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2. It is because of the close association in most people’s minds of tools with man that special attention has always been focused upon any animal able to use an object as a tool,but it is important to realize that this ability,on its own,does not necessarily indicate any special intelligence in the creature concerned.

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2. [分析]此句的框架是：It is because of...that... but it is important to realize that....并列连词but连接两个并列分句：前一个分句为强调句型It is... that...，强调原因状语because of —，在that后面的部分中，able to use an object as a tool作后置定语，修饰any animal;后一个分句中，it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的动词不定式短语to realize that...， realize后又跟由that引导的宾语从句，concerned同样是后置定语修饰the creature 。另外，需要注意的是，the close association in most people's minds of tools with man中in most people's minds把 the close association of tools with man (工具与人类的密切联系) 分隔开来，使得此句难以理解。

[译文]正是由于在大多数人头脑中工具与人类联系密切，人们才特别关注能把物体当工具使用的任何一种动物。但值得注意的是，这种能力就其自身而言，并不一定表明这种动物有什么特别的智慧。