纪录片《猫的秘密》 第34期 为了食物

Three minutes of scoffing¹ in Rosie's house, non stop.

在罗西家狼吞虎咽了三分钟 毫无停顿

How embarrassing.

太尴尬了

We've watched this video several times,

我们多次观看了这段视频

and he doesn't spend much time lifting his head, looking around.

并发现他没有花太多时间抬头观察周围的情况

- Worrying about anything. - Exactly. He's at home.

-担心些什么 -没错 他非常自在

- This is normal. - I feel that he's confidently doing this,

-这很正常 -我感觉他很有自信

and so he's done this probably more than once,

所以他这么做了也许不止一次

this may be routine for him.

这可能是他的日常活动

Oh, dear.

噢 天啊

So, yes, midnight snacking

是的 吃宵夜

is definitely happening in Claude's life.

绝对是克劳德生活的一部分

I think one of the things that I've been surprised by

令我惊讶的事情之一就是

has been just how many cats are going into other people's houses.

许多猫会进入别人家

I'm not sure yet quite how many of those people are aware

我不确定有多少人知道

that those cats are coming in,

那些猫进来过

but one of the main reasons they come in will be to get food.

但他们的主要目的之一是为了食物

They'll be stealing food from other cats, essentially².

他们会从其他猫那里偷取食物

I think you can almost bounce that off

这几乎可以说明

against the rather small numbers

为何这周我们发现的猎物

of prey³ that we've seen this week.

数量十分稀少

Some of that may be down to the weather,

天气可能是其中一个原因

but I think a lot of it is these cats are getting

可我认为这里许多猫

a varied⁴ diet by raiding other people's houses,

通过打劫别人家以获得多样的饮食

they don't really need to go out and kill things.

他们根本不需要外出捕猎

1 scoffing   

n. 嘲笑, 笑柄, 愚弄 v. 嘲笑, 嘲弄, 愚弄, 狼吞虎咽

参考例句：

• They were sitting around the table scoffing. 他们围坐在桌子旁狼吞虎咽地吃着。
• He the lid and showed the wonderful the scoffing visitors. 他打开盖子给嘲笑他们的老人看这些丰富的收获。

2 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

3 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

4 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。