鹳

Screamed the young Storks;"what shall we do with him?"

小鹳鸟们都叫出声来，&我们应该对他怎样办？&

The mountain behind of me is the breeding place of black storks, it is said the only one in Beijing.

我身后的山峰就是黑鹳筑巢繁殖的地方，据说在北京仅此一处。

Now today, when the children came out again to play, and saw the Storks, they sang their song

第二天孩子们又出来玩耍，又看到了这些鹳鸟。他们开始唱道

And it was done as she said; all the storks were named Peter, and so they are all called even now.

她所说的这句话大家都遵从了。所有的鹳鸟都叫彼得，他们现在还叫这个名字哩。

In spring, when the swallows and the storks came, the Tree asked them, Don't you know where they have been taken?

在春天，当燕子和鹳鸟飞来的时候，枞树就问它们：你们知道人们把它们拖到什么地方去了吗？

Now the autumn came on; all the Storks began to assemble, to fly away to the warm countries while it is winter here.

现在秋天到来了。所有的鹳鸟开始集合，准备在我们过冬的时候，向温暖的国度飞去。

In western culture, storks symbolize childbirth.

西方文化中，鹳象征着女人分娩。

Also,,the storks love water ,and tradition held that it was in watery places that the souls of the unborn children dwelt.

此外鹳很喜欢水，人们在传统上认为，未出生孩子的灵魂就在有水的地方。

Said one of the young Storks, and crept back into the nest."I don't care about getting to the warm countries."

一只小鹳鸟说，同时钻进窠里去，&飞不到温暖的国度里去我也不在乎！&

Cried the young Storks; and then they took all imaginable pains.

小鹳鸟们齐声说。于是他们把一切气力都拿出来。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。