纪录片《猫的秘密》 第37期 猫的战争

They seem a pretty happy lot,

他们看起来很高兴

and given that the cats are both solitary¹ and territorial²,

考虑到猫一般是独居并有领地意识的

they do seem to get on pretty well together.

但他们似乎相处得很好

But no-one is sure what happens beyond the cat flap.

但没人知道他们离家后会发生什么

Yellow's Daisy. What colour is Pumpkin³?

黄色的是黛西 南瓜是什么颜色的

Pumpkin's pink. Coco is red.

南瓜是粉色的 蔻蔻是红色的

So while Patch roams the local neighbourhood,

当帕奇在邻里闲逛的时候

Duffy, Daisy, Coco, Pumpkin and Ralph

达菲, 黛西, 蔻蔻, 南瓜和拉尔夫

are all out at the same time and sticking very close together.

同时出门并且都离得很近

Which is a genuine surprise.

这绝对是个惊喜

Your cats are actually really interesting.

你的猫猫们很有趣

Down in the village, we've got lots of reports of hostility⁴,

在这个小镇里 大家报告了许多猫猫间的战争

including fights, and in a multi-cat household, which you have,

他们会打斗 像你这样养了很多只猫的家庭

you're our largest number in our study, with six cats,

你有六只猫 是研究对象中数量最大的

we would expect there to be quite a bit of tension,

我们原以为他们之间的关系会很紧张

quite a bit of using different space outside.

会在家外使用不同的领地

What's really, really unusual is we don't see that

但在他们身上并没有这种情况

with your cats at all.

非常难得

1 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

2 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

3 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

4 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。