And while Arthur didn't build his forest of pipes and pulleys to explain why birds fly south in the fall, he's given new meaning to the term "hard - wired".

虽然亚瑟没有建造出一套管道和滑轮的机械森林，解释为什么鸟类要在秋天南飞，但是，他对于什么是“硬线连接”，赋予了新的涵义。

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I have this theory that, to us the world is a flat thing we stand on, but to birds it is a cliff they cling to, a huge ball and they cling to the side and then fall off and fly and glide.

我有一种想法，就是对我们来说世界是一个我们所站立的平坦的东西，而对鸟来说是一个它们所依靠的峭壁，一个巨大的球，它们依靠在边上，然后离开、飞翔、滑行。

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We fall in love because Cupid selects us as his target without first asking our leave to do so and lets fly an arrow that infects us with lovesickness.

我们坠入爱河，因为丘比特不打招呼就瞄准我们射来那只爱之箭，害得我们相思无穷尽。

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