牧羊犬

They were bred as sheepdogs because they had very gentle temperaments and assertive, responsible personalities.

它们的个性相当温驯、积极、负责任，因此被培育成牧羊犬

Breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails.

在西藏培育的中等体型的猎犬，与长有蓬松而卷曲的尾巴的古老的英国牧羊犬形似。

Indeed, it's difficult to persuade modern sheepdogs to steer their flock in any other direction. The wild instinct of directing prey toward the pack leader is still too strong.

其实，让现在的牧羊犬向任何一个方向去干猎物都很困难，把猎物带到领袖那里的本能还是很强烈的。

Not until 1914 did the breed obtain separate classification as Shetland Sheepdogs, and not Shetland Collies, because of pressure brought to bear by the Collie breeders.

直到1914该品种才获得单独的分类作为设得兰群岛牧羊犬，因为受到柯利犬育种家的压力，而非设得兰群岛柯利。

The grounds were planted with cacti and palm trees and aloes and here and there were sculpted figures which, said their creator, are rather reminiscent of ancient times, such as cedar trees, bears, elephants, sheepdogs and cascades.

的理由是种植仙人掌，棕榈树和芦荟，并在这里和那里的人说，他们的创造者雕刻人物，是不是古代的树木，如雪松，熊，大象，牧羊犬和瀑布，回忆。

Three sheepdogs on a farm in North Devon, UK, have excelled themselves by rounding up sheep to spell out the word "spring".

英国德文郡农夫戴维·肯纳德日前在3只牧羊犬的帮助下，花了整整3个小时，成功地让他的羊群在山坡草地上拼出了英语单词&Spring&的字样。

A scientist who studies ethology, or animal behavior, might ask how prehistoric shepherds first coaxed such useful behavior from their domesticated wolves, the ancestors of today's sheepdogs.

一个动物行为学的学者会问史前的牧羊者们是怎样哄骗他们驯化的狼，也就是牧羊犬的祖先，去做这些行为的呢？

He has the sheepdogs round up a small flock of ewes, hector them around a barrel and across obstacles, bring them to us, circle us, and take them away, all with just a toot here and there on his shepherd's whistle.

罗迪尔米德的牧羊犬能把羊群赶到一起，为它们驱赶障碍物，再把羊群赶到罗迪尔米德周围，然后再将他们赶到别处，而这一切只需罗迪尔米德吹一吹他的牧羊哨子。

There were retrievers, pointers, spaniels, greyhounds, huskies, sheepdogs, livestock guardian dogs, hounds, mastiffs and bulldogs as well as several "toy" or "pet" type dogs.

他们是寻回犬，指示犬，西班牙猎犬，灵犬，爱斯基摩犬，牧羊犬，牲畜守卫犬，猎犬，獒犬和牛头犬，还有一些玩具犬和宠物犬。

A roam around Crufts tires the feet as you make your way from show-ring to show-ring, navigating a seemingly endless trail of canine merchandise displays leading to green swaths of fake grass where Yorkshire terriers, English sheepdogs, puffy bichons frises, dark Gordon setters, feisty wirehaired dachshunds, rottweilers, hairless Chinese cresteds, and more than 150 other breeds strut and preen for the judges.

在评比会场里来回的走动会使人感到疲惫，这样的场面就像是一场永不停歇的购商品展示会一样。在铺满绿色草甸的展台上，挤满了各式各样的犬：如约克夏犬，英格兰牧羊犬，卷毛比熊犬，金黄色的长毛猎犬，易怒的刚毛腊肠犬，洛威娜犬，以及中国的无毛犬等150多种名贵犬种。它们都精心打扮，等待着评定。

We have no common name for a mime of Sophron or Xenarchus and a Socratic Conversation; and we should still be without one even if the imitation in the two instances were in trimeters or elegiacs or some other kind of verse--though it is the way with people to tack on 'poet' to the name of a metre, and talk of elegiac-poets and epic-poets, thinking that they call them poets not by reason of the imitative nature of their work, but indiscriminately by reason of the metre they write in.

索夫农 、森那库斯和苏格拉底式的对话采用的模仿没有一个公共的名称；三音步诗、挽歌体或其他类型的诗的模仿也没有——人们把&诗人&这一名词和格律名称结合到一起，称之为挽歌体诗人或者史诗诗人，他们被称为诗人，似乎只是因为遵守格律写作，而非他们作品的模仿本质。

The relationship between communicative competence and grammar teaching should be that of the ends and the means.

交际能力和语法的关系应该是目标与途径的关系。