實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Birds Don't Fly 不會飛的鳥(2)

Todd: Yeah, I know that, you don't have snakes, but I know that snakes when they got into Guam they like decimated the bird population.

托德：我知道新西蘭沒有蛇，不過蛇進入關(guān)島以后大幅減少了那里的鳥類數(shù)量。

Rachel: Yep. That's what would happen and that's why New Zealand immigration customs is very strict about what kind of animals you can bring in. We don't even have snakes in zoos.

蕾切爾：對。可能會發(fā)生這種事，所以新西蘭入境海關(guān)嚴(yán)格限制可帶入新西蘭的動物種類。新西蘭連動物園里也沒有蛇。

Todd: That's smart.

托德：這很明智。

Rachel: Michael Jackson famously came to New Zealand in the 1980's and wanted to bring his pet snake with him and he wasn't allowed to.

蕾切爾：上世紀(jì)80年代，邁克爾·杰克遜來新西蘭時想帶著他的寵物蛇，可是他沒有獲得允許。

Todd: Oh, good on you.

托德：哦，你們做得真好。

Rachel: There were no exceptions to that rule.

蕾切爾：這項規(guī)定沒有例外。

Todd: Are there any other birds that don't fly? For example do you have penguins?

托德：還有其他不會飛的鳥嗎?你們有企鵝嗎?

Rachel: Oh, yes, there's lots of penguins in New Zealand.

蕾切爾：哦，有，新西蘭有很多企鵝。

Todd: In the south right?

托德：在南方，對吧?

Rachel: Yeah, in the south. Oh, they come up to the north sometimes.

蕾切爾：對，在南方。哦，企鵝有時也會去北方。

Todd: Really, that far north?

托德：是嗎?遙遠(yuǎn)的北方嗎?

Rachel: Yeah, occasionally. The big colonies are down south.

蕾切爾：對，它們偶爾去。它們主要的聚居地在南方。

Todd: Ah, that's amazing. How cool. Any other birds that don't fly?

托德：啊，不錯。真酷。還有其他鳥類不會飛嗎?

Rachel: Not that I can think of off the top of my head. I'd have to look it up on the Internet.

蕾切爾：現(xiàn)在我能想到的就這些了。我需要去網(wǎng)上查一下。

Todd: No, that's still though ... that's quite a few. That's so nice.

托德：不用了，你已經(jīng)說了很多了。不錯。

Rachel: The most famous was the moa of course.

蕾切爾：當(dāng)然最有名的是恐鳥。

Todd: The moa?

托德：恐鳥?

Rachel: Which is an ostrich sized bird.

蕾切爾：體型和鴕鳥差不多。

Todd: Oh, really.

托德：哦，真的嗎?

Rachel: Yeah, but they were ... they were killed off before Europeans arrived in New Zealand.

蕾切爾：對，不過在歐洲人到新西蘭以前，恐鳥就被殺絕了。

Todd: Oh, easy hunting.

托德：哦，很容易被捕殺。

Rachel: They were easy hunting. Yeah. And a big feast.

蕾切爾：它們很容易捕殺。對。然后享受盛宴。

Todd: It's funny how when you go to a place, you really want to see like a local animal, so last year I went to the Middle East. I went to U.A.E and Oman, and I just wanted to see a camel. I wanted to see a camel so bad, and I thought like I'd go down the road..

托德：有意思的是，每去一個地方，你都想看到當(dāng)?shù)氐膭游?，去年我去了中東。我去了阿聯(lián)酋和阿曼，我想看看駱駝。我非常想看駱駝，我本以為我在路上就會看到。

Rachel: Everyone drives a Mercedes these days.

蕾切爾：最近所有人都開奔馳車了。

Todd: and there'd be a camel, and I was kind of going out in the countryside. I wasn't just in the city, and I never saw a camel, and I was asking people that work there, and they're like, "yeah, you do see them" but I was just so heartbroken that I never saw a camel.

托德：我以為路上就會有駱駝，我去了鄉(xiāng)村。我沒有只在城市游覽，我從沒見過駱駝，我問當(dāng)?shù)氐墓ぷ魅藛T，他們說，“嗯，你會看到的”，可是讓我心碎的是，我并沒有看到駱駝。

Rachel: Ooh!

蕾切爾：哦!

Todd: It's one of my favorite animals. I just think they look so cool, so when I go to New Zealand, I have to make sure I see a kiwi.

托德：駱駝是我最喜愛的動物之一。我認(rèn)為駱駝看上去非?？幔蚁胛胰バ挛魈m的時候，一定要確保我能看到幾維鳥。

Rachel: But you'll have to go to the kiwi house.

蕾切爾：那你要去幾維鳥園。

Todd: The Kiwi House.

托德：幾維鳥園。

Rachel: The Kiwi House it's called. Or just look up zoos.

蕾切爾：幾維鳥園?；蛘呷游飯@。

Todd: And they got 'em?

托德：那些地方有嗎?

Rachel: Yep, they got 'em there. But you won't just see them driving around.

蕾切爾：有，那里有幾維鳥。你在路上開車時是不會看到幾維鳥的。