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动物
Animal
We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds.
我们总是站在被追逐的动物一边。我们似乎总是站在兔子或狐狸一边，而不是站在猎狗一边。
When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.
当我的猫不开心时，我也不开心。不是因为我在乎他们的情绪，而是因为我知道他们只是坐在那里想办法报复。
If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move.
如果你叫一只猫，它可能不会来。这在狗身上是不会发生的。它们是不同种类的动物。我觉得猫的动作也很性感。
Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself.
然而，人类唯一的奖赏是，当动物通过调整自己来适应环境而生存时，人类通过调整自己的背景来生存。
The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.
人类区别于其他动物的主要特点是他的谋生手段——他拥有极大地增加这些手段的能力。
Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.
宠物爱好者知道，动物有时比我们更能理解我们，人类的罪恶和欲望的编年史提供了大量的故事来阐明这一点。
The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology.
把对人类智力和性格的研究局限于对意识状态的研究，对动物心理学的科学研究不无影响。
The tabloids are like animals, with their own behavioural patterns. There's no point in complaining about them, any more than complaining that lions might eat you.
小报就像动物，有自己的行为模式。抱怨它们没有任何意义，就像抱怨狮子会吃掉你一样。
Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
对动物的同情与善良的性格密切相关;可以肯定地说，虐待动物的人不可能是好人。
Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.
研究牛、猪和鸡可以帮助演员发展他的性格。我从动物身上学到了很多东西。一是他们不能嘘我或嘘我。
The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous.
与无意识地忽视动物的精神生活相比，无意识地歪曲事实几乎是无害的，直到它接近不寻常和不可思议的地步。
Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.
当你真正孤独的时候，动物会陪伴你。这很有帮助，因为当你身边有一个无论如何都喜欢你的朋友时，你就不会那么难过或沮丧了。
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Give a pig when it grunts, and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig, and a bad child.
当猪咕噜咕噜叫时，给它一只小猪，当它哭时给一个孩子，你将会有一只好猪，和一个坏孩子。
Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern his original and acquired ways of response, his behavior, what he is an outside observer.
有些陈述涉及动物的意识状态，他对自己作为一个内在生命是什么;其他人关心的是他最初的和习得的反应方式，他的行为，他是一个什么样的外部观察者。
Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.
人是一种会使用工具的动物。没有工具，他什么也不是;有了工具，他就是一切。
Animals don't have anyone to protect them. If we don't stand up, the people who are harming animals will never get stopped.
动物没有人保护它们。如果我们不站起来，那些伤害动物的人将永远不会被制止。
If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
如果狗会说话，养狗就会失去很多乐趣。