I grew up living in northern rural areas, thinking myself not lack of the knowledge with birds, but for this continuous chirping bird like a soprano, it was also very strange to me.

我从小生活在北国农村，自认为不乏鸟类的知识，但像一个女高音那般、连续啼叫的鸟儿，对我说来还十分陌生。

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I want to roam about and see all the wide world, yet I also yearn for a little sheltered nook; like a bird with its tiny nest for a dwelling, and the vast sky for flight.

我想到处漫游，饱览这个广大的世界，然而，我也渴望一个小小的隐蔽处所；像一只飞鸟，拥有一个微小的巢穴栖息，也想翱翔于浩瀚的天空。

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And as the road swooped low, pitched and plunged, I felt an exhilarating wildness in my veins - like a swallow, like a mistle thrush, like a bird of spring, buffeted by the sweet night air.

随着道路下坡俯冲，斜坡或是陡坡，我感觉血管中流淌着令人振奋的狂野——像燕子、像槲鸫、像春天的小鸟，夜晚甜蜜醉人的微风不断地吹拂着我。

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The Germans bring in these falcons and they go out and they munch the pigeons; and so this was another reason for them, just like the Germans, these poor little pigeons who became the sort of sacred bird, I guess a pigeon's a bird.

德国人带了很多隼到法国,用以捕杀信鸽,这是改用热气球的另一个原因,拜德军如此行为所赐,可怜的鸽子成为了圣鸟,我想鸽子是一种鸟吧

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