图片新闻【585】鸟儿也能辨人语？

AFP/File - Mon Feb 6, 10:26 AM ET A man warms himself and his pet bird in the winter sunshine on a street in Hong Kong, December 2000. Pet birds can not only imitate sounds, they can distinguish between languages, potentially offering new clues on how the brain recognizes speech, Japanese researchers say.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)

词汇：

pet n.宠物
imitate vt.模仿, 仿效, 仿制, 仿造
distinguish between v.区别
potentially adv.潜在地
offering n.提供
clue n.线索
recognize vt.认可, 承认, 公认, 赏识