中英对照读新闻》When cats can lock doors and raid food, pet-proofing gets extreme 当猫能锁门与劫掠食物时，防宠物招数便走极端
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猫是天生猎人会在家里搞破坏。图为1只猫咪在今年2月10日土耳其强震过后窝在1栋受损公寓大楼内的客厅沙发上。（彭博）(photo:LTN)◎ 张沛元
Cats stir up chaos in the home because they’re natural-born hunters and explorers, say behaviorists who study them. Most of the time, those instincts lead to relatively harmless antics, like occasionally getting stuck in the hamper or knocking over a water glass.
研究猫的行为学家说，猫在家里胡搞瞎闹，因为牠们是天生的猎人与探险家。大多数情况下，这些本能导致相对无害的搞笑行为，如偶尔卡在篮子里或打翻玻璃水杯。
But some cats blow past that kind of amateur-hour nonsense to really live on the edge — looting for food inside cabinets, munching on toxic plants, scaling fences, and yes, locking and opening doors.
但有些猫的行为远胜这种业余式的小打小闹，怎么危险刺激怎么来－－掠劫橱柜里的食物、啃咬有毒植物、攀登栅栏，以及，没错，锁门与开门。
Their lucky owners say keeping both the animals and their homes safe is something akin to staying one step ahead of a ludicrously agile toddler.
三生有幸的猫奴们说，同时让猫主子与家宅永保安康，类似要比一名超敏捷的学步小童快上一步。
新闻辞典
blow past (someone or something)：快速超过；快速突破某门槛或限制；爆越。例句：He chowed down on pizza and blew past the sodium limit for the day.（他大啖披萨，当天钠摄取量快速超标。）
be/keep/stay one step ahead (of somebody)：比某人在某事上早一步，指做好准备或更熟悉；棋高一着。例句：Prevention and control of infectious diseases like COVID-19 and dengue fever must be carried out with the spirit of “one step ahead.”（武汉肺炎与登革热等传染病的防治必须本着「早一步做好准备」的精神。）
