纪录片《猫的秘密》 第10期 巡逻地盘

Brutus, who simply patrols around his home.

布鲁特斯只在自己家附近巡视

Molly, who's drawn¹ to the neighbouring wood.

茉莉跑去了附近的树林

And Ginger², who heads out to a neighbour's house.

而小姜则直接跑去了邻居家

The first question is, how far they travel beyond the cat flap,

第一个问题是 他们离家之后会走多远

which is what scientists call the cat's home range.

这也就是科学家所说的猫的活动范围

Sooty, who lives on the edge of the village,

住在村子边缘的苏提

grabs everyone's attention.

引起了大家的关注

It's quite a big range.

范围好大

What do we know about Sooty, John?

约翰 苏提是什么情况

OK, so Sooty is an ex-farm cat,

苏提以前是一只农场猫

so that would figure.

这就说得通了

Sooty has walked two miles in the first day,

苏提第一天就走了三公里

but he's gone just 160 metres in each direction from his home.

但他只在离家160米的范围内活动

Sooty's really covering about three hectares.

苏提的巡视面积有三公顷

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。