纪录片《猫的秘密》 第22期 出门巡逻

But at 7:45 in the morning, Phoebe heads out on HER patrol.

但到了早上7:45 菲比要出门巡逻了

And Kato, he's at home.

而凯托 正待在家里

Watching nervously¹.

谨慎地观望着

A deeper look at the data suggests that the two cats

深入分析数据得出 两只猫

may be sharing the same space,

也许在共享一片领地

but not at the same time.

但并非同时

Kato's out a lot, Kato's out a lot late in the night here,

凯托经常外出 通常是夜半时分

and a few short forays in the morning.

以及少数的清晨巡逻

Phoebe's active during the day,

菲比在白天很活跃

and mainly after lunch, in that period here.

主要是午餐过后 对应这个部分

Not much overlap² in when they're outside.

他们的外出时间没有太大的交叉

So when one was active outside, the other wasn't.

一个在外巡逻时 另一个正待在家里

- So we think what they're doing is... - Avoiding each other.

-我们认为他们正在 -避免遇见对方

Yeah. Using a shift system,

采用了一种轮换机制

and the occasional time when it doesn't work,

偶尔在他们相遇的时候

- that's when you're getting a fight. - Right, OK.

-就打起来了 -没错

So it's nice to know that they have got the shift system

知道他们采用了这种机制令人很高兴

and they are managing themselves.

他们在自我调节

1 nervously   

adv.神情激动地，不安地

参考例句：

• He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
• He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

2 overlap   

v.重叠，与…交叠；n.重叠

参考例句：

• The overlap between the jacket and the trousers is not good.夹克和裤子重叠的部分不好看。
• Tiles overlap each other.屋瓦相互叠盖。