Brutus, who simply patrols around his home.
布魯特斯只在自己家附近巡視
Molly, who's drawn to the neighbouring wood.
茉莉跑去了附近的樹林
And Ginger, who heads out to a neighbour's house.
而小姜則直接跑去了鄰居家
The first question is, how far they travel beyond the cat flap,
第一個問題是 他們離家之后會走多遠
which is what scientists call the cat's home range.
這也就是科學(xué)家所說的貓的活動范圍
Sooty, who lives on the edge of the village,
住在村子邊緣的蘇提
grabs everyone's attention.
引起了大家的關(guān)注
It's quite a big range.
范圍好大
What do we know about Sooty, John?
約翰 蘇提是什么情況
OK, so Sooty is an ex-farm cat,
蘇提以前是一只農(nóng)場貓
so that would figure.
這就說得通了
Sooty has walked two miles in the first day,
蘇提第一天就走了三公里
but he's gone just 160 metres in each direction from his home.
但他只在離家160米的范圍內(nèi)活動
Sooty's really covering about three hectares.
蘇提的巡視面積有三公頃
重點解釋:
1.head out 離去;啟程
例句:I have a long way to go before dark. I'm going to head out.
天黑前我還有很遠的路要走,我得上路了。
2.know about 知道
例句:I'd love to know about the plan.
我想知道這個計劃。