There is a cry in answer to the pewits, echoing louder and stronger the lamentation of the lapwings, a wail which hushes the birds.

那是一种响应鸟儿的叫声，回响着更响亮更强烈的田凫的哀鸣，这是一种使鸟儿安静下来的哀鸣。

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Birds cry plaintively before they die, men speak kindly in the presence of death.

鸟之将死，其鸣也哀；人之将死，其言也善。

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The bird's cry warns other birds of a danger which threatens them.

这鸟的鸣叫警告其余的鸟危险正在来临。

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The turkey is the centrepiece of the US Thanksgiving tradition, though the specimens we eat today are a far cry from their hunted wild relatives, reminiscent of the birds early settlers would have found and Native Americans hunted.

BBC: Shooting a Thanksgiving dinner