“See that bird? It's a Spencer's warbler. (I knew he didn't know the real name.) "Well, in Italian, it's a Chutto Lapittida. In Portuguese, it's a Bom da Peida. In Chinese it's a Chung-Iong-tah, and in Japanese it's a Katano Takeda. You can know the name of the bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird. You'll only know about humans in different places, and what they call the bird. So let's look at the birds and see what it's doing - that's what counts!”
“看见那只鸟了吗？那是一只 Spencer's warbler。（他其实不知道那只鸟的名字）嗯，在意大利语里它叫 Chutto Lapittida。在葡萄牙语里它叫 Bom da Peida。在中文里它叫 Chung-long-tah。在日语里它叫 Katano Takeda。你可以知道这种鸟在全世界所有语言里的名字，但是到了最后，你却对它一无所知。你只知道不同地方的人，以及他们如何称呼这种鸟。所以我们来看看它会做哪些事情。那才是重要的！”