纪录片《狗狗秘闻》 19狗的智力极限

The fact they're quite young puppies can do something,

事实是他们是非常小的小狗

If they learn it, they learn it very quickly,

如果他们学了 他们会学得非常快

and it's obviously that they are ready to do it

很明显地是他们已然做好了准备

so from the very beginning

从最最开始

they are ready to receive human communication.

他们就已经准备好接受人类的交流信息了

As dog owners, we think we understand

作为狗主人 我们觉得已经知道了

the limits of our dogs' intelligence.

我们狗狗智力的极限

But now some dogs are challenging our assumptions.

不过现在有些狗正在挑战我们的这一观念

We may have to reconsider how clever dogs are.

我们或许得重新认识我们的狗有多聪明了

Juliane Kaminski has discovered a remarkable¹ dog

在奥地利首府维也纳的郊区

living in Austria, just outside Vienna.

朱利安·卡密斯卡发现了一只极不寻常的狗

She's conducted a series of experiments,

在她设计的一系列实验中

and is amazed at the dog's intelligence.

狗狗展现出惊人的智力

Known only the pseudonym² Betsy, the true identity of this

这条7岁的牧羊犬的真实血统无从得知

Seven-year-old border collie is a closely guarded secret.

我们只知道主人叫她柏斯

She can distinguish objects by name,

她可以仅凭名称来区分物品

Which is really amazing, and she has many, many words.

而真正令我们惊讶的是她还会很多单词

Kase.

小猫

Das zebra.

斑马

With a vocabulary of over 340 words,

柏斯拥有超过340个单词的词汇量

Betsy is pushing the boundaries of

她的能力已然超越了

what we think dogs are capable of.

人类所认为狗能够胜任的范围

Ursa

小熊

Karotte.

胡萝卜

Sandwich.

三明治

1 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

2 pseudonym   

n.假名，笔名

参考例句：

• Eric Blair wrote under the pseudonym of George Orwell.埃里克·布莱尔用乔治·奧威尔这个笔名写作。
• Both plays were published under the pseudonym of Philip Dayre.两个剧本都是以菲利普·戴尔的笔名出版的。