BBC地平线系列之《狗狗秘闻》第14期:狗适合捕猎
日期:2013-02-11 22:41

(单词翻译:单击)

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The best I can give you is around 12 or 13,000 years ago.
我能给出的最准确时间是一万两三千年前
We start seeing the first things
那是业内公认的时间点 从那之后的
that everybody would accept as being domestic dogs.
(化石)都被认为是可以用这一标准来判断区分
But mitochondrial DNA offered a different set of clues.
线粒体DNA提供了另一条线索
The original genetic data that were coming
在原始基因中得到的信息来判断
out seemed to suggest that domestication was happening on
犬类动物的驯化很早就开始了
a far earlier timescale than was
这个进程时间比考古学记录
suggested by anything in the archaeological record.
所显示的时间要早得多
The first dates that were coming out were on the order of 100,000
最早的驯化基因 要追溯到10万年前
years or more, which a lot
或许更早 这使得
of archaeologists raised their eyebrows at.
很多考古学家难以置信
It's hotly debated exactly when dogs were domesticated,
关于狗是何时起被驯化有过很激烈的争论
But there's one thing archaeologists and geneticists agree on:
但有一点是考古学家和遗传学家都承认的:
Our relationship with dogs goes back
我们与狗狗的关系比起其他宠物
thousands of years further than with any other pet.
早了上千年之久
It was a time when we were still hunter-gatherers.
那还是人类依然靠捕猎为生的时代
Dogs were certainly the first animal
狗狗肯定是第一种被驯养的动物
to be domesticated, and they fit into hunting and
因为他们很适合捕猎
gathering societies probably
他们集群活动的特性可能
better than any other species out there.
比那时任何其他物种都要好

重点解释

But there's one thing archaeologists and geneticists agree on:但有一点是考古学家和遗传学家都承认的:

agree on:对 ... 意见一致

It's almost impossible to agree on a unified basic price.

几乎不可能商定一个划一的基本价格。

词义辨析:

agree to,agree on,agree with这些短语动词均可表示“同意”之意。

1.agree to常与plan(计划)、arrangement(安排)、suggestion(建议)、proposal(建议)、terms(条件)、method(方法)等名词连用。这时agree to不仅指其主语与对方看法一致,而且暗含自己也愿合作、承担义务或效法的意味。

2.agree on指双方或多方在某件事情上取得一致的意见。常与plan(计划)、date(日期)、terms(条件)、price(价格)等名词连用。

3.agree with可用于指人,指同意其看法或意见等,也可与一些名词或从句连用。与agree to不同之处是,仅表示看法或意见一致,没有愿意进行合作或效法的含义。

they fit into hunting他们很适合捕猎

fit into:适应; 符合

A lion would fit into the mouth of a blue whale.

蓝鲸一口就可以吃掉一头狮子。

A square thing does not fit into a round hole.

牛头不对马嘴。

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重点单词
  • whalen. 鲸 vi. 捕鲸 v. 鞭打,打击,打败
  • domesticadj. 国内的,家庭的,驯养的 n. 家仆,佣人
  • unifiedadj. 统一的;一致标准的 v. 统一;使一致(uni
  • proposaln. 求婚,提议,建议
  • archaeologicaladj. 考古学的,考古学上的
  • impossibleadj. 不可能的,做不到的 adj. 无法忍受的
  • originaladj. 最初的,原始的,有独创性的,原版的 n. 原件
  • speciesn. (单复同)物种,种类
  • geneticadj. 基因的,遗传的,起源的
  • arrangementn. 安排,商议,整理,布置,商定,[音]改编,改编曲