Everyone's gathered in the village hall to meet the scientists
大家聚集到鎮里的市政廳跟科學家們見面
and find out more about what the study will involve.
了解這項研究的更多信息
We want to get a picture of your cat's natural, normal life,
我們想拍攝你的貓的自然普通的生活
so don't do anything different, don't change your routines,
所以不要做任何改變 一切照舊
don't lock the cat flap,
不要把貓洞鎖上
don't suddenly call up the local handyman
不要突然讓工人上門
and get a cat flap put in.
做一個貓洞
Let the cat do what it usually does
讓貓保持正常的生活
and hopefully we will build up this picture of
但愿我們能夠描繪出
what it's like to be a cat in Shamley Green.
在杉莫利格林鎮一只貓的生活
I'll now hand over to Alan, who is the technical expert,
現在把時間交給艾倫 他是其他
among many other things.
許多方面的技術專家
Alan Wilson's task is to devise a new way to track the cats.
艾倫·威爾森的任務是設計一種追蹤貓的新方法
He's a world expert in tracking wild animals.
他是野生動物追蹤的世界級專家
Where we do most of that work is in Botswana, in Africa.
我們的工作主要是在博茨瓦納 在非洲
So we design and build things like this.
所以我們設計并制造了這樣的東西
This will fit on a lion.
這可以用在獅子身上
This will fit on a cheetah or an African wild dog.
這也可以用在印度豹或非洲野狗身上
重點解釋:
1.call up 給 ... 打電話; 使想起
例句:She can still call up scenes of childhood.
她仍能想起兒時的情景。
2.build up 建立
例句:He tried to build up his strength.
他試圖增進體質。
3.hand over 交出
例句:Don't let your feelings get the upper hand over you.
不要感情用事。