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This cat camaraderie is another example from the experiment
这些猫猫间的友情是实验中的另一个实例
to suggest that cats may be changing,
证明猫的行为可以被改变
evolving away from hunters to fit in better with us.
逐步从捕猎者演变为人类的宠物
As we're domesticating cats,
我们在驯服猫的过程中
we're retaining a lot more of
让他们保留了
what we call their juvenile characteristics.
我们称之为幼年特征的东西
So they purr a lot, they play a lot,
因此他们会呜呜叫 会玩耍
we see them needing behaviour.
会有依赖我们的表现
With our pet cats, if we are domesticating them
在饲养宠物猫时 如果我们驯服他们
and they are evolving, in a sense
他们发生进化 从某种意义上来说
that they are retaining lots of these characteristics,
他们会保留许多特征
they might be more likely
也许能让他们
- to get on with each other. - Yes.
-彼此间相处更融洽 -是的
But we're right at the cusp of that,
但我们对整个趋势的看法是对的
in sort of the domestic cat's evolution.
猫猫在人类驯服中发生的演变
If she's right, this sort of feline harmony
如果她是对的 那猫猫间和睦共处
could be a vision of the future,
可能是未来的一种形式
as cats evolve to please the hand that feeds them.
他们会取悦自己的主人
重点解释：
1.away from 远离, 从某地离开
例句：The poor man ran away from his creditors.
这个穷人躲避他的债主。
2.get on with 取得进展
例句：Do you get on with your parents?
你和父母合得来吗?
3.be able to 会； 能
例句：You'll be able to come, won't you?
你能来的，对吗?
