英语新闻听写 为什么狗能比猫更好地回应主人

John Bradshaw, anthrozoologist and author of The Animals Among Us explained to Business Insider why dogs tend to respond better to their owners than cats. Bradshaw says, "Dogs are descended¹ from wolves which are very social animals so right from the word go...

动物学家以及《我们之间的动物》的作者约翰·布拉德肖向商业内幕解释为什么狗能比猫更好地回应主人。布拉德肖说“狗是从狼进化而来，狼是非常善于社交的动物，所以从‘去’这个字开始...”

Cats had a different starting point; they were originally solitary² predators³ and they only really became sociable⁴ with one another probably during domestication⁵, so perhaps only 5,000 years ago or something. So they have much less of an evolutionary⁶ basis for understanding our body language, for understanding our intentions and so on."

“而猫的起点就不一样了，它们一开始是单独行动的掠食者，只有从家养的时候才开始与其他成员有交流，大概是从5000年前开始的。所以它们缺少理解人类肢体语言、主人意图等的进化基础。”

1 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

2 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

3 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 sociable   

adj.好交际的，友好的，合群的

参考例句：

• Roger is a very sociable person.罗杰是个非常好交际的人。
• Some children have more sociable personalities than others.有些孩子比其他孩子更善于交际。

5 domestication   

n.驯养，驯化

参考例句：

• The first was the domestication of animals. 第一个阶段是驯养动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In northwestern China, there is no evidence for endemic domestication of any animals. 在中国西北，没有任何当地动物驯化的迹象。 来自辞典例句

6 evolutionary   

adj.进化的；演化的，演变的；[生]进化论的

参考例句：

• Life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
• These are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。