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No monkey business
Sunday, Oct 23, 2005,Page 14
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PHOTO: EPA
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Monkeys do more than just monkey around. They also help people with important work. In Thailand, coconut farmers often teach monkeys to pick coconuts from tall trees. This monkey has just returned from picking a coconut for his owner.
Coconut trees don't have any branches, so it is very dangerous for people to climb them. Monkeys, however, are really good at climbing tall trees. They can pick coconuts faster and more safely than people can.
This monkey is taking a break. He gets to drink some coconut milk as pay for his hard work. The next coconut you eat might have been picked by a monkey!
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Floating coconuts
Coconuts are coconut tree seeds. Even after floating on the ocean for several months, coconuts will still grow into trees if they are planted. Even coconuts that have floated all the way to Norway have grown into trees. |
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to monkey around
胡鬧 (hu2 nao4)；
閒蕩 (xian2 dang4)
My mom told me to clean my room and not monkey around.
我媽叫我打掃自己的房間，別老閒晃。
branch
枝 (zhi1)
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