Today, thanks to photography and the news media, more people understand the efforts of the swiftlets and toil of the nest gatherers. But unlike the past, today's self-confident young harvesters care little about people's gratitude, and still less about the swiftlets themselves, whose numbers are continuously dwindling.
今天，透過攝影與新聞媒體，有更多人瞭解金絲燕築巢與採燕者的艱辛；但有別於過去，今天自信滿滿的年輕採燕者當然不會在乎人們的感激。至於數量越來越少的金絲燕，當然就更不需要了。