Yet despite Vincent's planning, life has thrown some curveballs at the Martins.

然而，尽管有文森特的计划，生活还是给马丁夫妇带来了些麻烦。

It's possible the insect-eating martins helped to control pests living around Native American camps.

答案可能是这些紫燕捕食昆虫，帮助了美洲土著居民控制营周围的昆虫数量。

The purple martin became an unofficial mascot for native inhabitants in the eastern half of the continent.

大陆的东半侧，北美洲紫燕当居民眼中是祥物。

There they were, the longed-for purple martins, sailing gracefully around the bird house, singing as they sailed.

他们就那里，渴望已久的紫燕，优雅鸟屋航行，边航行边唱歌。

There are four different species of swallow which visit us-the swift, the chimney swallow, the house martin, and the sand martin.

我们见到的燕子有四——褐雨燕、烟囱雨燕、家燕和崖沙燕。

The swallows are the first to return to us; the martins follow: and they always keep the same order.

雨燕最先飞回来；随后是家燕：它们总是以这样的顺序回来。

I asked Miss Lou if she knew the Martins.

我问卢小姐她是否认识马丁家。

His 401(k) and Social Security would easily cover that. Yet despite Vincent's planning, life has thrown some curveballs at the Martins.

他的401(k)退休计划和社会保障计划很容易就能支付这个。然而，尽管有文森特的计划，生活还是给马丁夫妇带来了些麻烦。

I thought you'd still be in london, helping jenny set up at saint martins.

我以为你还伦敦 帮Jenny圣马丁收拾呢。

This special relationship between purple martins and people is one of the few in North America to cross cultural boundaries between native groups and European settlers.

人类与紫燕这样的特殊关系仅是北美本土族和欧洲外来者的文化交融关系之。

There is not a sound in nature so cheering and animating as the song of the purple martin, and none so well calculated to drive away melancholy.

自然界里没有哪雨燕的歌声如此欢快和容易模仿，没有谁听到这美妙的歌声还能将忧愁挂心上。

The next spring, with the reappearance of the martins, came four, which familiarly flew into the chamber, visited all the walls, and expressed their recognition by the most clamorous twitterings of joy.

第二年春天，随燕子迁徙归来，四只燕子熟悉飞到那个房间的窗口，墙上飞来飞去，唧唧喳喳，显得非常熟悉。

Four brothers had watched with indignation the felonious attempts of a sparrow to possess himself of the nest of a house martin, in which lay its young brood of four unfledged birds.

四兄弟愤怒看到只麻雀试图夺取只燕子的巢窠，里面有四只羽翼未丰的小燕子。