今天的这段对话，在讨论几维鸟，
新西兰的代名词是几维鸟，那么什么是几维鸟
来听今天的讲解:
A: OK, Leonard, now, when most people think of Kiwi, at least Americans, we think of the fruit.
里昂纳多，大部分人，至少是大部分美国人在说到Kiwi这个词的时候认为是奇异果。
B: Right, right. Also in Japan as well.
没错，的确是这样。当然日本也是这样。
A: Oh, really! OK. But, uh, people from New Zealand are called Kiwis not because of the fruit I take it.
哦，真的吗！但是，新西兰人所称的Kiwis并不是我认为的那种水果。
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.
没错，没错。新西兰的代名词就是几维鸟……几维是毛利语，毛利是新西兰的原住民。
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.
所以几维鸟，发音是K-I-W-I KEE-WEE，毛利语的发音和日语的发音很相似，ah, ee, uu, eh, oh。他们的元音也是这种发音。
A: OK. I'm..what is Kiwi?
嗯。那几维鸟是什么呢？
B: A kiwi is a nocturnal bird, which only walks, it doesn't fly.
几维鸟是一种在夜间活动的鸟，它们只能走路，不会飞。
A: OK. So nocturnal means it only comes out at night.
好。那在夜间活动的意思就是它们只在夜晚出来活动吗。
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.
对，对。而且是在森林深处活动。实际上，如果你去新西兰的话，你是看不到几维鸟的，除非你去动物园。
A: Oh, really!
哦，真的吗？
B: Right!
没错！
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.
褐几维鸟是数量最稀少的种类。我想，褐几维鸟的现存数量不足1000只。
A: Wow. So..
哇。那……
B: It can only be found in New Zealand.
只有新西兰才有。
A: Ok. OK. maybe I missed it but can it fly.
好。嗯。我想我刚才好像听漏了，它能飞吗？
B: No, no it can't.
不，不能飞。
A: It can't fly.
不能飞呀。
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，所以它夜间在森林深处活动，而且不能飞。
B: You'd be surprised. If you go to New Zealand, uh, there are over twenty different types of birds that walk.
你一定感到很吃惊。如果你去新西兰，会看到有20余种不同种类的几维鸟在散步。
A: Really! That's fascinating. Well, thanks for telling us about the Kiwi.
真的吗！那真吸引人，谢谢你跟我们分享几维鸟的信息。
B: You're welcome.
不客气。
新西兰的代名词是几维鸟，那么什么是几维鸟
来听今天的讲解:
A: OK, Leonard, now, when most people think of Kiwi, at least Americans, we think of the fruit.
里昂纳多，大部分人，至少是大部分美国人在说到Kiwi这个词的时候认为是奇异果。
B: Right, right. Also in Japan as well.
没错，的确是这样。当然日本也是这样。
A: Oh, really! OK. But, uh, people from New Zealand are called Kiwis not because of the fruit I take it.
哦，真的吗！但是，新西兰人所称的Kiwis并不是我认为的那种水果。
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.
没错，没错。新西兰的代名词就是几维鸟……几维是毛利语，毛利是新西兰的原住民。
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.
所以几维鸟，发音是K-I-W-I KEE-WEE，毛利语的发音和日语的发音很相似，ah, ee, uu, eh, oh。他们的元音也是这种发音。
A: OK. I'm..what is Kiwi?
嗯。那几维鸟是什么呢？
B: A kiwi is a nocturnal bird, which only walks, it doesn't fly.
几维鸟是一种在夜间活动的鸟，它们只能走路，不会飞。
A: OK. So nocturnal means it only comes out at night.
好。那在夜间活动的意思就是它们只在夜晚出来活动吗。
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.
对，对。而且是在森林深处活动。实际上，如果你去新西兰的话，你是看不到几维鸟的，除非你去动物园。
A: Oh, really!
哦，真的吗？
B: Right!
没错！
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.
褐几维鸟是数量最稀少的种类。我想，褐几维鸟的现存数量不足1000只。
A: Wow. So..
哇。那……
B: It can only be found in New Zealand.
只有新西兰才有。
A: Ok. OK. maybe I missed it but can it fly.
好。嗯。我想我刚才好像听漏了，它能飞吗？
B: No, no it can't.
不，不能飞。
A: It can't fly.
不能飞呀。
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，所以它夜间在森林深处活动，而且不能飞。
B: You'd be surprised. If you go to New Zealand, uh, there are over twenty different types of birds that walk.
你一定感到很吃惊。如果你去新西兰，会看到有20余种不同种类的几维鸟在散步。
A: Really! That's fascinating. Well, thanks for telling us about the Kiwi.
真的吗！那真吸引人，谢谢你跟我们分享几维鸟的信息。
B: You're welcome.
不客气。
