新西蘭的代名詞是幾維鳥，那么什么是幾維鳥

今天的這段對話，在討論幾維鳥，
 
新西蘭的代名詞是幾維鳥，那么什么是幾維鳥
 
來聽今天的講解:
 
A: OK, Leonard, now, when most people think of Kiwi, at least Americans, we think of the fruit.
 
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。
 
B: Right, right. Also in Japan as well.
 
沒錯，的確是這樣。當(dāng)然日本也是這樣。
 
A: Oh, really! OK. But, uh, people from New Zealand are called Kiwis not because of the fruit I take it.
 
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。
 
B: 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.
 
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。
 
A: Oh, wow!
 
哦，哇！
 
B: 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.
 
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。
 
A: OK. I'm..what is Kiwi?
 
嗯。那幾維鳥是什么呢？
 
B: A kiwi is a nocturnal bird, which only walks, it doesn't fly.
 
幾維鳥是一種在夜間活動的鳥，它們只能走路，不會飛。
 
A: OK. So nocturnal means it only comes out at night.
 
好。那在夜間活動的意思就是它們只在夜晚出來活動嗎。
 
B: 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.
 
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。
 
A: Oh, really!
 
哦，真的嗎？
 
B: Right!
 
沒錯！
 
A: OK.
 
好。
 
B: 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.
 
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。
 
A: Wow. So..
 
哇。那……
 
B: It can only be found in New Zealand.
 
只有新西蘭才有。
 
A: Ok. OK. maybe I missed it but can it fly.
 
好。嗯。我想我剛才好像聽漏了，它能飛嗎？
 
B: No, no it can't.
 
不，不能飛。
 
A: It can't fly.
 
不能飛呀。
 
B: It can only walk.
 
它只能走。
 
A: Wow, so it only comes out at night...in the deep forest and it can't fly.
 
哇，所以它夜間在森林深處活動，而且不能飛。
 
B: You'd be surprised. If you go to New Zealand, uh, there are over twenty different types of birds that walk.
 
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。
 
A: Really! That's fascinating. Well, thanks for telling us about the Kiwi.
 
真的嗎！那真吸引人，謝謝你跟我們分享幾維鳥的信息。
 
B: You're welcome.
 
不客氣。