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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，發音是K-I-W-I KEE-WEE，毛利語的發音和日語的發音很相似，ah, ee, uu, eh, oh。他們的元音也是這種發音。
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. Actually, you'd never see a Kiwi if you went to New Zealand, unless you went to the zoo.
里奧：對，對。而且是在森林深處活動。實際上，如果你去新西蘭的話，你是看不到幾維鳥的，除非你去動物園。
Todd: Oh, really!
托德：哦，真的嗎？
Leo: Right!
里奧：沒錯！
Todd: OK.
托德：好。
Leo: 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.
里奧：褐幾維鳥是數量最稀少的種類。我想，褐幾維鳥的現存數量不足1000只。
Todd: Wow. So..
托德：哇。那……
Leo: It can only be found in New Zealand.
里奧：只有新西蘭才有。
Todd: Ok. OK. maybe I missed it but can it fly.
托德：好。嗯。我想我剛才好像聽漏了，它能飛嗎？
Leo: No, no it can't.
里奧：不，不能飛。
Todd: It can't fly.
托德：不能飛呀。
Leo: It can only walk.
里奧：它只能走。
Todd: Wow, so it only comes out at night...in the deep forest and it can't fly.
托德：哇，所以它夜間在森林深處活動，而且不能飛。
Leo: You'd be surprised. If you go to New Zealand, uh, there are over twenty different types of birds that walk.
里奧：你一定感到很吃驚。如果你去新西蘭，會看到有20余種不同種類的幾維鳥在散步。
Todd: Really! That's fascinating. Well, thanks for telling us about the Kiwi.
托德：真的嗎！那真吸引人，謝謝你跟我們分享幾維鳥的信息。
Leo: You're welcome.
里奧：不客氣。
