纪录片《为何讲话》 第16期：识别动物（在线收听）

What do you see here?

这是什么

A cat. That's right.

猫 对的

What's the cat doing?

这只猫在做什么

Can you see what's here?

能看出这里有什么吗

Yes.

能

Fish.

鱼

That's right.

对了

Yeah, fish. That's right.

是的 是鱼 没错

And can you see what the cat's trying to do to the fish?

能看出来猫想对鱼做什么吗

I don't know.

不知道

What was happening was the cat

图中的故事是

was putting his paw into the fish bowl to try and get the fish,

猫把爪子伸进鱼缸 试图捞鱼

and what Steve picked out on was the objects,

而史蒂夫可以识别鱼和猫这两个动物

the cat and the fish, but not the action.

却没办法描述它们的行为

Book, the books.

书 那摞书

And likewise with the books,

对"书"的描述也是如此

the books were falling off the shelf

那摞书正从书架落下

and they were about to hit the head of the sleeping man

就要砸在那个熟睡的人头上了

and what he said was "Books".

而他只说出了"那摞书"