英语阅读的强化训练:Specialguides

If you travel in some area in India, you’ll be lucky enough to be waited on by special guides―m&#111nkeys. Dressed in waistcoats(背心), these m&#111nkeys are always ready to serve you. Hungry, you only need to point to your own stomach and they’ll lead you to the nearest restaurant. Thirsty, the m&#111nkeys will lead you to a bar. Tired, you put both of your hands behind your head and the m&#111nkeys will take you to the nearest hotel. Don’t feel puzzled(困惑) when they put out their hairy hands to you after the service is done. They are just asking for a little money as a tip. After that, they wave their hands as if they are saying goodbye to you.

Believe it or not, the little guides are from the school for m&#111nkeys in India, where they were trained for one year to get their “diplomas”（文凭）. They are not the only m&#111nkey students in the world. Some are being trained as nurses in an American medical college. These m&#111nkeys are about to look after patients(病人) and help them with housework after school.

A three-year-old m&#111nkey named Helen has learned to turn on and off the lights, play a recorder and open doors and windows when he is told to. In the tropical(热带的) Malaysia where coconut trees reach high up to the sky, m&#111nkeys would climb to the top and pick the coconuts as ordered. Once the job is done, they would rush to their master, hoping to get some wild fruits as a reward.