纪录片《我们的地球》 第301期 茂密丛林(19)

Red birds-of-paradise display in the treetops.

红色天堂鸟在树梢间炫技求偶。

Other members of the family dance in the gloom of the forest floor.

而家族里的其他成员却在森林地面的阴暗处起舞。

This is a Wilson's bird-of-paradise.

这是一只威尔逊天堂鸟。

He's brightly coloured, but about the size of a sparrow.

他颜色艳丽，但只有麻雀大小。

He's lived most of his life alone, but now he's an adult, and he too needs to attract a mate.

他之前大多独自生活，但现在成年了，急需吸引一位伴侣。

This little patch of light might help him do so.

这个小光斑或许能帮到他。

First, he tidies things up.

首先，他把这里收拾干净。

Showing off in this jumble¹ of leaves wouldn't be easy,

在一堆杂乱的树叶间炫耀舞技可不容易，

and his beauty will stand out better against a plain background.

简单的背景才更能衬托他的美丽。

He doesn't want bright leaves to divert a visitor's attention.

他可不希望鲜艳的叶子转移了观众的注意。

They all need to go. Even the green ones. Especially the green ones.

它们都得被清理掉。就连绿色的也不能留。尤其是绿色的。

1 jumble   

vt.使混乱，混杂；n.混乱；杂乱的一堆

参考例句：

• Even the furniture remained the same jumble that it had always been.甚至家具还是象过去一样杂乱无章。
• The things in the drawer were all in a jumble.抽屉里的东西很杂乱。