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They obviously spend a lot of time out of doors,
很明顯他們經常待在戶外
or at least many of them do, looking around,
或至少他們中大多數是這樣 四處活動
as if they're hunting,
就像在捕獵一樣
but the actual pouncing attempts are comparatively rare.
但真正意義上的襲擊卻相對少見
There's a couple of birds actually been eaten,
這里有幾只被吃剩下的鳥的殘骸
at the back here, a house mouse, just one,
在這邊 有一只家鼠 只有一只
which is the traditional prey of the cat.
是貓的傳統獵物
That's a vole,
那是一只田鼠
and here, almost in pride of place, is a mole,
而這其中最與眾不同的 是這只鼴
which is very difficult to catch for a cat,
對貓來說是很難捕捉的
because of course they spend a lot of time under ground.
因為他們大多數時候都在地下
This is no more than a snapshot
這不過是過去一周在村莊中
of what's going on over one week in this village.
發生的一切的驚鴻一瞥
But while we've been here,
但在我們的實驗期間
the impact has been rather minimal.
他們的捕獵行動已經很低調了
So what might be going on here?
這里可能會發生什么
It could be that this year's cold spring
也許因為今年寒冷的春天
has delayed the birth of the baby animals.
延遲了動物幼崽的誕生
Or that cats just don't like being outside in bad weather.
或者只是貓貓不喜歡在壞天氣下待在戶外
But the data from the experiment has thrown up
然而從實驗數據中我們還發現了
an even more intriguing possibility.
一種更有趣的事實
重點解釋：
1.look around 東張西望
例句：You have 15 minutes to look around.
你有15分鐘的時間到周圍看看。
2.at least 至少
例句：She may be slow but at least she's reliable.
她遲鈍是遲鈍，但無論如何她很可靠。
3.more than 超過
例句：There are more than 5,000 adjectives in that dictionary.
那本詞典中有5000多個形容詞。
