纪录片《猫的秘密》 第30期 狩猎场

So I guess he's going to be hunting up that hedgerow.

我猜他是去那片灌木丛里捕猎

What he was doing at the farm,

他在农场那到底做了什么

of course, we don't know.

我们无从得知

They were right to suspect hunting that night.

他们对他出去捕猎的推测是正确的

Billy and Molly's owner

比利和茉莉的主人

has seen the cats the following morning.

在第二天早上见到过他们

I think they were out pretty well

我猜那天晚上他们大部分时间

most of the night, actually.

都在外面活动

I'm pretty certain they went out as soon as we went to bed.

我很肯定他们是在我们睡觉以后出门的

Billy in particular came in with a very bloated tummy,

特别是比利 回家时肚子撑得鼓鼓的

so I don't know quite what he's been up to,

我不太清楚他在外面干了什么

but probably eaten quite a few bits and pieces along the way,

但他可能一路上吃了不少东西

and he's very sleepy today.

而且今天他特别贪睡

In fact, both of them are very sleepy,

实际上他们两个都很贪睡

so I think they've been hunting a lot last night.

所以我猜昨晚他们应该一直在捕猎

They start to identify the cats

他们开始找出那些

that seem to have the strongest indications¹

很显而易见

they've been hunting.

会在外捕猎的猫

Like Sooty.

比如苏提

Spends quite a lot of periods of time there.

在那里待了很长一段时间

Backwards² and forwards and backwards and forwards,

不停地来回走动

suggesting he may be using that as a bit of a hunting ground.

说明那里可能是他的狩猎场

A lot of time and a lot of movement in that area

他在回家前在那个区域待了很久

before he comes back down.

而且不停地活动

1 indications   

n.指示( indication的名词复数 )；象征；表明；标示

参考例句：

• There are indications that his esoteric popularity may be ebbing. 有迹象表明，他神秘的声望可能正在下降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Can all these apparent indications of plate thickness really be mistaken? 所有这些关于板块厚度的明显标志有可能弄错吗？ 来自辞典例句

2 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。