She was sitting on the teacher's desk, alone except for a small ring of twittering yellow birds circling her head, which she had clearly just conjured out of midair.

赫敏坐在教师讲台上，一群唧唧黄色小鸟围着圈在她头上盘旋着，很明显是刚刚变出来。

She had no idea who I was, and she wouldn't stop yapping.

她不知道我是谁就叽叽说个不停。

But alas! We do like cowbirds and cuckoos, which lay their eggs in nests which other birds have built, and cheer no traveler with their chattering and unmusical notes.

可是，唉！我们不喜欢燕八哥和杜鹃，它们跑到别个鸟禽所筑造巢中去下蛋，那叽叽不协和乐音并不能使行路经过了快乐。

The chattering ceases, and the forest is still.

叽叽声音逐渐消失，森林一片寂静。

The Things that had reached the ground, the rubber balls and diaries, the paperclips and tape measures, the cameras, pens and purses, were all jabbering away in their groups.

那些已经掉到上东西，橡皮球、日记、回形、卷尺、照相机、笔和钱包，都在各自圈子里叽叽说个不停。

They're cheeping from the carrier that police officers put them in.

它们被警察放进了箱子中，在里面叽叽着。

Meanwhile, hidden from the teachers, a roaring trade in talismans, amulets, and other protective devices was sweeping the school.

在这段时间里，大家瞒着老师，叽叽交换护身符、驱邪物及其他保护自己玩艺儿。

Use earplugs at noisy places. When people are young they remember hearing every bird chirp in the morning or the sound of raindrops in a puddle of water.

在嘈杂方使用耳塞。们年轻时候，他们能见鸟儿在早晨叽叽，或者雨滴落在水洼里声音。

And this man gets woken up by the chirping.

这个被唧唧声吵醒了。

The pirate birds were screeching among the leaves of the palms.

一种当海盗鸟小鸟在棕榈树叶子里吱吱着。

It turns out that baby red-backed fairy wrens also emerge chirping like their moms.

事实证明，红背细尾鹪鹩也会像它们妈妈一样发出类似唧唧声。

Shocking tales I hear of you; Chirp, and tell me, are they true?

我说很多你可怕传言，，告诉我，这些是真吗？

A momentary hush; the orchestra leader varies his rhythm obligingly for her and there is a burst of chatter as the erroneous news goes around that she is Gilda Gray's understudy from the 'Follies.'

片刻寂静，乐队指挥殷勤为她改变了拍子，随后突然响起了一阵叽叽说话声，因为有谣言传开，说她是" 富丽秀" 剧团（此处为英语" Follies" 音译——译者注）吉尔德·格雷（轰动一时纽约舞星——译者注）替角。

It was answered by the chuckle of another bird a little further off.

不远处另一只鸟儿着回答。

These were petrels, cape pigeons, or puffins, and their calls were deafening.

这是海燕、棋鸟和海鸭，它们吱吱声震得我们耳聋。

We need to be annoying and persistent.

我们要叽叽，坚持不懈。

The bird twittered and flew around Jack and Annie.

那鸟儿叽叽着，绕着杰克和安妮飞。

It's summertime in New York City–birds are chirping, insects are scurrying, and everything feels alive!

正值纽约夏季，鸟儿叽叽，虫儿窜来窜去，一切都生机勃勃!

Please don't be chipper in the face of me being miserable.

别跟我叽叽抱怨痛苦。

You understand her when she runs off like that?

她叽叽说法语你也能懂吗？