纪录片《猫的秘密》 第28期 杀害动物的凶手

They're often vilified¹ for killing² off other animals.

他们经常被抨击为杀害其他动物的凶手

But the extent of this predatory behaviour,

但猫还保有多少这种捕食习性

in the UK at least,

至少对英国的猫而言

is uncertain.

仍不明朗

We found this mole³ here this morning

今早在这里发现了这只鼹鼠

and we don't know if Ginger⁴ caught it or not,

不知道是不是被小姜抓住的

but it's dead, so we're going to pop it in here.

但它已经死了 我要把它装到盒子里

Pick him up so we can take him up to the hall tonight

把它收起来 然后今晚拿到市政厅去

and they can have a look at him up there.

让那里的工作人员看一下

The scientists are hoping

科学家们希望

to use this study in Shamley Green

杉莫利格林镇的研究

to see if there are any clues as to what's going on.

能为了解猫的真正习性 提供一点线索

It's a little shrew, from Phoebus.

这是一只小鼩鼱 菲布斯带回来的

And he caught it a couple of nights ago.

是前几天晚上被他抓住的

We've ask the owners to collect everything

我们请猫主人们把一周内

their cats bring home throughout the week.

猫带回家的所有猎物都收集起来

Lovely!

真棒

It's been in the freezer for one night.

昨晚把它放在了冰箱里

Probably died of old age.

可能早就已经死了

I think he's been around the gardens for ages.

我猜它很久以前就在院子里了

Because cats usually hunt out of sight,

因为猫通常会避开人群进行捕猎

often under the cover of night,

一般都有夜色做掩护

the scientists are hoping the cat cameras and GPS collars

科学家希望猫携带的摄像机和GPS项圈

may help reveal what they are up to.

也许能帮他们搞明白猫的行踪

1 vilified   

v.中伤，诽谤( vilify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was vilified in newspapers. 他在报纸上受到了诽谤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She was vilified by the press for her controversial views. 因她持有异议，新闻界对她横加挞伐。 来自互联网

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 mole   

n.胎块；痣；克分子

参考例句：

• She had a tiny mole on her cheek.她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣。
• The young girl felt very self- conscious about the large mole on her chin.那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在。

4 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。