A Beautiful Bird

一只漂亮的小鳥

Dr. Norton’s occupation was a scholar of biology. He learned about all animals on a daily basis. One day he met a sailor from a colony overseas. The man told Dr. Norton about a talking bird! The bird fascinated Dr. Norton, so he told his colleagues about it. They debated with him; no one thought a bird could talk. He tried to persuade them, but they laughed at him. Nevertheless, Dr. Norton believed the bird was real. His new mission was to find it. He wanted factual proof.

諾頓博士的職業是一名生物學家。他每天都研究所有的動物。一天，他遇到了一個外國殖民地的水手。水手告訴他說有一種會說話的鳥，這引起了諾頓博士的興趣，并且他對自己的同事說了這件事。大家因此熱烈討論；沒人相信鳥會說話。諾頓努力想說服大家，但他的同事都哂笑之。然而，諾頓博士卻相信這種鳥的存在。他的新任務就是找到這種鳥，以此作為實證。

The next day he departed for the colony. The sailor he had met told him to look for a man named Jai, who would be able to help him in his search. After a month of sailing, Dr. Norton finally reached the colony where he met Jai.

第3二天，諾頓就出發前往殖民地。那個水手讓他去找一個叫賈伊的人，或許能幫他找到那種鳥。在海上漂了一個月后，諾頓終于來到了殖民地并找到了賈伊。

I can take you to where it lives. It lives by the volcano, Jai said.

“我帶你去找這種鳥，它們住在火山旁，”賈伊說。

They left the next day. A week later, they arrived at the volcano. Every day they walked around and looked for the bird, but they couldn’t find it. After one month, Dr. Norton could not find the bird, and this depressed him. He decided to go home. On the route back, he walked past some old ruins. He heard someone say, “Hello.”

它們第二天就出發了。一個星期后，它們來到了火山。他們每天都在到處轉悠去尋找會說話的鳥，但一無所獲。一個月后，還是沒有結果，諾頓非常沮喪，他決定回家。回家的路上，他路過一片廢墟，聽見有人說“你好”。

Who are you? he asked. Dr. Norton looked up and saw a bird!

“你是誰？”他問道。諾頓博士一抬頭，他看見了一只鳥！

Dr. Norton put the talking bird into a cage. Then he returned home. He had made a significant discovery.

他把這只會說話的鳥裝進籠子里并帶回了家。他有了一個重大的發現。

單詞

basis n.基礎

biology n.生物

cage n.籠子

colleague n.同事

colony n.殖民地

debate v.辯論

depart v.離開

depress v.壓抑，使沮喪

factual adj.真實的

fascinate v.使著迷

mission n.任務

nevertheless adv.然而

occupation n.職業

overseas adv.海外的

persuade v.說服

route n.路線

ruins n.廢墟；遺跡

scholar n.學者

significant adj.重大的

volcano n.火山