Birds and bees are a metaphorical story. For example, bees carrying pollen to fertilize flowers can be understood as male insemination. Birds lay eggs, which can be understood as female ovulation.

Analysis:

1, full text:

(1) "The birds and the bees" is an English idiom, which refers to courtship and sexual intercourse and is usually used to teach someone (usually a child) about sex and pregnancy. ?

(2) This phrase is reminiscent of metaphors and euphemisms that are often used to avoid talking about this topic openly and technically.

(3) According to tradition, Birds and Bees is a figurative story, sometimes told to children, trying to explain the mechanism and good consequences of the process by quoting natural events that are easy to observe. ?

(4) For example, bees bring pollen to flowers, which is an obvious and easy-to-explain example of male fertilization. Another example, birds lay eggs, which is an equally obvious and easy to explain example of female ovulation.

2. Translation:

(1) "Birds and bees" is an English idiom that refers to courtship and sexual intercourse. It is usually used to educate a person, usually a child, about sex and pregnancy.

(2) This phrase is reminiscent of metaphors and euphemisms that are often used to avoid talking about topics openly and technically.

(3) Traditionally, birds and bees are a metaphorical story, which is sometimes told to children, trying to explain the mechanism and good results of sexual intercourse by citing natural events that are easy to observe.

(4) For example, bees carry pollen and put it into flowers, which is a visible and easily explained example of male insemination. Another example is that birds lay eggs, which is an equally visible and easily explained example of female ovulation.

3. Practical application

(1) Dialogue between two young American women about sex education for their children;

"Did you tell? Did Johnny talk about birds and bees? "

(2) Translation:

Have you explained the basic sexual knowledge to John? Parents often take birds and bees as examples when explaining sexual knowledge to their children. )

Extended data:

Birds and Bees Source:

William and Mary Morris? It is suggested that it may be inspired by the poet samuel coleridge (1825): "All nature seems to be working. Slugs leave their nests-bees are stirring-birds are flying-"

2. In Morris Dictionary of the Origin of Words and Phrases (1977), the author thinks that the first pairing of birds and bees began with samuel coleridge (1772- 1834, an English poet and critic).