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

自然地，人类在发现这些巢穴后，把它们做成了燕窝汤。

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。

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 们谈了她的旅途情况，还谈了她看过的一个有关做燕窝汤的燕窝是如何采集的电节目。

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.

据说燕窝汤的全面健康益处之多，甚至会郎中都觉得自己吹过头了。

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的好处是为什么一碗燕窝汤的价格可以高达 30 到 60 美元。

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

在这里的菲律宾，人们会把它们做成一种叫做燕窝汤的汤来吃。

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

结果， 燕窝的价格飞涨。

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

燕窝里的土块涂上醋。

Compared to similar shops, Post Oxygen of Tea looks like a China Post office as it sports its classic green and yellow decor as well as uses the " health-enhancing" tag for its products such as bird's nest fresh milk.

与同类店铺相比， 茶之邮氧更像中国邮局， 经典的绿黄色装潢， 燕窝鲜奶等产品贴上“养生” 标签。

But Joe, taking it up carefully with both hands, like a bird's-nest with eggs in it, wouldn't hear of parting with that piece of property, and persisted in standing talking over it in a most uncomfortable way.

但是乔，双手小心翼翼地把它捧起来，就像里面有鸡蛋的燕窝一样，不肯放弃那块财产，坚持以一种极不自在的方式站着谈论它。

Lavinia ran her fingers through the bird's-nest, found the pencil there, and looked gratified. 'Why, there's my yellow pencil'. She put it back again in her hair-do.

莱维妮亚的手指穿过燕窝，找到了那支铅笔，看起来很满意。 '为什么，这是我的黄色铅笔'。她又把它放回了她的发型中。

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的产品，我以为你会说到燕窝，那些所谓的美容补品。

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？

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

通常，这些燕窝筑在很高的悬崖上。

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的历史。

All this time (still with both hands taking great care of the bird's-nest), Joe was rolling his eyes round and round the room, and round and round the flowered pattern of my dressing-gown.

一直以来（双手仍然小心翼翼地照顾着燕窝），乔一直在房间里转来转去，又转着我睡袍上的花朵图案。

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

它们小巧的杯状燕窝完全由唾液丝筑建。

That's also known as swallow's nest.

这也被称为燕窝。