Endangered Birds
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 The Kakapo.
4"卡卡波号".
6 The Short-Tailed Albatross.
6"快活信天翁".
9 The California Condor.
9 加利福尼亚神鹰。
12 Conclusion.
12 结论。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Index.
16 指数。
16 Introduction Have you ever seen a great auk (AWK)?
导言 你见过一个伟大的AWK吗?
These penguin-like birds once lived along the coasts from Iceland to Florida.
这些类似企鹅的鸟类曾经生活在从冰岛到佛罗里达州的沿海.
But the great auk was fiercely hunted for its feathers and eggs.
但大亚克被猛烈地猎取出它的羽毛和蛋.
The very last ones were killed in 1844.
最后几起于1844年被杀死。
Today, great auks are extinct.
今天,大亚克已灭绝.
You can only see them in pictures, or see their skeletons in a museum.
你只能用相片看到,或者在博物馆看到他们的骨架.
There are many other birds that are endangered, or close to becoming extinct.
还有许多其他鸟类濒危,或接近灭绝.
We will look at some of those birds in this book.
我们会看看这本书里的一些鸟类
We will also see some ways that humans are trying to save them.
我们还将看到人类试图拯救他们的一些方式。
The Kakapo The kakapo (ka-ku-po) of New Zealand is one of the strangest, and rarest, birds in the world.
卡卡波号 新西兰花鸟(学名:Kakapo (ka-ku-po))为花鸟科花鸟属下的一个种,为世界上最奇特而稀有的鸟类.
It has short wings and cannot fly, but it has strong legs to walk through the mountains.
它的翅膀短而不能飞行,但有很强的腿可以走过山地.
It looks like an owl, and it comes out at night like an owl.
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But the kakapo is actually a parrot.
但卡卡波其实是一只鹦鹉.
Male kakapos make a booming call that sounds like a giant heartbeat.
雄性卡卡波斯的呼声听起来像巨大的心跳
A kakapo only uses its wings to glide from trees.
卡卡波只用翅膀从树上滑翔.
People keep an eye on birds that are in danger of becoming extinct.
人们注意那些濒临灭绝的鸟类.
Learning about the birds helps people help the birds.
学习鸟类帮助人们帮助鸟类.
Before Europeans came to New Zealand, there were few predators, or meat-eating animals, on the islands.
欧洲人来到新西兰之前,岛上很少有食肉动物或食肉动物.
Europeans brought cats, rats, and dogs to New Zealand.
欧洲人把猫,老鼠,狗带到了新西兰.
The kakapos had never seen these animals, so they didn’t know how to defend themselves.
卡卡波人从未见过这些动物,
And they couldn’t fly to escape.
他们无法飞去逃跑。
The predators killed so many birds that by the 1950s, the kakapo disappeared.
掠食者杀死了如此多的鸟类,到20世纪50年代,卡卡波就消失了.
Then, in 1974, a few males were found.
后于1974年发现少数雄性.
But because there were no females to lay eggs, kakapos would become extinct once the males died.
但由于没有雌性产卵,一旦雄性死亡,kakapos会灭绝.
In 1980, four females were found.
1980年,发现了4名女性.
Humans moved the kakapos to small islands without predators.
人类将卡卡波人迁移到没有食肉动物的小岛.
Scientists began breeding the kakapos, or helping them reproduce.
科学家开始繁殖出卡卡波人,或者帮助他们繁殖.
Today, there are 62 kakapos.
今天,有62个卡卡波人。
A pair of kakapos share food.
一对卡卡波人分享食物。
Humans are trying to prevent kakapos from dying off by putting them in protected areas.
人类试图通过将卡卡波人置于保护区来防止他们死亡.
The Short-Tailed Albatross There were once millions of short- tailed albatrosses.
短发信天翁 曾经有数百万个短尾信天翁
These beautiful gull-like birds spend many years at sea before nesting.
这些美丽的海鸥类鸟类在筑巢前在海上度过了多年.
All the short-tailed albatrosses nested on a few islands around Japan.
所有短尾信天翁都栖息于日本周边的几个岛屿上.
About one hundred years ago, women loved to wear feathers in their hats.
大约一百年前,女性喜欢穿戴帽子的羽毛.
Hunters killed thousands of albatrosses for their feathers.
猎人为羽毛杀死了上千个信天翁.
Soon, there were none left on the islands.
