Many children may be fond of animals, but few ever think of making the study of animals as their career. Even fewer will be1by the whole word, 2the title of United Nations Messenger (使者) of Peace.
But one woman has3 all that. She has lived with chimps in the African forest for many years and made great4. Jane Goodall's lifelong5 in animals began at an early age. By the age of 10 or 11, Goodall6going to Africa to live with animals. This was quite a strange dream in those days，as young7didn't think of having such “wild" actions. But she was8 by her mother. She told her that if she really wanted something，she should work hard, take advantage of9 and never give up looking for a way.
When a close friend invited Goodall to Kenya in 1957, she readily10 it. Within a few months of her arrival, she met the famous anthropologist (人类学家) Dr Louis Leakey, who soon decided that Goodall was the11person he was looking for to begin a12of wild chimps on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.
In the beginning, studying the chimps was not13 for her. The animals, fled from her 14. With a strong15, she searched the forest every day, trying not to get too close to the chimps too16. Gradually the chimps became used to her presence.
In October 1960, she observed a chimp making and using17to fish for termites (白蚁). This discovery threw18on the popular idea at the time that man was the world's only toolmaker. The longer Goodall's research continues, the more it becomes obvious that chimps are very19to humans.
Since the mid-1980s, Goodall has been lecturing around the world to raise people's sense about environmental20. “Let's live in the new age with hope, respect for all living things, understanding and love," she said.
