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奇妙岛屿 13 - 英语听力

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[00:00.16]It's a parrot [00:01.3]是鹦鹉 [00:01.3]...
[00:00.16]It's a parrot
[00:01.3]是鹦鹉
[00:01.3]And weighing up to four kilos
[00:03.46]体重可达四公斤
[00:03.46]It's the world's heaviest
[00:05.59]它是世界最重的
[00:05.59]And yes you've guessed it
[00:07.76]你猜对了
[00:07.76]It can't fly
[00:09.61]它无法飞翔
[00:09.61]Meet the kakapo
[00:11.9]来见我的兄弟
[00:11.9]Too heavy and short-winged to get airborne
[00:14.77]因体重与翼展所限,无法翱翔天际
[00:14.77]It climbs trees instead
[00:16.83]改攀树梢
[00:16.83]Kakapo were once one of the most successful
[00:19.47]卡卡坡曾经是最成功的
[00:19.47]And abundant herbivores in New Zealand
[00:21.59]还有新西兰丰富的食草动物
[00:21.59]The Kiwi equivalent of our rabbit
[00:24.48]几维鸟相当于我们的兔子
[00:24.48]In 1899 explorer Charlie Douglas wrote
[00:26.85]1899年探险家查理道格拉斯写道
[00:26.85]''They could be caught in the moonlight by simply shaking the tree
[00:30.51]在月光下,摇树即得
[00:30.51]Or bush until they tumbled to the ground
[00:33.08]或是灌木丛直到它们跌倒在地
[00:33.08]Like shaking down apples''
[00:34.71]如摇下苹果般
[00:34.71]Its favourite food is up above
[00:37.39]它最爱的食物在天上
[00:37.39]The tiny seeds of the rimu tree
[00:40.24]日木的小种子
[00:40.24]This fruit fuels kakapo reproduction
[00:43.21]这种果实可以刺激卡卡波的繁殖
[00:43.21]And they only breed when the trees produce a bumper crop
[00:46.42]它们只会在树木大丰收的时候滋生
[00:46.42]So about once every four years
[00:49.45]每四年一次
[00:49.45]Kakapo breed slower than any other bird
[00:52.55]卡加波的繁殖速度比其他鸟类都慢
[00:52.55]But they also live longer
[00:54.58]但他们也能活得更久
[00:54.58]Sometimes more than a hundred years
[00:57.44]有时超过一百年
[00:57.44]The male's song'' is as peculiar as the bird itself
[01:02.044]雄鸟的歌声就像鸟儿的歌声一样独特
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