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奇妙岛屿 08 - 英语听力
This bird's beak is perfect for sipping nectar from tubular flowers
这种鸟喙非常适合从管状花中吸食花蜜
It's an 'I'iwi
这种鸟叫做镰嘴管舌鸟
A long-billed honey creeper only found in Hawaii
一种只发现生活在夏威夷岛的长喙蜜旋木雀
But when blown to these shores four million years ago
但它们的祖先在四百年前迁徙到这座岛屿上时
Its ancestors looked very different
它们的外形特征与现在是非常不同的
Those first Hawaiian honey creepers were finch-like
夏威夷岛上的第一批蜜旋木雀外观像雀鸟
With short bills perhaps quite similar to this modern honey creeper the Palila
长着短喙 也许与这种黄胸拟管舌鸟十分相似
Its stout bill is perfect for ripping open tough seed pods
它那种结实的喙非常适合啄开果实坚硬的外壳
But once here the honey creepers made the most of it
但是一到这里 蜜旋木雀就因地制宜
Evolving into a variety of birds with some very distinctive bills
逐渐演化成各种各样的鸟儿 长着各具特色的鸟喙
The Maui parrotbill has a strong hooked beak
毛伊岛鹦嘴雀长着强壮的钩状喙
For getting at the grubs inside dead wood
可以从朽木中挖取幼虫
And then there's the 'Akiapola'au
然后就是导颚雀
With one of the most remarkable beaks of any bird
长着鸟类中最独特的一种喙
Its lower mandible is straight and chisel-like
它的鸟喙下部犹如平直的凿子
And can puncture the bark to drink the sap
可以刺破树皮饮取汁液
While it's upper mandible is long and curved for winkling out grubs
而它的鸟喙上部长且弯曲 方便挖取幼虫
It's as close as a bill gets to a Swiss Army penknife
这是鸟喙中最像瑞士军刀的存在了