Naturally, after discovering these nests, humans made them into soup.

自然，人类在发现这些巢穴后，把它们做成了燕窝汤。

Those scientifically unproven benefits are why a bowl of bird's nest soup can run anywhere from $30 to $60.

这些科学上未被证实好处是为什么一碗燕窝汤价格可以高达 30 到 60 美元。

She told about her journey, and about a television programme she'd once seen, showing how bird's nest soup was collected.

她对客人 们谈了她旅途情况，还谈了她看过一个有关做燕窝汤燕窝是如何采集电视节目。

Here in the Philippines, people eat them in a soup called, well, Bird's Nest Soup.

在这里菲律宾，人们会把它们做成一种叫做燕窝汤汤来吃。

Typically, these nests are found high, high up on cliffs.

通常，这些燕窝筑在很高悬崖上。

People in China have been eating bird nests for more than a thousand years.

中国人食用燕窝已有一千多年历史。

And as a result, the price of bird's nests skyrocketed.

结果， 燕窝价格飞涨。

A clod from a swallow's nest applied with vinegar.

燕窝里土块涂上醋。

Their little cup-like nests are made entirely from threads of saliva.

它们小巧燕窝完全由唾液丝筑建。

As soon as its nest is removed a bird will immediately build another.

燕窝被摘去后 金丝燕很快又会再吐一个。

She secretly sends bird's nest to Lin Daiyu.

她偷偷把燕窝寄给林黛玉。

D. Why the number of bird nests has decreased in recent years?

D. 为什么近年来燕窝数量减少？

That's also known as swallow's nest.

这也被称为燕窝。

The bird's nest soup was gentle and slithery, the sea cucumber rich and gelatinous and the fish sparklingly fresh and perfectly steamed.

燕窝汤柔和爽滑，海参浓郁弹牙，鱼肉晶莹鲜嫩，蒸得恰到好处。

And with the edible bird nest story, just let me quickly say a couple more words.

至于燕窝故事，请允许我再快速补充几句。

Creighton: The price for bird nests, I would say, peaked in around the early 1990s.

Creighton：我想说，燕窝价格在 1990 年代初左右达到顶峰。

The list of holistic health benefits bird's nest soup is said to bestow would make a snake oil salesman think, I'm overselling this.

据说燕窝汤全面健康益处之多，甚至会让江湖郎中都觉得自己吹嘘过头了。

Yeah, sometimes it's exactly what it's doing, like how we can see from the edible bird's nest example.

是， 有时候正是如此，就像我们从燕窝例子中看到那样。

But if we look at a product like motorcycles, I thought you were going to say bird nests, the beauty, the so-believed beauty supplements.

但如果我们看像摩托车这样产品，我以为你会说到燕窝，那些所谓美容补品。

But, aside from that, it's stupidity tax that men think they're paying because so many guys don't believe in the idea of edible bird nests anyway.

但除此之外，这是男性认为自己正在支付“愚蠢税”，因为许多男人根本就不相信燕窝这种东西。