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Hello, everybody. Today I'd like to share with you something about John Audubon. John was born on April 26th, 1785.
大家好，今天我想和大家分享一些有關約翰·奧杜邦的事情。約翰出生于1785年4月26日，
He spent much of his childhood in France where he spent many hours each day outdoors painting pictures.
他童年的大部分時間都是在法國度過的，在那兒他每天都會花很多時間在戶外作畫。
At the age of 18, he moved to the United States. Well, actually, John began his life in the US as a businessman.
18歲時，他移居到了美國。好吧，其實約翰起初是以商人的身份開始在美國生活的。
However, instead of taking care of his business, John was often off exploring nature.
然而，比起照看生意，約翰更經常做的是出去探索自然。
At first, John spent his time hunting for fun.
起初約翰為了樂趣把時間花在打獵上，
Then he found that the animals around were very beautiful, and he particularly enjoyed observing the birds he saw.
之后他又發現周圍的動物們都非常漂亮，他特別喜歡觀察自己看到的鳥兒們。
He began studying them, trying to learn the differences between the birds and noticing their different behaviors.
他開始研究它們，試圖了解鳥類之間的差異并留意它們的各種舉動，
Therefore, he painted the birds he observed a lot.
因此，他把很多他觀察到的鳥兒都畫了下來。
In 1819, John realized that he didn't have enough money to pay his bills.
1819年，約翰意識到自己已經沒有足夠的錢來支付賬單，
He was very upset that he couldn't earn enough money to support his family.
他因掙不到足夠的錢養家糊口而非常難過，
So he spent time improving his painting skills and began to sell his paintings.
于是他開始花時間提高畫技并開始賣畫。
He discovered that he could earn some money while doing something he really enjoyed.
他發現他可以在做自己非常喜歡的事情的同時還能掙些錢。
We are lucky now to have so many paintings of American birds by John Audubon.
今天的我們很幸運能看到如此多約翰·奧杜邦所畫的美國鳥類的畫作。
