Amazing Little Puffins

 

迷你海鸚知多少

If you take a tour, there are a few things to keep in mind. Although puffins appear cute and aren’t afraid of people, they are wild animals. So, you shouldn’t try to pet them. Touching them might even affect their ability to keep their feathers waterproof. Tourists should also be careful when walking near cliffs. They could accidentally step on a nest and destroy a home where a puffin family has lived for years. Instead, visitors should admire these birds from a distance and give them the respect they deserve.

如果你要來趟賞海鸚行程，有一些事情需要留意。雖然海鸚很可愛而且不怕人，但牠們還是野生動物。所以，不要試著去撫弄牠們。觸摸海鸚甚至可能會影響牠們讓羽毛維持防水的能力。在峭壁附近行走時，旅客也應小心謹慎。他們可能會不小心踩到鳥巢，破壞了海鸚家庭多年居住的家。反之，旅客應在遠處欣賞這些海鸚，給牠們應有的尊重。

生活必備字詞：

pet　vt. （表示憐愛地）輕撫∕輕摸

feather　n. 羽毛

deserve　vt. 應得，值得

Such a good student deserves our praise.

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編號492火鶴17年後依然在逃

【摘要2022.7.29.五.自由】◎張沛元

A fisherman’s sighting in March confirmed that a flamingo that fled a Kansas zoo in 2005 has defied the odds to live a Pixar-worthy life in the wilds of Texas.

今年3月1名漁夫的目擊證實，1隻在2005年逃離（美國）堪薩斯州的1家動物園的火鶴已化不可能為可能，在德州的野外過著值得拍成皮克斯動畫片的生活。

It served as confirmation that No. 492, estimated to be about 20 years old, is still persevering despite striking out on its own.

該目擊證實，儘管得自力求生，這隻編號492、估計約20歲的火鶴仍堅持不懈。

Its journey would fit snugly into a Pixar movie script.

牠的旅程非常適合改編成皮克斯動畫的劇本。

On a windy day in Wichita, Kan., in 2005, No. 492 made its escape.

2005年，堪薩斯州威奇塔的某個起風的日子，編號492成功脫逃。

The workers at Sedgwick County Zoo had forgotten to clip the African flamingo’s wings, a maintenance that keeps the beloved birds from flying away into the dangerous world outside.

塞奇威克郡動物園的工作人員忘了幫這隻非洲火鶴剪羽，這是一種避免心愛的鳥飛到外頭危險的世界的養護之道。

新聞辭典

defy the odds：慣用語，指想辦法做到了原本被認為不可能做到的事，排除萬難，挑戰不可能。defy，動詞，違抗...挑戰；odds，名詞，可能性，機會。例句： The toddler defied the odds and recovered from coronavirus, much to his doctor’s and parents’ astonishment.（令醫生與父母驚訝的是，這名武漢肺炎確診的學步期小男童化不可能為可能地康復了。）

striking out on one’s own：慣用語，自立、獨立去追尋某事。例句：He was forced to leave the family business and decided to strike out on his own.（他被逼離開家族事業並決定自行打拼。）

make one’s escape：片語，成功脫逃。