At one mouthful she ate as much as 12 English farmers would eat in a meal—crunching the wing of a lark, bones and all—though it were nine times the size of a turkey.

她一口吃的和十二个英国农夫一顿吃的一样多——把云的翅膀和骨头都吃得嘎吱嘎吱响——尽云有九火鸡那么大。

The Daisy was so sad. The skylark died laying her head next to the Daisy.

雏菊很悲伤。云死了头靠在雏菊身边。

Meadow-larks migrate but a very short distance.

草地云迁徙的距离很短。

But when I was, I was actually at a football game, professional football, Montreal Alouettes, and I lost my ticket and I was explaining to the usher in French, and after 10 years of French, all I could do is put together words.

但有一次，我去看一场橄榄球比赛，职业橄榄球比赛，蒙特利尔云队，我把票弄丢了，我用法语向引座员解释，我学了 10 年法语，而我能做的是拼凑词去讲话。

Some of the gold-diggers listened too: it was years since they had heard that familiar song, and many offered to buy the lark, if the widow would only sell it.

距离他们上次听到种熟悉的歌声已经好几年了，很多人都想买下云，但是寡妇不愿意卖。

They have a natural tendency to wake up late and stay up late; they feel energized and sleepy later in the day than larks.

他们有晚和晚睡的自然倾向；与云型相比，它们在一天中晚些时候会感到精力充沛，更晚些时候会感到困倦。

Some people are morning larks who get up early for yoga and a protein smoothie, and then do their best work first thing.

有些人是早的云，后会瑜伽、喝蛋白质奶昔，然后首先开始做重要的事。

It is the pale grayish-yellow tint which belongs as well to the gazelle as to the small lark of the sandy wastes.

那是一种灰黄色，它既属于瞪羚，也属于沙漠里的小云。

In a still hour you can hear it at nearly a mile's distance.

万籁静谧，你甚至可以听见几乎一英里之外云的悦耳歌声。

It does not ascend by gyrations, like the eagle and birds of prey. It mounts up like a human aspiration.

云并非像鹰类或其他猛禽盘旋地飞上高空，而是如同人类的呼吸吐纳。

Birds delight, Day and night, Nightingale, In the dale, Lark in sky, Merrily, merrily, merrily to welcome in the year.

鸟儿喜欢，白天夜晚。夜莺夜莺，在山谷中，天上云，多么喜悦，欢欢喜喜迎接新年。

I would be a happy little lark, singing as I soared, and then dropping down into some pleasant field.

“我希望做一快乐的小云，当我飞翔时我就歌唱，然后落在快乐的土地上。

Willa Cather continued to write about these new pioneers in The Song of the Lark in nineteen fifteen.

1915年的作品《云之歌》中，薇拉·凯瑟继续讲述些拓荒者的故事。

However the youngest daughter wanted a singing lark.

而小女儿说想要一会唱歌的云。

40% of the population are morning people, also known as larks.

40% 的人是晨型人，也被称为云。

The only treasures she possessed she took with her.

她所带的身家中，有一个就是她的宠物鸟云。

It is seemingly made to be heard, not seen, reversing the old axiom addressed to children when getting noisy.

云不过宣泄歌声，并非展示其容貌，一观点其实颠覆了不言而喻的真相，类似大人们眼中吵闹的孩子印象。

Society has a bias for larks which leaves owls at a constant disadvantage.

社会对云型有偏爱，使得猫头鹰型一直处于不利地位。

Most birds sing upon a bough, but the sky-lark sings in the air.

大部分的鸟儿停在树枝上歌唱，而云是在空中歌唱。

All of a sudden, a lion came and said, Who came to take away my singing lark?

突然，一狮子跑过来说：“谁偷走了我的云？”