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Penguin Swims 5, 000 Miles Every Year
企鹅每年游泳5000英里
Joao, 71, lives on an island near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has retired(退休), but still works as a part-time fisherman. One day, about five years ago, when he was fishing, he found a tiny, sick penguin on the beach near his home. The penguin's feathers(羽毛) were covered in oil. The poor bird was dying. Joao felt sorry for the sick, little bird, and so he took him back to his home. He cleaned him and fed him fish, and he gave him the name Dindim. The penguin soon became strong and healthy again.
71岁的若昂住在巴西里约热内卢附近的一个岛上。他已经退休了，但仍然做兼职渔夫。大约五年前的一天，当他钓鱼时，在家附近的海滩上发现了一只生病的小企鹅。企鹅的羽毛上沾满了油，可怜的企鹅快死了。若昂为这只生病的企鹅感到难过，于是把它带回了家。他给它洗澡，喂鱼，给它起名叫丁丁。企鹅很快又变得强壮健康了。
After a week or two, Joao went down to the coast and tried to put Din dim back into the water. The penguin didn’t want to go. He stayed with Joao, getting bigger and bigger-beautiful new feathers grew on his back. Eight months passed. Joao was very happy because he was enjoying the company of his new friend. Then suddenly, one day in February, Din dim disappeared. Joao was sad to lose him, but hoped that the bird just wanted to return to his penguin family. Four more months passed, Joao was walking sadly home from the beach, when suddenly he heard a familiar “honking” sound-Din dim was back.
一两周后，若昂下到海岸，想把丁丁放回水中，企鹅不想走。它和若昂待在一起，背上长出了越来越大、越来越漂亮的新羽毛。八个月过去了。若昂很高兴，因为他很享受新朋友的陪伴。突然，二月的一天，丁丁消失了。若昂很难过失去它，但希望这只鸟只是想回到他的企鹅家。又过了四个月，若昂悲伤地从海滩上走回家，突然他听到一声熟悉的企鹅叫声——丁丁又回来了。
Every year since then, Din dim spends eight months with Joao and then disappears for four months. Where does he go? It is thought that he swims 2, 500 miles to the coast of Argentina or Chile to start a penguin family and then swims 2, 500 miles to Joao. That’s 5, 000 miles a year to be with the man who saved his life.
从那以后，丁丁每年都会和若昂在一起八个月，然后消失四个月。他去哪儿了？人们认为，他游2500英里到阿根廷或智利海岸，组建了一个企鹅家庭，然后游2500英里到达若昂。和那个救了他一命的人在一起，一年5000英里。