数万年前,在人类漫长的进化过程中,狗决定放弃大自然,让项圈束缚住自己,丢失了自己的狼性,陪伴在人类左右,吃着人类给的骨头,而不是和群狼一样,咬断人类的脖颈,将其当作开胃菜。
As for their loyalty to we wayward folk, you may well ask what’s in it for domesticated dogs?
你可能会问,驯化后的犬类为何会对任性的人类忠心耿耿?
I for one have no idea, but having said that, perhaps it’s a good thing they remain speechless – having been stuck with a single-word vocabulary (woof! bow-wow! wan!... pick your patois) since we ditched the trees and hit the savanna standing.
这我不知道,但是不得不说,在我们砍伐森林、破坏热带草原的时候,它们没法儿说话——只能发出一个词(呜!嗷呜!汪!……随便选个调调)也许是一件好事。
What if they were suddenly gifted with intelligible speech, and admitted they were only with us for the free lunch and protection from coyotes?
如果它们突然能够说话了,承认和我们一起只是为了享用免费的吃食和免受土狼攻击的保护,那该怎么办?
How depressing.
那这得多叫人郁闷啊。
Let’s see what the ancients have to say.
再让我们来看看古人是怎么说的。
The Tang Dynasty’s (618–907) leading poetic rivals made a few references to man’s best friend in their copious body of work.
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