The book opens with an exploration of the fundamental questions about human existence, introducing the concept that animals (including humans) are survival machines for genes.

本书以探索关于人类存在的基本问题开始，介绍了动物（包括人类）是基因的生存机器的概念。

Dawkins introduces the concept of replicators, molecules that can make copies of themselves, which became the foundation for the evolution of all life.

道金斯介绍了复制子的概念，即能够复制自身的分子，这成为了所有生命进化的基础。

This chapter explores how genes achieve a form of immortality through replication across generations, while individual organisms are merely temporary vessels.

本章探讨了基因如何通过跨代复制实现一种不朽形式，而个体生物仅仅是临时容器。

Dawkins expands on the concept of bodies as vehicles or survival machines for genes, explaining how genes influence the development and behavior of organisms.

道金斯拓展了身体作为基因的载体或生存机器的概念，解释了基因如何影响生物体的发展和行为。

This chapter introduces evolutionary game theory and the concept of evolutionary stable strategies (ESS), using the Hawk-Dove game to explain aggressive behavior in animals.

本章介绍了进化博弈论和进化稳定策略（ESS）的概念，用鹰-鸽博弈解释动物的攻击性行为。