正确来说在那个时间，穴居仍然在欧洲大行其道。毛发蓬乱的猛犸，剑齿猫，还有其他现已灭绝的动物在当时生活得很好。
To put that time in perspective, Neanderthals were still marching around Europe. Woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and numerous other now-extinct animals were going strong.
然而，在美国创立之时，猫未被人们像神一样来对待。它们可能是与定居者和商人一起从欧洲来到美国的。
Early in American history cats were not treated as gods, however. They probably arrived in the United States with settlers and traders from Europe.
在17到18世纪间，从欧洲随着人类移民到美洲的猫种都面临在新英格兰的世纪寒冬，也只有最强壮与最能够适应的猫种能够存活下来。
In the 17th and 18th centuries, domestic cats brought over from Europe faced very severe winters in New England, where only the strongest and most adaptable cats survived.
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