark the CORRECT answer: (T: true; F: false)

Mark T (true) or F (false), according to the comics:

I. The woman forgot teachers must be civil examples for society and damaged the wall.

II. Some language teachers get crazy when they see grammar mistakes.

III. The policeman does not forgive the teacher’s act, although, she was grammatically correct.

IV. “Have you got any milk?” is also a different way to correct the sentence written in the wall.

According to the comics, it is CORRECT to state that the mother of the boy: