鸟先飞

鲍海飞2013-11-4

早起半个小时，便看到了不一样的天空。天空很宁静，天空很蓝，阳光缓缓地投射下来；地铁里鲜有的空旷、从容和安详；道路上很干净，显得更宽广了，应该是风在夜里悄悄地打扫了，一切都干干净净，即使雾气也在缓慢地移动。这样的早晨，虽然依旧还很困，睁不开眼睛，但内心中，走起路来让人感觉很舒畅。走在路上，女儿说，这样的早晨真让人意想不到！我说我们是early birds。女儿问我是什么意思，我说我们是早起的鸟儿啊！女儿忙问我：那笨鸟先飞用英语怎么说啊？我一时语塞，倒是记得一点什么，但不是很确定，忙说，我一会儿查查。

在网上搜了一下，发现了几种相关译法：1,Clumsybirds have to start flying early;2,The stupid bird flies first;3,A slow sparrow should make an early start;4,The slow need to start early;5，The early birds catch the worm

显然可以发现，前四个应该是中式译法，那么第五种到底是不是或者有没有笨鸟先飞之意呢?于是决定再深度搜索一下，来确定一下该俚语或者谚语之的准确含义。其实，大部分是将The early birds catch the worm翻译为“早起的鸟儿有虫吃”。其寓意很明显，因此这个译法是比较准确的。

在The free dictionary中，给出两个例句解释:

1，If you wake up and get to work early,you will succeed.

例句：Ask: What are you doing in the office at 7:30 A.M.?

Ans: I didn’t expect to see you studying at the library at this hour of the morning. The early birds catch the worm，huh？

因此，该含义就是早起早干活，成功的机会大。

2:Something that you say in order to tell someone that if you want to be successful they should do something immediately.

例句：If you see a job that interests you, apply as soon as possible. The early birds catches the worm.

显然，该句子含有：先下手为强！捷足先登之意，并且是告诫别人，劝说别人之意。

在English language studying中，解释为: that if you start something early,you stand a better chance of success.

该解释含有：早的（好的）开始，是成功的一半。

该俚语的起源如下：

It means Success comes to those who prepare well and put in effort. Origin This is first recorded in John Ray's A collection of English proverbs 1670, 1678:The early bird catcheth the worm."Clearly, the title of the work indicates that this was considered proverbial even in the 17th century.

解释为；成功来自于那些有心理准备并付诸于行动的人。并且该俚语可以追溯到很久以前的17世纪。这个俚语还含有：不打无准备之战，未雨绸缪之含义。

一点启示：

1，在英语里，该俚语并不含有“笨鸟先飞”的含义，相反，倒是含有‘聪明’的含义。除了含有“早起的鸟儿有虫吃”之外，还含有，“趁早”、“赶快”的含义。

2，“不能输在起跑线上”这句话非常有道理，在西方很早就有了。只不过我们似乎现在才发现这个道理，并且说得相当直白，而西方人却更隐晦罢了。

如果要想成功，那就早点起床吧！早点苏醒吧！无论是身体的、还是灵魂的，然后走在一条属于自己的大路上，或许就会看到一个不一样的天空，发现一个不同的世界。

附录：下面是检索到的一些例句。

1，This proverb is used to tell you to act early or right now to be successful.

If someone says, "The early bird catches the worm," he/she means that if you do something early or before anyone else, you will have an advantage and be successful.

Example:

The early bird catches the worm! Don't miss this year's best deal! The sale will start on Thursday, and the store opens at 5:00 a.m.

Though you have more than 6 months before you leave, start looking for good deals on airline tickets and reserve your seats early. The early bird catches the worm.

the person who gets started early has a better chance of success

A: What time are we going fishing tomorrow.
B: 4 A.M.
A: What? Why so early?
B: The early bird catches the worm.

Ronaldo always wakes up at 6 A.M. to go to the gym, have a big breakfast, and then go to work. This impressed his boss, so he got a promotion. The early bird catches the worm!

如果某人说你：Why are you so early？”那你就可以回答：“To catch worm.”

2，而early bird  的含义有三种：分别是早起的人，早到的人，以及早到早得。(

1. .Fig. a person who gets up early. I never miss sunrise. I'm an early bird. The early birds were up at dawn and ready for breakfast.

2. Fig. a person who arrives early. The early birds get the best seats. There were some early birds who arrived before the party was set to start.

3. Fig. having to do with early arrival. (Usually hyphenated.) Early-bird arrivals will be given a free cup of coffee. The early-bird special this week is a free six-pack of iced tea for the first 100 visitors.)