And it's not just these two cats.
不僅是這兩只貓
Other cats, like Billy and Molly...
其他的貓 比如比利和茉莉
Interesting. Molly is out at one, two o'clock in the morning,
很有趣 茉莉通常在凌晨一二點鐘出門
a lot of activity here in the early morning,
在凌晨十分活躍
when Billy wasn't out.
而此時比利正待在家
One's going in, one's going out.
一個在內 一個在外
And Claude and Thomas seem to be doing the same thing.
克勞德和托馬斯似乎也在做著同樣的事
Claude comes over into the area of Thomas,
克勞德進入托馬斯領地的時候
Thomas is much further over,
托馬斯遠在那里
they're not in the same place at the same time,
他們并不同時出現在同一個地方
they may time-share that area.
他們在不同時段分享這片地區
It seems to be happening all over the village.
這種現象發生在城鎮各處
And here's how they're doing it.
他們是這樣做到的
A set of chemical signals and scents which are secreted
一系列化學物質和氣味
from the cats' glands in their cheeks when they rub...
在他們蹭樹以及抓撓時
and from their paws when they scratch...
從面部和腳掌的腺體中分泌出來
Marks out who was where, and when.
標記了何時何地誰來過這里
重點解釋:
1.seem to be 看來, 好像
例句:We seem to be missing two chairs.
我們好像少了兩把椅子。
2.come over 從遠處來
例句:He has come over to China for the summer.
他不遠萬里來中國度暑假。
3.a set of 一套
例句:I want to buy a set of air conditioning.
我想買一臺空調。