But Flint the cocker spaniel went against all his natural instincts to befriend a tiny sparrow which had tumbled out of its nest and crash-landed in the garden in Wiltshire, UK.

但是在英国威尔特郡一只叫“弗林特”的可卡犬却表现出有悖天性的事情，那就是和一只不幸从鸟窝中掉下来的小麻雀成为好朋友。

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But Canet is good, too, as the anxious, calculating young man who gets caught up, against all his instincts, in espionage.

NEWYORKER: Farewell

The exquisite G4 cube was the last straw: I found myself, against all my better instincts, once again seduced by the Apple charm.

FORBES: Apple R.I.P.