the Kiwi 练习题（中学生百科读本一）

几维鸟

新西兰货币

The kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it cannot fly. The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or tail.It does not have feathers like other birds. Its feathers look like hair. Each foot has four toes. Its beak is very long.

A kiwi likes to have a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes.It can smell things very well. It smells things better than most birds do. The kiwi's eggs are very big.

There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. People do not often see them. The government says that people cannot kill kiwis. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live.

There is a picture of a kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called"kiwis."

参考译文：

几维鸟只生活在新西兰。这是一种非常奇怪的鸟，因为它不会飞。几维鸟和小鸡一样大。它没有翅膀和尾巴。它不像其他鸟类那样有羽毛。它的羽毛看起来像头发。每只脚都有四个脚趾。它的喙很长。

几维鸟喜欢在它周围有很多树。它在白天睡觉，因为阳光会伤害它的眼睛。它的嗅觉非常好，比大多数鸟都要好。几维鸟的蛋非常大。

现在在新西兰只有不多的几维鸟了。人们并不经常看到它们。政府规定不可以捕杀几维鸟。新西兰人希望他们几维鸟能活下去。

在新西兰货币上有几维鸟的照片。新西兰人有时被称为“kiwis”。