情景对话

Todd: OK, Leonard, now, when most people think of Kiwi, at least Americans, we think of the fruit.
托德：里昂纳多，大部分人，至少是大部分美国人在说到Kiwi这个词的时候认为是奇异果]@~[bQrsz1#dr3|.。
Leo: Right, right. Also in Japan as well.
里奥：没错，的确是这样W~kQh+2,8;wAB。当然日本也是这样u4VpsoRufk=U。
Todd: Oh, really! OK. But, uh, people from New Zealand are called Kiwis not because of the fruit I take it.
托德：哦，真的吗！但是，新西兰人所称的Kiwis并不是我认为的那种水果nhmatjT4MzLrnZgU7MR8。
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.
里奥：没错，没错YBcaSA|gO]dB。新西兰的代名词就是几维鸟……几维是毛利语，毛利是新西兰的原住民KU9LlJhnCRW!=D79。
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.
里奥：所以几维鸟，发音是K-I-W-I KEE-WEE，毛利语的发音和日语的发音很相似，ah, ee, uu, eh, oh;eokvJ0zj*N=Fq+*&。他们的元音也是这种发音U&7^4,=E^H5&3。
Todd: OK. I'm..what is Kiwi?
托德：嗯0T-lKo0lD5N|-f。那几维鸟是什么呢？
Leo: A kiwi is a nocturnal bird, which only walks, it doesn't fly.
里奥：几维鸟是一种在夜间活动的鸟，它们只能走路，不会飞fS7XkrGSKd7U#9G0。
Todd: OK. So nocturnal means it only comes out at night.
托德：好I-uNO)z_6+GH^0PS0S|。那在夜间活动的意思就是它们只在夜晚出来活动吗AgWValrcX8Y9fzC+(GC。
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.
里奥：对，对m(t^.=!y9U(O=。而且是在森林深处活动B]K7)Ezm+r][kv2。实际上，如果你去新西兰的话，你是看不到几维鸟的，除非你去动物园qOoJrFQpuNw32。
Todd: Oh, really!
托德：哦，真的吗？
Leo: Right!
里奥：没错！
Todd: OK.
托德：好Z|@Tb*Jl0NvUwr_Vk9WZ。
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.
里奥：褐几维鸟是数量最稀少的种类.!%vPBvW(fYh。我想，褐几维鸟的现存数量不足1000只mPuf%B0vBvs8!97F4。
Todd: Wow. So..
托德：哇6wfBk6V,POpM7!aqX,j。那……
Leo: It can only be found in New Zealand.
里奥：只有新西兰才有aTbRoWssB_r.WpjY。
Todd: Ok. OK. maybe I missed it but can it fly.
托德：好OASS2zFF.jxJxJRpt。嗯ZV8lZYFpt.J。我想我刚才好像听漏了，它能飞吗？
Leo: No, no it can't.
里奥：不，不能飞Ay3TUi8#43]0Ib+Sme。
Todd: It can't fly.
托德：不能飞呀V;=tsbVkqa。
Leo: It can only walk.
里奥：它只能走gR-#&3uR9!oR(=yQ。
Todd: Wow, so it only comes out at night...in the deep forest and it can't fly.
托德：哇，所以它夜间在森林深处活动，而且不能飞NGTi(Qo|J(E_。
Leo: You'd be surprised. If you go to New Zealand, uh, there are over twenty different types of birds that walk.
里奥：你一定感到很吃惊DgQ05As^5cQ-]W。如果你去新西兰，会看到有20余种不同种类的几维鸟在散步L~bwM5c5h0。
Todd: Really! That's fascinating. Well, thanks for telling us about the Kiwi.
托德：真的吗！那真吸引人，谢谢你跟我们分享几维鸟的信息M1^W,dTnGxhwS29)J-1.。
Leo: You're welcome.
里奥：不客气GpOT,2uH7@+k,。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. at least
至少，起码；
eg. Aim to have at least half a pint of milk each day.
目标是每天至少喝半品脱的牛奶p#,,q@|s9Sh=&|。
eg. They didn't actually like the magazine very much, but they bought it or, at the least, borrowed it from each other.
他们其实并不怎么喜欢这本杂志，但还是会买，或至少会互相借着看oVt_[;So0Dyu6ng]S。
2. think of
想到；想起；想出；
eg. Nobody could think of anything to say.
谁也想不出什么话说A&VPQv_A2V,1n02wX。
eg. Ask yourself what the folks in Peoria will think of it.
想一想皮奥里亚的人会如何看待这件事m.hgL5mWy_1t,R!s。
3. as well
也；还；
eg. Andy's face paled with disappointment; perhaps with anger as well.
安迪的脸色由于失望而变得苍白，也许还掺杂着气愤DNy]TcwVhhB。
eg. Often life is much slower outside the big cities, as is true in other countries as well.
大都市外面的生活步调往往是缓慢得多，这在其他国家也是真的那样9Q=rvBIc6zsqME9xvB^。
4. less than
（用在数字或数量前）少于，低于，比…少；
eg. Motorways actually cover less than 0.1 percent of the countryside.
高速公路的实际覆盖面积还不到农村地区的02z,&Eo[MjY2ggbf|~^。1%c].fm5@3FE+h^。
eg. Less than a half hour later he returned upstairs.
不到半个小时，他又跑上楼来gb!;AxfY9l!F5。