Jane Goodall was born in London in 1934. She became interested in animal stories when she was a very young child. She always dreamed of working with wild (animal). When she was eleven years old, she decided that she wanted (go) to Africa to live with and write about animals. But this was not the kind of thing young women usually did in the 1940s. Everybody was laughing except her mother. "If you (real) want something, you work hard, you take advantage of opportunity, you never give up, and you will find a way," her mother said to her. The opportunity (come) at last. A school friend invited her to Africa. Jane worked as waitress until she got enough money to travel there.
In 1957, Jane Goodall traveled to Africa. She soon met the well-known scientist Louis Leakey and began working for him as an assistant. He later asked her to study a group of chimpanzees (live) by a lake in Tanzania. Very little was known about wild chimpanzees at that time.
Jane spent many years studying chimpanzees this area of Africa. It was not easy work. They were very shy and would run away she came near. She learned to watch them from far away using binoculars (双筒望远镜). Over time, she slowly gained (they) trust. Watching the chimpanzees, she made many discoveries. They ate vegetables and fruit. But she found that they also eat meat. A few weeks later, she made an even more (surprise) discovery. She saw chimpanzees making and using tools to help them catch insects.
