英语小达人 350 Basic Rules for Cats

 　　Basic Rules for Cats猫的基本行为准则1. CHAIRS AND RUGS1. 关于椅子和地毯If you have to throw up, get into a chair quickly.

　　如果要呕吐，迅速跳到一把椅子上。

　　If you cannot manage in time, get to an Oriental rug.

　　如果来不及跳到椅子上，就找一张手织东方地毯。

　　If no Oriental rug is available, shag is good.

　　如果没有手织东方地毯，长绒地毯也凑合了。

　　2. DOORS2. 关于门Do not allow closed doors in any room.

　　所有房间的门都不能关着。

　　To get a door opened, stand on hind¹ legs and hammer with forepaws. Once door is opened, it is not necessary to use it.

　　出门的方法是，用后腿支起身体，用前爪不断敲门。门开了以后就没用了。

　　After you have ordered an outside door opened, stand halfway² in and out and think about several things. It is particularly important during very cold weather, rain, snow, and mosquito season.

　　把户门叫开后，就不当不正地站在门中间想事情，尤其是在冷天里、下雨下雪的时候或是闹蚊虫的季节。

　　3. GUESTS3. 关于客人Quickly determine which guest hates cats the most. Sit on that human's lap.

　　迅速判断出哪个客人最不喜欢猫，坐到他的腿上去。

　　For sitting on laps of rubbing against clothing, select fabric³ color which contrasts well with your fur. For example: white furred cats go to black wool clothing.

　　找那些衣服颜色与你的毛色反差大的客人的腿上坐或身上蹭，比如：白猫找穿着黑色毛料衣服的客人。

　　Foor the guest who claims, "I love kitties," be ready with aloof⁴ disdain⁵; apply claws to stockings or use a quick nip on the ankle.

　　对那些声称：“我好喜欢小猫”的客人，要作冷漠的鄙视状。用爪子去钩她们的长统袜，或是在他们的脚踝上迅速咬一小口。

　　When walking among the dishes on the dinner table, be prepared to look surprised and hurt when scolded. The idea is to convey, "But you always allow me on the table when company isn't here." Always accompany guests to the bathroom. It isn't necessary to do anything. Just sit and stare.

　　在餐桌上溜达时，一听到责备声，就做出一副吃惊而又无辜的样子。这样做传递出的信息是“这些人不在的时候你是让我上餐桌的。”

　　4. WORK4. 关于工作If one of your humans is sewing or writing and another is idle, stay with the busy one. This is called helping⁶, otherwise known as hampering⁷.

　　如果你的一个主人在做针线活或写东西，而另一个没事做，那么要和在做事的那个待在一起，我们管这种行为叫帮忙。相反，和没事做的那个在一起叫捣乱。

　　5. HAMPERING5. 捣乱When supervising cooking, sit just behind the left heel of the cook. You can't be soon and thereby⁸ stand a better chance of being stepped on, picked up and consoled.

　　视察做饭的时候，坐在做饭人的左脚后跟处。在那儿你不易被发现，因此而被踩到，然后被抱起来抚慰。

　　For book readers, get in close under the chin, between the human's eyes and the book. If it is a newspaper, claw at it until shredded⁹.

　　对于正在看书的人，爬到他的下巴处，刚好挡在他的眼睛和书之间。如果他看的是报纸，用爪子抓，直到把它抓踩。

1 hind   

adj.后面的，后部的

参考例句：

• The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.这种动物能够用后肢站立。
• Don't hind her in her studies.不要在学业上扯她后腿。

2 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

3 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

4 aloof   

adj.远离的；冷淡的，漠不关心的

参考例句：

• Never stand aloof from the masses.千万不可脱离群众。
• On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd.这小女孩在晚会上一直胆怯地远离人群。

5 disdain   

n.鄙视，轻视；v.轻视，鄙视，不屑

参考例句：

• Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
• A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 hampering   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
• Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义，出售二氧化碳，进行科学辩论，这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。

8 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。

9 shredded   

shred的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce. 先铺一层碎生菜叶，再把鱼放上，就可以上桌了。
• I think Mapo beancurd and shredded meat in chilli sauce are quite special. 我觉得麻婆豆腐和鱼香肉丝味道不错。 来自《简明英汉词典》