實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：The Kiwi 幾維鳥

Todd: OK, Leonard, now, when most people think of Kiwi, at least Americans, we think of the fruit.

托德：里昂納多，大部分人，至少是大部分美國人在說到Kiwi這個詞的時候認(rèn)為是奇異果。

Leo: Right, right. Also in Japan as well.

里奧：沒錯，的確是這樣。當(dāng)然日本也是這樣。

Todd: Oh, really! OK. But, uh, people from New Zealand are called Kiwis not because of the fruit I take it.

托德：哦，真的嗎!但是，新西蘭人所稱的Kiwis并不是我認(rèn)為的那種水果。

Leo: That's right. That's right. The nickname for New Zealanders is Kiwi, and actually the Kiwi bird... Kiwi is actually a Maori name, and Maori are the native people of New Zealand.

里奧：沒錯，沒錯。新西蘭的代名詞就是幾維鳥……幾維是毛利語，毛利是新西蘭的原住民。

Todd: Oh, wow!

托德：哦，哇!

Leo: And so Kiwi, the pronunciation of Kiwi K-I-W-I KEE-WEE, Maori has similar pronunciation to the Japanese language, ah, ee, uu, eh, oh. They pronounce the vowels.

里奧：所以幾維鳥，發(fā)音是K-I-W-I KEE-WEE，毛利語的發(fā)音和日語的發(fā)音很相似，ah, ee, uu, eh, oh。他們的元音也是這種發(fā)音。

Todd: OK. I'm..what is Kiwi?

托德：嗯。那幾維鳥是什么呢?

Leo: A kiwi is a nocturnal bird, which only walks, it doesn't fly.

里奧：幾維鳥是一種在夜間活動的鳥，它們只能走路，不會飛。

Todd: OK. So nocturnal means it only comes out at night.

托德：好。那在夜間活動的意思就是它們只在夜晚出來活動嗎。

Leo: Right. Right. And in the deep forest. Actually, you'd never see a Kiwi if you went to New Zealand, unless you went to the zoo.

里奧：對，對。而且是在森林深處活動。實際上，如果你去新西蘭的話，你是看不到幾維鳥的，除非你去動物園。

Todd: Oh, really!

托德：哦，真的嗎?

Leo: Right!

里奧：沒錯!

Todd: OK.

托德：好。

Leo: And the brown Kiwi is the most, uh, rarest of them all. They're only I think, there are less than one thousand brown kiwis left.

里奧：褐幾維鳥是數(shù)量最稀少的種類。我想，褐幾維鳥的現(xiàn)存數(shù)量不足1000只。

Todd: Wow. So..

托德：哇。那……

Leo: It can only be found in New Zealand.

里奧：只有新西蘭才有。

Todd: Ok. OK. maybe I missed it but can it fly.

托德：好。嗯。我想我剛才好像聽漏了，它能飛嗎?

Leo: No, no it can't.

里奧：不，不能飛。

Todd: It can't fly.

托德：不能飛呀。

Leo: It can only walk.

里奧：它只能走。

Todd: Wow, so it only comes out at night...in the deep forest and it can't fly.

托德：哇，所以它夜間在森林深處活動，而且不能飛。

Leo: You'd be surprised. If you go to New Zealand, uh, there are over twenty different types of birds that walk.

里奧：你一定感到很吃驚。如果你去新西蘭，會看到有20余種不同種類的幾維鳥在散步。

Todd: Really! That's fascinating. Well, thanks for telling us about the Kiwi.

托德：真的嗎!那真吸引人，謝謝你跟我們分享幾維鳥的信息。

Leo: You're welcome.

里奧：不客氣。