Several of them have landed. Take a walk under the willow tree to relax the fatigue of boating. Then stand unsteadily, carefully caress their white feathers with their mouths, occasionally shake their bodies or spread their wide wings to let the water drop between the feathers. One has been decorated, bent its neck behind its back, hid its long red mouth in its wings, and quietly closed its small black eyes between its white hairs, as if preparing for sleep. Poor little animal, do you dream like this?
English:
Some of them staggered out of the water, and in order to relieve fatigue, they began to swagger back and forth like gentlemen under the shade of willow trees. Then, they stood up and carefully arranged their white feathers. Occasionally, they will suddenly shake or flap their wings and release water from their feathers. After washing and grooming, one of them turned its neck and leaned on its back, then hid its long red beak under its wings and quietly closed its small black eyes hidden in white fluff. Obviously, it's ready for bed. Poor little guy, is this how you sleep?
Key points:
1, "A few landed." Translated, it is something that wobbles from the water, among which stagger is more desirable than come, because according to Longman dictionary, the word swagger as a verb means to walk with swaying movements, as if walking proudly; Strut high; As a noun, it means a proud way of walking; A cocky walking posture.
2. "Then stand unsteadily, gently caress their white feathers with your mouth, occasionally shake your body or spread your wide wings, and let the water drip between the feathers." They are standing there carefully tidying up their white feathers. Occasionally, they will suddenly shake or flap their wings and release water from their feathers. For the two clauses, we can also translate the original sentence composed of coordinate verbs such as "Li", "stroke", "shake" and "pounce" into complex sentences from the grammatical point of view, and translate them into Then from the perspective of multi-verb sentences, standing in a mess. They carefully tidy up their white feathers, occasionally shaking or flapping their long wings suddenly to let water drop out from among them.
3. "A decorated bird bends its neck behind its back, hides its long red mouth in its wings, and quietly closes its small black eyes between fine white hairs, as if preparing for sleep." Translated as one of them, after combing his hair, he turned his neck, leaned on his back, hid his long red beak under his wings, quietly closed his small black eyes and hid it in white hair. For this multi-verb sentence, present participle and past participle are the most commonly used methods.
4. "Is this how you dream?" The translator translates dreams into sleep here. Personally, I think dreams are better ~
Summary:
Pay attention to the comprehensive skills of this long sentence, and sometimes treat the reference translation dialectically.