His words were barbed but they were the barbs of truth.

他说话是带刺，但都是些带刺大实话。

And being thorny still gets me in trouble.

这带刺态度还是会刺伤我。

Oh, absolutely. - An edgy, English rose.

没错。- 一朵带刺玫瑰。

Why are you being so snippy?

说话怎么绵中带刺？

Now I'm floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee I earned my stripes.

现在我是破茧蝴蝶，在空中偏偏起舞。又如带刺蜜蜂，纹上自己纹。

You also could say, there's no rose without a thorn.

也可以说，没有不带刺玫瑰。

They are one of the only fish immune to the sea anemone's stinging tentacles.

它们是唯一对海葵带刺触须免疫鱼类。

And then she found the yellow hat on the thorny herbs.

然后她在带刺草上找到了黄色帽子。

Plants with flowers that are colorful, spiky, and even some that resemble monkey faces.

朵五颜六色、带刺植物，甚至有些像猴子脸。

To deter these animals, thorny poisonous mathenge trees were planted to serve as walls.

为了阻止这些动物，校种植了带刺有毒马蹄铁树，作为围墙。

Slovenia has started to build a razor wire fence along its border with Croatia.

斯洛文尼亚已经开始在同克罗地亚边境处建造带刺铁丝网围墙。

There's no barbed wire, lots of greenery, and striking contemporary art.

没有带刺铁丝网，有很多绿色植物，还有引人注目当代艺术。

One of these plants is a spiky plant called sisal— you may know this here as jute.

其中一种带刺植物，名为剑麻——可能知道它“黄麻布料”身份。

She says that spiky little caterpillar jacket has a specific use but not what you might think.

她说那个小毛虫带刺外套有特殊用途——但不是想象那样。

I think I'm a pretty tough wire, but I'm not as tough as this wire, barbed wire.

我自认为是一个强悍且活跃人，但可能不如这带刺铁丝网那般强硬。

Now, we turn to another " rose" expression: Every rose has its thorns.

现在，我们来看另一个关于" 玫瑰" 表达：每朵玫瑰都是带刺。

OK. I'm not usually in the habit of accepting a handful of stinging insects.

好。我通常没有接受一把带刺昆虫习惯。

Generations of fawns learned to avoid the barbed wire fence, and even with it gone, the lessons live on.

后代小鹿依旧知道要避开带刺隔离栅栏区，即使隔离栅已经不在了，教训却传下来了。

If you went outside right now, you could find all kinds: prickly plants, fuzzy plants, floppy plants.

如果现在走到外面，会发现各种各样植物：带刺植物，毛茸茸植物，松软植物。

A poison ivy plant will never have a thorny stem.

毒葛植物永远不会有带刺茎。