Ordinary people just don't understand us.

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉。

The beaks of some of the finches were more suitable for digging for worms.

一些燕雀的嘴适合挖虫。

Much as I know'd the birds' names in the hedges to be chaffinch, sparrer, thrush.

据我所知，树篱中的鸟的名字是苍头燕雀、麻雀、画眉。

They soon began to mate primarily with other finches that used the same niche.

后来牠们开始只和自己生态位的燕雀繁殖。

A good example of this can be seen in a group of finches living on a remote island.

这方一个好的例子就是在遥远岛屿上所住的一燕雀。

Darwin's finches on the Galapagos Islands will use little sticks as spears to fish out caterpillars and beetle larvae that are hiding underneath the bark of plants.

加拉帕岛上达尔文的燕雀会用小棍子作为长矛来钓出隐藏在植物树皮下的毛毛虫和甲虫。

A few hundred years ago, a small group of finches was blown onto the Galapagos Islands in the middle of the Pacific, probably by a big storm.

数百年前，一小燕雀大概因为一场风暴而被吹至太平洋中的加拉巴哥岛。

In a neighbouring brake a finch was trying to sing; but the wind blew under his feathers till they stood on end, twisted round his little tail, and made him give up his song.

附近灌木丛中，有一只燕雀正要一展歌喉；但是风吹起了它全身的羽毛，羽毛竖立起来，小尾巴也团团乱转，它只好放弃了歌唱。

It's completely absorbing: we listen out as foraging flocks move through forests and learn about different birds' characters and calls, from the alarm cry of the wren to the sharp contact call of the chaffinch.

这真的非常吸引人：我们听着觅食的鸟穿过森林，了解不同鸟类的性格和叫声，从鹪鹩的警报叫声到燕雀尖锐的联络叫声。