正是蕾普利因为母性错位而采取的正确决定(在船员在飞船上搜索猫时选择匆忙离开)，才使她避开了怪物的袭击。

For good measure, it is Ripley whose misplaced maternal instincts (hurrying off in search of the ship's cat) enable her to avoid the monster's attack.

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迈克尔在“猫的餐桌”上用餐，那是最低层人用的，离船长的位置最远，而船长他“不怎么喜欢船上的亚洲货”。

Michael dines at the "cat's table" -the "least privileged place", farthest from the captain (who, it transpires, is "not fond of his Asian cargo").

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后来，“玛莉·克里斯特”号被人拖回港口，并继续服役了12年，直到有人为了骗取保险金而在船上装满了廉价的靴子和猫粮，然后将她弄沉。

She was taken in tow and sailed on for 12 years until she was loaded with cheap boots and cat food and sunk in an insurance scam.

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后来，“玛莉·克里斯特”号被人拖回港口，并继续服役了12年，直到有人为了骗取保险金而在船上装满了廉价的靴子和猫粮，然后将她弄沉。

She was taken in tow and sailed on for 12 years until she was loaded with cheap boots and cat food and sunk in an insurance scam.

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