spoken Chinese 慢速新闻 研究发现：鲸鱼也有"流行曲"

澳大利亚研究人员近期发现，雄性座头鲸也有"流行歌曲"，他们所唱之歌能够长距离"传唱"给其他鲸类。
 
研究人员在国际著名学术期刊《当代生物学》杂志发表报告说，他们分析了10多年来录制的数百小时鲸类"歌曲"，发现澳大利亚东部海域鲸群最先唱的歌会逐渐传播，不到两年，竟然传唱到生活在6000公里外法属波利尼西亚海域的鲸群那里。
 
研究人员说，比较典型的"流行歌曲"曲调大多不是原创的，有点像将甲壳虫乐队的老歌与U2组合的歌曲剪接拼凑，偶尔，它们还会完全舍弃现有歌曲，开始唱新歌。
 
研究人员认为，雄性鲸类之所以追求新奇歌曲，是希望彰显与众不同，这样可能更易吸引异性。
 
Male humpback whales have their own version of popular songs, and their hits spread through the ocean to other whales, according to an Australian study released.
 
While making the study reported in the journal Current Biology, researchers listened to hundreds of hours of recordings gathered over more than a decade.
 
These revealed how a specific song pattern, which originated in Eastern Australia, had passed to whale populations up to 6,000 kilometers away in French Polynesia within two years. In typical pop music fashion, the tunes are not all that original most of the time，the researchers said. "It would be like splicing an old Beatles song with U2. Occasionally they completely throw the current song out the window and start singing a brand new song."
 
"We think this male quest for song novelty is in the hope of being that little bit different and perhaps more attractive to the opposite sex," according to researchers.
 
 
理解 Comprehension：
1. 研究发现，鲸类的"流行歌曲"不具备哪项特点_____。
A. 能够长距离传播
B. 可能是鲸类吸引异性的手段
C. 比较典型的"流行歌曲"曲调大多不是原创
D. 完全舍弃现有歌曲而变"唱"新歌
 
答案:D