纪录片《狗狗秘闻》 01狗是很棒的动物（在线收听）

We have an extraordinary relationship with dogs.

我们与狗狗存在着非常特殊的关系

We love them like no other animal on the planet.

我们爱它们胜过地球上其他任何动物

What makes our relationship so special, is perhaps the dog's

可能是因为狗狗懂得分辨我们的情绪

ability to be able to read our emotions so effectively.

这使得它们与我们的关系变得特别

They've been around longer than any other pet.

狗比其他宠物 都更早遍及全球

There are now eight million dogs living in the UK alone.

现在光是英国 就有800万条狗

The dogs are wonderful.

狗是很棒的动物

We've got over 400 breeds across the world

全世界范围 有超过400种狗狗

and every one of them has something special about them.

其中的每一种都有其特别之处

But only now are we beginning to

但直到现在我们才开始明白

realise just how important that relationship could be.

这种关系有多么地重要

New research is revealing ever more

一项新的研究让我们对人与狗之间

intricate connections between human and dog.

的复杂沟通关系有了新的认识

Without that initial starting phase of dog domestication,

如果没有完成对狗的驯化

civilisation just would not have been possible.

人类也就不可能进入文明社会

So why do we love an animal that was once a fearsome predator?

我们为何爱上曾经是可怕肉食者的狗呢

This fire-breathing dragon

这条曾经的喷火龙(喻凶猛的狗)

has turned into a human friend.

现在已经变成了人类的朋友

Could they in some ways be

他们是否在某些方面上

more intelligent than even our closest relative?

比某些与我们最相近的物种更具智能呢

Suddenly, there were dogs

出人意料的是 有些狗

doing something that not even chimps could do.

甚至能完成黑猩猩都无法完成的的事

And in the future, what impact might dogs have on all our lives?

而在将来 狗又会对我们人类有什么影响呢

They're going to help us

它们将能帮助我们

tackle some of the most dangerous diseases of our time,

研究一些当代最危险的疾病

diseases that are killing millions of people every year.

这些疾病每年夺走数百万人的生命