(这件事打动了全国人的心，各大报纸的标题都赫然标着?“大猩猩救男孩”。)

blare: to proclaim flamboyantly 耸人听闻的宣布
Headlines blared his defeat.

2. Most reports suggested that Binti rescued the boy because she felt empathy for him.

(大多数报道都猜测说，宾蒂救那个男孩，是因为她感受到了他当时的处境。)

此句中的suggest 并不表示“建议”之意，而是有“表明”，“暗示”之意，故后面从句中不用虚拟语气。　
I'm not suggesting that the accident was your fault.

3. And to date, no study of ape intelligence comes close to showing that…

（而且到此为止，没有一项猿类智能的研究接近于表明…）

come close to: be very near or like (sth or doing sth) 几乎，接近，赶得上，不亚于
He came close to being run over by a truck.

4. As a psychologist, I'm interested in the techniques we use to get at these questions:

(作为一个心理学家，我对我们用来解答这些问题的方法很感兴趣：)

get at: reach and discover (sth) 了解，发现
It's always difficult to get at the truth.

5. …to test their ability to rein in aggressive behavior and act cooperatively.

(…以测试它们控制攻击性的行为和相互合作的能力。)

rein in/back: control, restrain (one's feelings) 控制或抑制（感情等）
The man who does not rein in his passions will always be weak.

6. they began to inhibit their aggression.

(霸道行为开始有所收敛。)

inhibit: to hold in check; restrain

7. But in any social situation with conventions, individuals often find that it pays to break the rules.

(但是在任何有规可依的社会环境中，个体常常发现违犯规则是要付出代价的)

It pays to do sth 原为"做…是有利的"，"做…的很明智的"等意，如：It pays to be polite.（客气不吃亏。）
结合上下文，此处应为"做…是要付出代价的"解。

8. They beelined to the food and either consumed it on the spot or gobbled a few pieces and then moved to a new location with a stash.

(它们直奔向食物，要么当场把它吞下，要么抓上几块然后带着它跑到一个新的地点。)

beeline: move in a straight course
Just before the storm broke we beelined for home.
Beeline常做名词，用在短语中：make a beeline for　取捷径，走直路
I make a beeline for my car.
on the spot: at once
The boss was so anger over Ned's mistake that he fired him on the spot.

9. This experiment left many loose ends.

这项实验留下了许多未解决的问题。

loose ends: things still to be dealt with or explained 尚待处理或解释的枝节问题
His composition had many loose ends.