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n.名詞海雀
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「企鵝」這個字從何而來？ (What is the origin of the word 'penguin'?)
02:09
- The name was first applied to the now extinct Great Auk of the seas around Newfoundland in Canada, and may have come from the Welsh "pen gwyn", meaning white head, or perhaps even a similar phrase in the Breton or Cornish languages.
這個字最早指的是現已絕種的大海雀，牠們棲息的區域為加拿大紐芬蘭附近海域，可能取自威爾士語的「pen gwyn」，意思是白色的頭，或者可能取自布列塔尼語或康瓦爾語中近似的用語。
- The great auk looked very much like a penguin, in that it was a large flightless bird with black and white plumage that was adapted to life in freezing waters.
大海雀看起來非常像企鵝，牠是一種不能飛的巨型鳥類，身上黑白兩色的羽毛讓牠們能在冰冷的水中生活。
拯救瀕臨滅絕的動物是否為時已晚？| BBC 創意 (Is it too late to save endangered animals from extinction? | BBC Ideas)
05:23
- The story of the last great auk is a tragic tale, but one worth telling.
最後一隻大海鷗的故事是一個悲慘的故事，但值得一說。
- But it wasn't until humans hunted the great auk to extinction around 50 years later that people realised that human action could directly cause a species extinction and forever reshape the natural world.
但直到大約 50 年後，人類捕殺大白鷺導致其滅絕，人們才意識到人類的行為可能直接導致一個物種的滅絕，並永遠改變自然世界的面貌。
