Learning to sing is crucial for the finch.
学习如何唱歌对草雀来说是至关重要的。
The zebra finch is a tiny Australian songbird.
斑胸草雀是一种来自澳洲的小型鸣禽。
We wake every morning to the sound of a finch singing.
每天早晨醒来时还能听到燕雀的歌唱。
Parasitic fly larvae began attacking hatchlings of the Darwin finch a few years ago.
几年前,寄生蝇的幼虫开始攻击达尔文雀的幼鸟。
But a nation that has made art forms of beer, chocolate and, yes, finch warbling can't be all bad.
在这里啤酒、巧克力甚至鸟儿鸣叫都成了艺术,你还说它不酷?
Theunissen and his colleague Channing Moore thought there must be brain circuits in a zebra finch that filter out unwanted sounds.
图尼森和同事钱宁.摩尔(Channing Moore)认为斑胸草雀的大脑中一定有一个特殊的回路来过滤那些不需要的声音。
"In the species that I study, the zebra finch, they make lifelong couples, and it's very important for them to recognize their mate," he says.
就我研究的种类——斑胸草雀——而言,它们终其一生只有一位伴侣。因此,对它们来说如何辨认伴侣的声音非常重要。
Other species, such as the purple finch, spend their summers in the forests of Canada and fly south into the United States for the winter.
其它的一些鸟类,比如紫雀在加拿大的森林里过夏天,然后往南飞到美国过冬。
To show a sense of syntax in the animals, Abe's team played jumbled "ungrammatical" remixes of finch songs to the birds and measured the response calls.
为了展示这类动物能感知句法,阿部的研究团队给它们播放打乱次序的、“不合语法规则的”雀科小鸟混合叫声并观察它们的反应。
康妮:那不是山姆·芬奇吗?
芬奇富有优越感地一笑。
Maria: Sam Finch wants me to ski with him.
玛丽亚:山姆·芬奇邀我一块滑雪。
山姆·芬奇怎么样?
Connie: And danced every night? How's Sam Finch?
康妮:每晚都跳舞?山姆·芬奇怎么样?
Because I know how the relevant side works, Finch.
因为我知道相关方如何运作,芬奇。
Do you want to know where people hide things, Finch?
想知道人们通常把东西藏哪吗,芬奇?
How long can we go on like this, Finch? We've already lost six.
我们这样还能撑多久,芬奇?已经失去六个人了。
He tried to buy this station, but Sam Finch wouldn't sell it to him.
他还要买这家电视台,但是山姆·芬奇不愿意卖给他。
The feathers were confirmed to belong to the White-winged Diuca Finch.
这些羽毛最后被证实确实是白翅迪卡雀的。
Maria: Sam Finch wants me to ski with him. He's going there for a conference.
玛丽亚:山姆·芬奇邀我一块滑雪。他要去那儿开会。
"I won the big prize," Finch said as he approached the guard in the front of the building.
“我中了大奖。”芬奇走到大楼门前的警卫面前对他说道。
Her name was Betsy Anderson and she treated Finch as if he were the grandfather she never knew.
她叫贝特西·安德森,在接待芬奇时,她仿佛就把芬奇当作了她未曾谋面的祖父。
Finch Mockingbird in the south office, his integrity and calm, often gratuitous justice for the poor.
芬奇在南边梅岗城任职,为人端正沉稳,常常不计报酬地为贫民们伸张公理。
And, of course, there is Atticus Finch, the lawyer who offers reason, and kindness, and some thin hope.
当然了,书里还有阿提克斯·芬奇,一名给人带来理性,友善和一些微弱希望的律师。
Kate was friends with William, then 19, but is thought to have been dating her first university boyfriend Rupert Finch at the time.
当年19岁的威廉和凯特已经相识,但据称凯特当时正与大学时代的第一任男友鲁伯特·芬奇交往。
Kate was friends with William, then 19, but is thought to have been dating her first university boyfriend Rupert Finch at the time.
当年19岁的威廉和凯特已经相识,但据称凯特当时正与大学时代的第一任男友鲁伯特·芬奇交往。
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