纪录片《狗狗秘闻》 22狗的特殊感情

Scientists in Hungary set out to answer this question.

匈牙利科学家正在尝试找出这一问题的答案

We wanted to see whether the special relationships between humans

我们想知道人类与狗之间的特殊感情

and dogs are due to nature or nurture¹.

是源于先天本能还是后天养成

So we wanted to see what happens if a wolf is raised

因此我们想知道饲养狼会发生什么

Dr.Kubinyi Eniko

库宾利·艾妮可教授

in a human environment, in a home,

同样的人类环境 同样的圈养

whether it would act like a dog or not.

是否这就会导致它表现的像狗狗一样

A litter of five-day old wolf cubs²

在布斯达佩斯城外的狼类保护区

was taken from a wolf sanctuary³ outside Budapest.

我们找了一头5天大的小狼崽

A group of young researchers became

一群年轻的研究员饲养它

their adoptive parents, caring for them 24 hours a day.

给予它24小时的照顾

As a control for the experiment, they'd already raised puppies⁴.

同时他们饲养一只小狗作为实验的参考组

Now they aimed to raise the wolf cubs the same way.

现在他们准备用同样的方式饲养狼

So we were especially nice with our cubs,

我们非常细心的照顾幼兽

because we wanted to maintain a very good relationship with them.

我们希望与他们保持很好的关系

They were really cute, so it was not

他们真的很可爱

very difficult to carry them everywhere we were going.

所以他们带到哪里都很受欢迎

And we also slept together with the cubs.

而且我们还与小幼兽们睡在一起

So the bonding, it was good.

我们的相处十分融洽

I really liked my cubs and

我非常喜欢这些幼兽

there was a really strong relationship between us.

我们之间感情深厚

But then something began to change.

但不一样的地方还是表现出来了

Despite raising the cubs in the same way as the puppies,

尽管使用与狗狗相同的方法饲养狼崽

by eight weeks the differences had started to show.

大约第8周的时候差异还是出现了

1 nurture   

n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持

参考例句：

• The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
• The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。

2 cubs   

n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
• Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

4 puppies   

n.（常指不满一岁的）小狗(puppy的复数)；小狗，幼犬( puppy的名词复数 )；浅薄自负的年轻男子

参考例句：

• a litter of puppies 一窝小狗
• The bitch bore six puppies. 母狗生了六只小狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》