不久,群岛上就没有任何遗迹了.
It seemed that the short-tailed albatross was extinct.
看来短尾信天翁已经灭绝了
Short-tailed albatross Albatrosses were often killed for their feathers, which were used for decoration.
短尾信天翁 信天翁经常被为羽毛而被杀死,而羽毛被用做装饰.
Years after the last albatross was seen, a few were spotted nesting on a volcanic island.
在最后的信天翁被看到多年后, 发现有少数在火山岛上筑巢。
These albatrosses had been at sea while the others were killed.
这些信天翁当时在海上,而其他人则被杀死.
They were the last short-tailed albatrosses alive.
他们是最后一个短尾信天翁活着。
Today, the albatrosses’ island is protected.
今天,信天翁岛受到保护。
The birds are still in danger, though.
鸟虽还相克.
The volcanic island might erupt, killing the last short-tailed albatrosses.
火山岛可能爆发, 杀死最后的短尾信天翁。
The California Condor The California condor is the largest flying bird in North America.
加利福尼亚神鹰 加利福尼亚神鹰是北美最大的飞行鸟.
For many years, farmers, ranchers, and hunters shot and poisoned these birds.
多年来,农民,牧场主,和猎人对这些鸟类进行射击并下毒.
Albatrosses nesting on Tori-shima island California condor in flight Do You Know?
信天翁在托里岛岛上筑巢 加州神鹰,你知道吗?
California condors often die of lead poisoning.
加利福尼亚神鹰经常会死于铅中毒.
A condor eats dead animals, some of which have been shot.
一只秃鹰会吃死活的动物,其中一些已经被射杀.
The condor swallows the lead bullets with the meat.
秃鹰用肉吞下铅弹.
The condor’s strong stomach absorbs the poisonous lead, making the condor sick.
秃鹰的强胃吸收了有毒的铅,使秃鹰生病.
In the 1980s, the last 27 living condors were caught.
在1980年代,最后27个活生生的神鹰被抓住.
Now scientists take condor eggs and keep them warm until they hatch.
现在科学家们取出秃鹰蛋,并保持它们的温暖,直到孵出.
Then, they hand-feed the chicks using condor puppets.
然后,他们用神鹰木偶用手喂小鸡。
The puppets help the chicks learn to live with other condors, instead of with humans.
木偶会帮助小鸡学会与其他神鹰一起生活,而不是和人类一起生活.
Once the chicks can fly, they are released into the wild.
一旦雏鸟能飞出,它们就会被放入野外.
The condors are still in danger after they are released.
神鹰在被放出后仍然处于危险之中.
Some are shot.
有些人中枪了
Others die by hitting power lines.
其他人因为撞到电线而死
Scientists still keep condors in zoos and raise chicks by hand.
科学家仍然将神鹰保留在动物园中并用手抚养雏鸟.
Someday all the condors may fly free.
有朝一日,所有的神鹰都会飞走
Scientists put tags on California condors to help keep track of the birds.
科学家在加州神鹰上贴上标记来帮助追踪鸟类.
A scientist uses a condor puppet to feed a baby condor so it will learn from its own species and not rely on humans to survive.
科学家使用神鹰傀儡来喂养婴儿神鹰,这样它就会从自己的物种中学习,而不会依赖人类来生存.
Conclusion There are many other endangered birds in the world.
结论 世界上还有许多其他濒危鸟类.
Most are dying out because of human activity.
大多数人都因为人类活动而死亡。
But people are now trying to save these rare and beautiful animals from extinction.
但是人们现在正在试图拯救这些稀有而美丽的动物免于灭绝.
Glossary breeding helping something reproduce (p.
词汇育种有助于某些东西繁殖(p.
8) endangered in danger of dying out completely (p.
8)濒临死亡的危险(p.
5) extinct died out completely; none left alive (p.
5)已灭绝已完全灭绝;无一幸存(p.
4) predators animals that hunt and eat other animals (p.
4)捕食动物猎取并食用其他动物(p.
7) Index Short-tailed Albatross Tori-shima Island California Arizona California Condor Codfish Island Pearl Island Kakapo Stewart Island These are the areas where the birds you learned about in this book can be found.
7) 指数 短尾信天翁-托里岛岛 加利福尼亚州 亚利桑那州 Condor Codfish岛 珍珠岛 Kakapo Stewart岛 这些是你们在这本书中学到的鸟类可以找到的地方。