英語基礎(chǔ)口語練習(xí)：幾維鳥

Todd: OK, Leonard, now, when most people think of Kiwi, at least Americans, we think of the fruit.
    托德：里昂納多，大部分人，至少是大部分美國人在說到Kiwi這個詞的時候認為是奇異果。
    Leo: Right, right. Also in Japan as well.
    里奧：沒錯，的確是這樣。當然日本也是這樣。
    Todd: Oh, really! OK. But, uh, people from New Zealand are called Kiwis not because of the fruit I take it.
    托德：哦，真的嗎！但是，新西蘭人所稱的Kiwis并不是我認為的那種水果。
    Leo: 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.
    里奧：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。
    Todd: Oh, wow!
    托德：哦，哇！
    Leo: 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.
    里奧：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。
    Todd: OK. I'm..what is Kiwi?
    托德：嗯。那幾維鳥是什么呢？
    Leo: A kiwi is a nocturnal bird, which only walks, it doesn't fly.
    里奧：幾維鳥是一種在夜間活動的鳥，它們只能走路，不會飛。
    Todd: OK. So nocturnal means it only comes out at night.
    托德：好。那在夜間活動的意思就是它們只在夜晚出來活動嗎。
    Leo: Right. Right. And in the deep forest.
    里奧：對，對。而且是在森林深處活動。