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Miao people believe that swallow pairs remain faithful for life,
苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃
so their presence is a favor and a blessing,
因此他们的存在被视为
bringing happiness to a marriage and good luck to a home.
幸福生活与美满婚姻的象征
Like most Miao dwellings, the Song's living room windows look out over the paddy fields.
如大多数苗人一样 宋家起居室的窗子可以眺望见成片的梯田
Fromearly spring, one of these windows is always left open to let the swallows come and go freely.
从早春起 一扇窗子便为了方便燕子往返穿飞而敞开
Each year granddad Gu knows the exact day the swallows return.
古老爹知晓每年燕子归来的确切时间
Miao people believe the birds arrival predicts the timing of a season ahead.
苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临
This year, they were late.
然而今年 他们姗姗来迟
so Gu and the other community elders have agreed that rice planting should be delayed accordingly.
因而古老爹和其他族中长老一致认为今年的插秧应当推迟

重点解释

妙语佳句：

bring to:文中意思为“把 ... 带到”，除此还有“使恢复知觉”

How much experience does he bring to this specialized work?

他使用了多少经验来干这项专业工作？

Can you bring to your mind what happened on the fourth of July.

你能回想起7月4日发生什么事了吗？

paddy field:稻田, 水田

Thatch hut is raised high above the paddy field on stilt.

茅草屋用柱高高地建在稻田之上。

early spring:早春

All indications point to an early spring.

所有的迹象都显示春天的来临。

剧情介绍：
第二集《云翔天边》

　　该集涵盖的土地是系列中最少的，只是覆盖了云南省范围，云南约占国土总面积的2%到3%，但是它占有全国总数近四分之一的植物、动物物种在这里都随处可见。西双版纳的亚洲野象，白马雪山的滇金丝猴，高黎贡山的红腹角雉，无量山的黑冠长臂猿，思茅的大绯胸鹦鹉……还有憨态可掬的小熊猫，长相奇特的熊狸，啃食竹根的竹鼠和寄宿于竹筒中的小型蝙蝠——扁颅蝠。云南仿佛包罗世间所有的万花筒，雪山竹海，密林深潭，承载着各种奇花异卉，使行走其间的动物也像这片土地那样披满了缤纷颜色。

考考你：

苗族人笃信成双燕终身相伴不离不弃。

苗族人坚信这些鸟儿的归来预示着春季的来临。

上期答案：http://www.kekenet.com/menu/201207/190398.shtml

Spring is a start of the rice growing season.
The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year.
In China animals are valued does much for their symbolic meaning as for many good they may do.