<p>关于Migratory Birds候鸟</p><p><br></p><p>Child: Wow! Look at all those birds, Mom!</p><p>宝宝：哇！看那些鸟，妈妈！</p><p>They're flying in a V-shape.</p><p>它们排成一个人字在飞行。</p><p>✎ 如果排成一字可以说in a straight line，成一条直线。</p> <p>Mom: Cool! Looks like those are swan geese heading north for the spring.</p><p>妈妈：真好！看着像是鸿雁正往北飞过春天。</p><p>That's how we know the seasons are changing.</p><p>这样我们也就知道换季了。</p><p><br></p><p>Child: Why do they go north?</p><p>宝宝：它们为什么要去北方？</p><p>Mom: They fly up north from the south every spring, to mate and have babies.</p><p>妈妈：它们每年春天从南方飞到北方，交配和生宝宝。</p><p>Then in the fall,they'll fly back south.</p><p>然后到了秋天,它们会再飞回南方</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> <p>so they can find food during the winter.</p><p>这样它们才能在冬天找到食物。</p><p>Child: How do they have babies?</p><p>宝宝：他们怎么生宝宝啊？</p><p>Mom: They lay eggs.</p><p>妈妈：它们下蛋。</p> <p>Child: Where do they put their eggs?</p><p>宝宝：它们把蛋放在哪里呢？</p><p>Mom: Well, swan geese make big nests near the water.</p><p>妈妈：嗯，鸿雁会在水边筑很大的巢。</p> <p>The female goose makes a shallow bowl made of sticks, grass, other plants and moss,</p><p>雌雁会用树枝、草、其他植物和苔藓做一个浅碗，</p><p>and then she lines it with down,</p><p>然后她在上面铺上绒毛，</p><p>which is a soft feather.</p><p>也就是柔软的羽毛。</p><p>Child: That sounds cozy.</p><p>宝宝：听起来很舒服。</p><p>Mom: Yeah. The mom goose lays about four to eight eggs,</p><p>妈妈：是啊,雁妈妈会下四到八个蛋.</p> <p>and the dad goose stands nearby to protect his family</p><p>雁爸爸会站在一旁保护他的家庭，</p><p>while she sits on the eggs to keep them warm.</p><p>雁妈妈会坐在蛋上给它们保暖。</p><p>Child: How long does she sit on the eggs?</p><p>宝宝：她要在蛋上坐多久？</p><p>Mom: She has to lay on the eggs for 28-30 days.</p><p>妈妈：她要孵28-30天的蛋。</p><p>Child: That's a long time to sit in one place.</p><p>宝宝：在一个地方呆这么长时间啊。</p><p>Mom: It is.</p><p>妈妈：是的。</p><p>Child: What other bird migrates?</p><p>宝宝：还有什么鸟会迁徙？</p><p>Mom: Well, hummingbirds in the US migrate too.</p><p>妈妈：嗯，美国的蜂鸟也迁徙。</p> <p>Mom: They're tiny birds,</p><p>妈妈：它们是很小的鸟，</p><p>weighing the same as a small coin.</p><p>和小硬币一样重。</p><p>When the days start to get shorter in the fall,</p><p>到了秋天，天开始变短的时候，</p><p>they fly all the way from the United States to Costa Rica or Panama.</p><p>它们会从美国一路飞到哥斯达黎加或者巴拿马。</p><p>Then they return in the early spring to have babies.</p><p>然后它们会在初春回来生宝宝。</p> <p>Child: What do they make their nests out of?</p><p>宝宝：它们用什么筑巢？</p><p>Mom: They make their nests out of grasses, plant material and spider webs.</p><p>妈妈：它们用青草、植物和蜘蛛网来筑巢。</p><p>✎ Grasses用作复数指各种草。</p> <p>They cover the outside of the nest with lichens and dead leaves.</p><p>它们把地衣和枯叶盖在巢外面。</p><p>✎ Lichen读作 [ˈlaikən]。</p><p>And they build their little nests in trees or large bushes.</p><p>它们在树或者大的灌木上建它们的小巢。</p> <p>Child: Look at that nest made of sticks in the tree.</p><p>宝宝：看树上那个树枝做的巢。</p><p>Which bird does it belong to?</p><p>它是什么鸟的巢啊？</p><p>Mom: It's a magpie nest.</p><p>妈妈：那是喜鹊的巢。</p> <p>Child: Do magpies migrate?</p><p>宝宝：喜鹊迁徙吗？</p><p>Mom: No, they don't.</p><p>妈妈：它们不迁徙。</p><p>They're not migratory birds.</p><p>它们不是候鸟。</p><p>They're resident birds.</p><p>它们是留鸟。</p>