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The county was quiet farmland, and people said the animals had gone.这个县从前是安静的农田，人们都说动物已经消失了。 A grand idea took shape: count every bird.一个「宏大的」想法成形了：把每一只鸟都数一遍。 People called the whole region empty, yet nobody had checked.人们说整个「地区」都空了，却没有人去查过。 A young biologist started a systematic hunt for facts.一位年轻生物学家开始了一场「有条理的」真相「搜寻」。

She put small recorders in each cell of the forest.她在森林的每个「小格」里放上小小的录音器。 She set them ahead of the trucks that came to cut trees.她把它们安放在伐木卡车到来的「前面」。 She walked the woods and checked the whole system.她走进树林，逐一查看整套「系统」。 A grand plan needs help, so a local group raised money for the permit.一份宏大的计划需要帮助，于是一个当地团体为许可筹了钱。

Those first recordings found warblers nobody expected.那些最初的录音里，有谁也没想到的莺鸟。 The regional council learned that the forest still had life.「区域」委员会由此得知，这片森林仍然有生命。 For the first time, most birds were still there, in the trees.第一次，大部分鸟还在那里，还在树上。 A few were gone, but far fewer than people claimed.有几种不见了，但比人们说的少得多。

She gave the report to the county in a short talk.她用一次短短的讲话，把报告交给了县里。 Then people became aware of what had always been around them.后来，人们才「意识到」一直围绕在身边的东西。 People must apply that lesson to other places.人们应当把这一课「应用」到别的地方。 That short work saved a piece of the old woods.那项短短的工作，却救下了一片老树林。