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We gave them food and shelter,
我們給他們提供食物和庇護
in return for keeping mice and rats at bay.
作為回報他們替我們抓老鼠
It's the same reason these cats
這也是這些貓得以生活在
live on David Hicks's Oxfordshire farm today.
戴維·?？怂古＝蚩まr場的原因
We were just overrun with rats and the poison wasn't working.
我們鼠患成災 捕鼠器也沒什么作用
They were burrowing under the floors of the buildings,
他們在建筑的地板下打洞
undermining the floor so the floor collapsed,
破壞地板導致地板塌陷
making holes in the bags of food,
在糧食袋子上嗑洞
and mucking and peeing in the food,
在糧食里大小便
making it inedible for the animals.
弄得動物們都不吃
We had such a rat problem,
鼠患十分嚴重
in the end, a friend suggested we got some cats
后來 一個朋友建議我們養些貓
because they sorted his rat problem out.
因為他們會解決老鼠的問題
We're three, four years on now,
這方法已經用了三四年了
we've got lots of cats but no rats.
貓多了 老鼠少了
This relationship explains why it was beneficial
這段關系解釋了為什么貓保持野性
for cats to hold on to their wild side.
是有益處的
Cats like these must live much in the same way
這樣的貓的生存方式
as we imagine cats must have lived right at the beginning of domestication,
差不多跟剛被馴化時期的貓貓們一樣
when cats were first beginning to associate themselves with man.
當貓與人類開始建立聯系的時候
These cats are really here as hunters,
這些貓作為捕獵者
they are here to keep the rats and mice down on this farm.
他們在此保證了老鼠們遠離農田
重點解釋：
1.in return for 作為 ... 的報酬
例句：I bought him a drink in return for his help.
我請他喝酒以酬謝他的幫助。
2.in the end 終于； 最后
例句：If you persevere with work, you'll succeed in the end.
你如果把工作堅持下去，最終會取得成功的。
3.hold on 抓??；繼續
例句：You should hold on to your oil shares.
你應該繼續保留著石油股份。
