- and still the cicadas come.
仍然有大量的蝉赶来 - With the predators overwhelmed the survivors can achieve their purpose.
当捕食者达到饱和,存活的蝉也在完成它们的使命 - After mating, the adults lay their eggs and then their job is done.
成蝉在交配完并产卵后,它们的工作也完成了 - In just a few days they will all die and the forest will fall silent.
几天的时间内他们全将死去,森林又会恢复平静 - The cicadas here, will not be heard again for another seventeen years.
在接下来的17年里,不会再听到布鲁德蝉的声音了 - Having fed the predators, the cicadas leave one final gift for the forest itself.
喂饱了掠食者后,蝉给森林留下了最后的礼物 - The nutrients in a generation of cicadas are returned to the soil, all at once
这些蝉给土壤提供了大量养分
In just a few days they will all die and the forest will fall silent. 几天的时间内他们全将死去,森林又会恢复平静
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