英語翻譯
On a ship,far out at sea,a sailor looks up at the sky.He sees a beautiful white bird.It is flying high up in the sky.It is an albatross (信天翁).The sailor is happy to see it.Many sailors believe that if they see an albatross,they will have good luck.
Albatrosses are sea birds.They fly over the sea to look for fish to eat.They only go onto land to look after their babies,or “chicks”.Albatross chicks can’t fly.They live on land until they can learn to fly.Their parents bring them fish to eat.
Sometimes an albatross has to fly more than 3,000 kilometers to find food for its chick.It may be away for two weeks.The chick must learn to fly quickly.When it is four months old,the parents leave it.Then the young albatross must find its own food.
Albatrosses are big.Their wings measure more than two meters from tip to tip.They can fly for many days without stopping.They can even sleep while they are flying!Albatrosses use the wind to help them fly.With the wind under them,they don’t need to move their wings for many hours.
Albatrosses can live for forty or fifty years.Like sailors,they live most of their lives at sea.Perhaps that is why sailors call albatrosses their friends.