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Now, the VOA
Special English program
WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
Monkeys are very similar
to us in many ways.
Most have ten fingers
and ten toes, and brains
much like ours.
We enjoy watching them
because they often act like us.
In fact, Charles Darwin's
theory of evolution says
that monkeys and humans
share a common ancestor.
Songwriter William Gilbert,
in the musical "Princess Ida",
wrote:"Darwinian man,
though well-behaved, at best
is only a monkey shaved."
His words
-- sung to Sir Arthur Sullivan's music
-- make listeners smile.
Well, monkeys make us smile, too,
because they are creatures
full of playful tricks.
This is why many monkey
expressions are about
tricky people or playful acts.
One of these expressions
is monkeyshines, meaning tricks
or foolish acts.
The meaning is clear
if you have ever watched
a group of monkeys
playfully chasing each other:
pulling tails, stealing food,
doing tricks.
So, when a teacher says
to a group of students:
"Stop those monkeyshines right now!"
you know that the boys and girls
are playing, instead of studying.
You might hear that same teacher
warn a student not to
monkey around with
a valuable piece of equipment.
You monkey around with something
when you do not know
what you are doing.
You are touching
or playing with something
you should leave alone.
Also, you can monkey around
when you feel like doing something,
but have no firm idea of what to do.
For example, you tell your friend
you are going to spend the day
monkeying around with your car.
Weel, you do not have
any job or goal in mind.
It is just a way to pass the time.
Monkey business usually means
secret, maybe illegal, activities.
A news report may say there is
monkey business involved
in building the new airport,
with some officials getting
secret payments from builders.
You may make a monkey out
of someone when you make
that person look foolish.
Some people make a monkey
out of themselves
by acting foolish or silly.
If one monkey has fun,
imagine how much fun
a barrel of monkeys can have.
If your friend says
he had more fun than a barrel
of monkeys at your party,
you know that he
had a really good time.
Monkey suits are common names
for clothes or uniforms soldiers wear.
In earlier years
in many American cities,
you would find men playing
musical hand organs on the street.
Dancing to the music would
be the man's small monkey
dressed in a tight-fitting,
colorful jacket similar
to a military uniform.
So, people began to call
a military uniform a monkey suit.
(MUSIC)
This VOA Special English program,
WORDS AND THEIR STORIES,
was written by Marilyn Rice Christiano.
Maurice Joyce was the narrator.
I'm Shirley Griffith.
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