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英国语文第四册

(双语):热带地区的景象(5)

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这些鸟栖息在他们周围,猜想着没有危险,

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The birds are perched around them, suspecting no danger;,

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但是箭不断地从这些用树叶遮盖的凉棚射过来,

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but arrow after arrow comes out of this leafy bower,,

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打下了第一只鸟,然后又一只,

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and strikes down first one, and then another,,

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直到当地人觉得射够了。

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till the natives think that they have enough.,

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他们切下鸟腿,用香料填满鸟的身体,

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They cut off the legs, and stuff the bodies with spices,,

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再把它们卖给欧洲人,算做了一笔好生意。

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and make a famous trade of selling them to Europeans.,

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当地人过去常常假装这种鸟没有腿,也没有胃,

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The natives used to pretend that this bird had neither legs nor stomach!,

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因此好长一段时间,人们都被认为它以露水为生,从来不会降落到地面上,

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Thus it was believed for a long time that it fed on the dew, and never alighted on the ground.,

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这是为什么它一直被称为天堂鸟的原因。

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This is why it has been called the "Bird of Paradise.",

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