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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 fulfill different roles,
满足不同的需求
But some of them have been bred
而有些品种的繁殖
purely 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
Psychiatrist, 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 nurture 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

重点解释

why the way dogs look has such a profound impact on us.为什么狗的样子对我们有如此深刻的影响

impact on:对 ... 产生影响

Her speech made a tremendous impact on everyone.

她的演说对大家震动很大。

How will the war impact on such a poet?

战争对这样一个诗人会产生什么影响?

but what 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

respond to:响应； 对 ... 起反应

He failed to respond to the medicine.

他服了这药未见起色。

They were prompt to respond to our call for help.

他们对我们的求助迅即回应。

respond用法:

1.respond的基本意思是“报以…”“以…回答”“响应”,指用言语或行动对某事情作出有效的、良好的反应,往往用于书面或口

头上的答复,引申可表示“有反应”“有影响”。

2.respond可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。respond可以引出直接引语。