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Because we're looking at 50 cats,
因為我們觀察了50只貓
you can start to look at a lot of different effects in the data
研究數據反映了他們有許多不同之處
which you just don't get with a smaller study
這是一個只觀察五到十只動物的
of five or ten animals.
小型實驗無法做到的
So this has come together really nicely
通過這樣規模的實驗
to give a dataset that's a size
我們采集到的數據
that you can actually make those comparisons of.
足夠讓我們作出一系列對比
And what the scientists are seeing
科學家們看到的是
is a community of cats that is changing.
貓貓社會正在發生的改變
The cat, when it goes through our cat flap,
當貓貓們鉆出貓洞以后
exhibits some of the behaviours of its wild ancestors,
會表現一些他們的野生祖先有的行為
such as hunting,
比如捕獵
and then it will come back through our cat flap
然而他們回家以后
and have a social bond with the owner and be a family pet.
又會作為寵物 與主人產生互動的紐帶
Cats are still evolving and
貓貓們依然在進化
probably will still evolve into the future,
可能在將來也會繼續進化
becoming much more pet-like animals,
變得更像一只寵物
and will lose some of those wild instincts
并且會喪失一些野性本能
because many of those things don't actually serve them very well
因為大部分野性本能在21世紀
in the 21st century.
已經不適用了
Perhaps cats will become less wild and even more pet-like,
貓貓們的野性可能會變少 變得更像寵物
because that, it seems, is what we want them to be.
因為 這正是我們想要的樣子
重點解釋：
1.go through 經歷
例句：He's amazingly cheerful considering all that he's gone through.
鑒於他經歷過的種種遭遇，他的樂天達觀令人驚嘆。
2.evolve into 發展成, 進化成
例句：The group gradually evolved into a political party.
這個團體逐漸演變成一個政黨。
3.even more 更多地； 更為 ... 地
例句：She's even more intelligent than her sister.
她甚至比姐姐還聰明。
