纪录片《我们的地球》 第368期 奇迹城市(10)

"Perhaps a little plastic piping?

"这个塑料管怎么样？"

"Or maybe a bit of coloured string?"

"我还有鲜艳的红丝线？"

But his guest doesn't seem to be paying much attention.

但这位访客似乎兴趣缺缺。

"A fork? "Madame?"

"这把叉子呢？" "女士？"

Nothing seems to be working.

对方依旧无动于衷。

Something is just not quite right here.

事情有些不对劲。

But he still has one trick up his sleeve. The scarlet¹ heart.

但他还有一招。那颗红心。

As a final thrill, he expands the pink crest² on the back of his head.

作为压轴节目，他张开了头部后侧的粉色羽冠。

The sign of his adulthood³. But he's made a mistake.

证明他已经成年。但他弄错了。

This is not a female, but a young male who hasn't yet developed that head crest.

这只不是雌鸟，而是一只还没有长出羽冠的雄鸟。

And he's making off with the scarlet heart.

他衔起红心飞走了。

1 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

2 crest   

n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖

参考例句：

• The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
• He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。

3 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。