The farmer knows full well that his puny efforts cannot do much about the number of magpies in the whole of Scotland.这位农场主深知他的微弱之力不能对整个苏格兰喜鹊的数量产生多大影响。Some magpies were singing in the tree when I left home for the first time, a good omen in Chinese culture.当我初次离家时,喜鹊在树上唱歌,在中国文化中这是个好预兆。The magpies are swooping outside my window and their babies are squawking in their nests.几只喜鹊在我的窗外扑腾,窝里的小喜鹊声音粗厉地叫着。