纪录片《猫的秘密》 第7期 大型猫科动物

The technology that Alan has developed for the big cats

艾伦开发出来用在这些大型猫科动物身上的

is an advanced GPS tracker.

是一种先进的GPS追踪器

It tracks the animal's position, speed

它追踪动物的位置 速度

and how fast they're accelerating, step by step.

以及他们每一步的加速度

The collar has got solar panels on the top,

这个项圈顶部有太阳能电池板

it's got electronics in the top here

这里面有电子元件

and then the batteries on the bottom, and a radio antenna¹.

底部有电池和一个无线电天线

So this will give us the position of our animals

它将以每秒三百次的速度

to tens of centimetres, 300 times a second,

和几十厘米的精度告诉我们猫猫的位置

and how fast they're going,

以及他们行动的速度

so we actually get exquisitely² fine detail

所以我们能够详细地了解

about what they're doing, where they're moving,

他们在做什么 他们在哪儿活动

what terrain³ they're moving in, how they're hunting,

他们要去什么地方 他们怎样捕猎

when they're successful and when they aren't.

他们什么时候成功什么时候失败

It really is opening up whole new measurements

这是用传统的追踪项圈

that weren't possible before with traditional tracking collars.

根本无法得到的测量数据

The information he's gathered has transformed our understanding

他收集的信息改变了我们对这些

about how these fearsome predators⁴ live in the wild.

可怕的捕食者如何在野外生存的看法

We're going to turn on the GPS loggers.

我们要把这些GPS接收器打开

1 antenna   

n.触角，触须；天线

参考例句：

• The workman fixed the antenna to the roof of the house.工人把天线固定在房顶上。
• In our village, there is an antenna on every roof for receiving TV signals.在我们村里，每家房顶上都有天线接收电视信号。

2 exquisitely   

adv.精致地；强烈地；剧烈地；异常地

参考例句：

• He found her exquisitely beautiful. 他觉得她异常美丽。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He wore an exquisitely tailored gray silk and accessories to match. 他穿的是做工非常考究的灰色绸缎衣服，还有各种配得很协调的装饰。 来自教父部分

3 terrain   

n.地面，地形，地图

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。

4 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》