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Background: 一只帝企鹅在南极迷路了，结果飘游数千英里来到新西兰的海滩上。 成为40多年来，第一只出现在这里的企鹅。

Misdirected penguins are the stuff of fiction; the animated musical Happy Feet and the Ukrainian satire Death and the Penguin both feature large aquatic birds who've strayed far from home.

And a woman out walking her dog on New Zealand's North Island said she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw what she described as a "glistening white thing" standing on the beach.

It turned out to be a juvenile emperor penguin, about a metre tall, and 3,000 kilometres from its base in Antarctica after taking a wrong turn.

No such bird has made that journey for more than 40 years. Conservationists are baffled and concerned. One penguin expert was quoted as saying that although the bird was healthy, it had been eating wet sand, having mistaken it for snow.

The New Zealand winter is too warm for an emperor penguin, and it's thought it'll soon need to find its way back south if it's to survive.

Glossary 词汇表

misdirected 迷失方向 

the stuff of fiction 令人难以相信的事情 

to stray 走失， 迷路 

(she) couldn’t believe (her) eyes (她) 不能相信(她的) 眼睛 

glistening 闪闪发亮的 

juvenile 少年的 

to take a wrong turn 转错方向了 

to be baffled 感到困惑 

to quote 引用、引述 

to mistake (something) for (something else) 把一个东西当成了另一个东西

Questions and Answers

1. Why has the sight of the bird caused surprise? 

Because no emperor penguin had been seen in New Zealand for more than 40 years.

2. Describe the penguin. 

It has a bright white plumage and is about a metre tall.

3. Why is it thought that the bird was lost? 

Because it was 3,000 kilometres far from its usual home in Antarctica.

4. True or false? One expert is concerned about the penguin because it has been eating snow and it might catch a cold. 

False. The penguin expert said that the bird has been eating wet sand because it might think that it is snow.