纪录片《狗狗秘闻》 29为什么想去照顾狗

Dogs, puppies¹ have very infant-like features

那些狗狗 和婴儿的特征非常像

and maybe that's one of the reasons why we think

也许这就是为什么我们认为

they are so cute is that they remind us of

狗狗如此可爱的原因

the infants² that we are - so to speak

因为在某种意义上

programmed to like.

这让我们想起了我们人类的婴儿

There's something about the way that the

还有一些其他的原因　比如

facial features are organised

一些面部特征的构成

that makes us want to care for them.

使得我们想去照顾它们

It's about having a large forehead,

可能是大大的前额

it's about having large eyes, big ears...

可能是大大的眼睛 还有大耳朵

And there's something about that

可能是有些我们没有意识到的

that almost unconsciously we cannot help ourselves

但自己又左右不了的因素

but actually like.

让我们就是喜欢它们

Are you feeding him now?

你正在喂他吗

We're just going to go one more scan³.

我们要再做一次扫描

Dr. Kringlebach is interested in exploring

瑞安教授正在满怀兴趣地探索

how strongly we respond to these infantile features.

为何人类对婴儿特征反应如此强烈

A state of the art meg scanner was used to measure people's brain activity

一台先进的兆周扫描仪用来测量人们在看到

while they were looking at images of baby faces and adult faces.

婴儿和成人脸部图像时大脑的活动

1 puppies   

n.（常指不满一岁的）小狗(puppy的复数)；小狗，幼犬( puppy的名词复数 )；浅薄自负的年轻男子

参考例句：

• a litter of puppies 一窝小狗
• The bitch bore six puppies. 母狗生了六只小狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 infants   

婴儿，幼儿( infant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a nursery for infants under two 两岁以下婴幼儿的托儿所
• Infants were rent from their mother's arms. 婴儿从母亲手里被夺走。

3 scan   

n.审视，浏览，扫描，押韵，细查；vt.细看，浏览，扫描，详细调查，信件扫描（指BBS处理直递邮件或会议邮件时，对所有或特定信区做检查的动作）

参考例句：

• The first scan was bad, so I had to do it again.第一次扫描不好，所以我得重做。
• A scan determines the position of the baby in the womb.扫描可以确定胎儿在子宮中的位置。