纪录片《狗狗秘闻》 28强化狗的特征

In the past few hundred years,

在过去的几百年间

we've taken dogs' infantile features

我们提取了狗狗们孩子气的特性

and emphasised them even further through selective breeding.

并通过选择性繁殖来强化这些特性

We've created hundreds of breeds

我们创造了几百个狗的品种

to fulfill¹ different roles,

满足不同的需求

But some of them have been bred

而有些品种的繁殖

purely² for their looks.

仅仅是因为它们的外貌

I think this kind of breeding really tells us a lot

我认为这样的繁殖可以让我们了解很多

about what kind of people we are,

我们人类究竟是怎样的

what it is that we like about dogs.

我们喜欢狗的什么特点

How would you to describe Laddy in one word.

你怎样用一个字来描述兰迪

..Cute.

可爱

Cute, yeah.

是的　可爱

Cute, adorable and funny.

可爱　迷人　有趣

I just look at her and I just smile.

我只是看着她　我就会微笑

She's particularly cute when she's sleeping.

她睡觉的时候　尤其可爱

We all know we find them cute, but what

我们都明白　它们很可爱

is it exactly that makes us respond to dogs so powerfully?

但究竟什么原因让我们对狗的反应如此强烈呢

Psychiatrist³, Morton Kringlebach,

精神病学家莫顿·瑞勒有一个观点

has a theory as to why the way dogs look

解释为什么狗的样子

has such a profound impact on us.

对我们有如此深刻的影响

The need to nurture⁴ I think is something that is so deep in us

我认为养育生命　是我们人类内心的需求

That we find it very difficult to resist.

这个需求深深影响着我们　难以抗拒

1 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

2 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

3 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

4 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。