If you have a cat, or have ever spent much time on the Internet, you know that cats like to sit in boxes, or any other small container.
如果您有一隻貓，或者曾經在互聯網上花費很多時間，那麼您就會知道貓喜歡坐在箱子或任何其他小容器中。
But have you ever wondered why they do this?
但是您是否想過為什麼他們要這樣做？
Well, for one, it helps their anxiety.
好吧，一方面，它有助於他們的焦慮。
I know, considering that they sleep 12 hours a day, they don't really seem like anxious animals.
我知道，考慮到他們一天要睡覺12個小時，它們看起來並不像是焦慮的動物。
But cats experience stress like any other mammal.
但是貓會像其他哺乳動物一樣承受壓力
And when they're sitting in a box, cats feel like they're in a protected place, where they can observe and hunt without worrying about being attacked.
而當它們坐在盒子裡時，貓就像是在一個受保護的地方，可以在那裡觀察和狩獵而不必擔心受到攻擊。
This makes sense, since cats are ambush predators, meaning they're always looking to surprise their next target.
這是有道理的，因為貓是伏擊的食肉動物，這意味著它們一直在尋找使下一個目標驚奇的機會。
But there's another reason cats like boxes so much: Apparently, our houses are too cold.
但是，貓之所以如此喜歡盒子還有另一個原因：顯然，我們的房子太冷了。
While you might enjoy a comfortable 24 degrees Celsius, cats prefer much warmer temperatures, between 30 and 36 degrees, according to a study by the National Research Council.
根據國家研究委員會的一項研究，雖然您可能會感到舒適的24攝氏度，但是貓更喜歡30到36攝氏度之間的溫暖溫度。
By curling up in a cardboard box, cats can trap some of their body heat to make up a few of those degrees.
通過蜷縮在紙板箱中，貓可以捕獲一些體內的熱量，以彌補其中一些熱量。
That's also why cats like basking in sunlight or curling up on top of your heating vent.
這也是為什麼貓喜歡在陽光下曬太陽或curl縮在暖氣孔上方的原因
So if you have a kitty at home, and you want to keep cat stress at bay, just make sure they have a nice cozy box to sits in. just make sure they have a nice cozy box to sits in.
因此，如果您在家有一隻貓咪，並且想減輕貓的壓力，只需確保可以放一個舒適的盒子即可。只需確保他們可以放一個舒適的盒子即可。
高中詞彙：
1.container 英 [kənˈteɪnə(r)] 美 [kənˈteɪnər]
n. 集裝箱；容器
e.g.The train, carrying loaded containers on flatcars, was 1.2 miles long.
那列在平車上載著裝得滿滿的集裝箱的火車長1.2英里。
2.anxiety 英 [æŋˈzaɪəti] 美 [æŋˈzaɪəti]
n. 焦慮；渴望；掛念；令人焦慮的事
e.g.His illness was aggravated by anxiety.
他的病情因焦慮而加重。
3.mammal 英 [ˈmæml] 美 [ˈmæml]
n. [脊椎] 哺乳動物
e.g.A whale is a kind of mammal.
鯨是一種哺乳.
4.predator 英 [ˈpredətə(r)] 美 [ˈpredətər]
n. [動] 捕食者；[動] 食肉動物；掠奪者
e.g.With no natural predators on the island, the herd increased rapidly.
由於島上沒有天然食肉動物，牧群的數量迅速增加。
5.重點句子：
And when they're sitting in a box, cats feel like they're in a protected place, where they can observe and hunt without worrying about being attacked.
解析：when引導是時間狀語從句，主句是cats feel like......,where引導的非限制性定語從句，where相當於 in a protected place。without引導的是一個介詞短語
feel like在此處翻譯成感覺像，like是介詞 “像”，後面省略了that 引導的賓語從句，因為介賓結構。
翻譯：當它們坐在盒子裡時，貓就像是在一個受保護的地方，在這樣一個受保護的地方，它可以在那裡觀察和狩獵而不必擔心受到攻擊。
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