A child first labels the household pet cat as a "cat" and then generalizes this label to other animals that look like it.

孩子先把家养的宠物猫称为“猫”，然后把这个称呼扩大到其他看起来像猫的动物。

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It's my pet cat.

它是我的宠物猫。

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I have a lovely pet cat. Its name is Lazy.

我有一只可爱的宠物猫。它的名字叫小懒。

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Studies using imaging techniques like CAT scans, PET, and fMRI, illustrate that different parts of the brain are active during different parts of mental life.

应用电脑断层扫描,正电子发射断层扫描,以及功能性核磁共振成像,等成像技术的研究,表明不同的心理活动,会导致不同大脑区域的激活

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Typically, these are recent imaging methods like CAT scan and PET scan and fMRI which, as I said before, show parts of your brain at work.

通常是应用现代的成像技术来进行研究,比如电脑断层扫描,正电子发射断层扫描技术,以及功能性核磁共振成像,正如我之前所说,这些技术可以让你看到大脑的活动区域

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The Scottish SPCA has appealed for information after a lost blind pet cat was found bumping into things in Aberdeen.

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It's also entirely possible that he just has a pet cat.

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One possible explanation for the sighting was provided by Ginny Murphy, of St Osyth, who claimed the animal spotted was her pet cat, called Teddy Bear.

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