His voice broke on the last word.

他说到最后一个字都声如蚊蚋了。

The nickname Gnatalie came unromantically from the tiny gnats that maddened team members the first year of excavation.

“蚋塔莉这暖称一点也浪漫，源自挖掘第一年令团队成员苦堪言细小蚊蚋。

They scheduled later digs for high summer, preferring the risk of dehydration and heatstroke to gnat bites.

他们把之后挖掘排在夏天最炎热，宁可冒着脱水和中暑风险，也蚊蚋叮咬。

It awakened gnats, which flew towards it, revealed shiny gossamer threads, disturbed earthworms.

它唤醒了飞向它蚊蚋， 露出闪亮薄纱， 扰乱了蚯蚓。

When the gnat had heard that, she flew away again, and revealed everything, down to the minutest detail, to the willow-wren.

蚊蚋一听，又飞走了，把所有事，连最细微细节都告诉了柳鹪鹩。