We can see the birds and the bees.

我们可以看到鸟儿和蜜蜂。

Perhaps you should tell your son about the birds and the bees .

也许你该给你儿子讲讲两性关系方面的基本知识。

Schools also tried using older media, like literature, to teach students about the birds and the bees.

学校也采用文学这样的老式媒介，用它来讲授鸟儿和蜜蜂。

I stood, dumbfounded, wondering if I should be the one to answer this child's first question about the birds and the bees.

我目瞪口呆地站在原地，寻思着该不该回答这个小孩所提出的第一个关于性知识的问题。

It's about time we told our daughter about the birds and the bees.

该是告诉我们女儿有关两性关系的基本常识的时候了。

My mind raced ahead of his words: The birds and the bees?

在他继续说话前我的脑海中闪现：鸟儿还是蜜蜂？

Remember that proverbial parent-child talk about the birds and the bees?

记得所有父母和孩子之间都会进行的那种两性基本知识谈话吗？

Parents who discuss sex and reproduction say this is talking about the birds and the bees.

讨论性和生育话题，父母称这是在谈论关于两性关系的基本常识。

I guess I was totally misinformed when I learned about the birds and the bees.

我猜我是完全错误的时候，我了解了鸟类和蜜蜂。

“I was a bit taken aback, ” he later said in a telephone interview. “I wasn’t sure if this was the time and place to go into a long explanation of the birds and the bees.”

“我有些吃惊”他后来在电话采访中说道“我不知道此时此地是否应该就性与生命这个话题向孩子们来一个长篇大论。”

Did you know that if you tell a young person about the birds and the bees you are explaining about sex and birth?

你知道吗，如果你告诉一个小孩子一些关于小鸟和蜜蜂的事情（tell himaboutthe birds and the bees），其实意思是你告诉他有关性与生命的知识。

I stood, 17)dumbfounded, wondering if I should be the one to answer this child's first question about 18)the birds and the bees.

我目瞪口呆地站在原地，寻思着该不该回答这个小孩所提出的第一个关于性知识的问题。

Her father sits her down, and tells her all about the birds and the bees.

她爸爸让她坐下，告诉她关于两性关系的基本常识。

In the garden outside, the birds were singing and the bees buzzing.

外面的花园里，鸟儿婉转啼叫，蜜蜂嗡嗡作响。

But you can give them to the birds and bees .

但是只有小鸟和蜜蜂拥有。

It's about time we told our daughter the birds and bees.

该是时候告诉我们女儿有关两性关系的基本常识的时候了。

Reporter: So the birds-and-the-bees conversation has already happened.

记者：所以关于性的常识的谈话已经进行了？

Chimpanzees, along with the birds and bees, are busy doing it – but not in the way you might have imagined, as a new exhibition at London's Natural History Museum proves

黑猩猩、鸟类和蜂类正忙于交配，但正如伦敦自然历史博物馆举办的新的一期展览所展示的那样，这些动物的交配方式可能出乎我们的想象。

He sounded apprehensive, like a father about to give the birds-and-the-bees lecture to his children.

提彬开了腔，听得出他很忧虑，仿佛是一位父亲，正打算给孩子传授性方面的知识。