一件奇怪的事情英语作文和翻译推荐20篇

早在几天前，街道上就摆满了粽子，到处飘散着粽子的清香。今天终于可以吃到妈妈做的香喷喷的粽子了。因为端午节到来了。

As early as a few days ago, the streets were filled with zongzi, and the

fragrance of zongzi wafted everywhere. Today, I can finally eat the delicious

zongzi made by my mother. Because the Dragon Boat Festival is coming.

妈妈真是了不起，能做出好几种不同味道的粽子，有红枣粽子、豆子粽子、蛋黄粽子，还有我最喜欢吃的肉粽子。粽子刚一出锅，我和哥哥便你争我抢，生怕自己少吃了一个。

My mother is really amazing. She can make several kinds of zongzi with

different tastes, including red date zongzi, bean zongzi, egg yolk zongzi, and

my favorite meat zongzi. As soon as zongzi is out of the pot, my brother and I

will fight for it from you for fear that we will eat one less.

正当我们准备把粽子送入嘴里的时候，爸爸走了过来，微笑着说：”你们知道端午节为什么要吃粽子吗?“我们异口同声地回答：”为了纪念屈原!“”对!那你们知道为什么要纪念他呢?“我和哥哥你

看着我，我望着你，直摇头。”在春秋时期，爱国诗人屈原眼看自己的祖国被侵略，心如刀割，但又不忍舍弃自己的祖国，所以在五月初五抱石投汨罗江身死。以后，在每年的五月初五，就有了赛龙舟

、吃粽子的风俗，以此来纪念爱国诗人屈原。

Just as we were about to put zongzi into our mouths, Dad came over and

smiled and said, "do you know why we eat Zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival?" we all

replied in unison, "in memory of Qu Yuan!" "yes! Then why do you remember him?"

my brother and I looked at me and I looked at you and shook our heads. " In the

spring and Autumn period, Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet, saw his motherland being

invaded and his heart was cut like a knife, but he could not bear to give up his

motherland, so he threw stones into Miluo River on the fifth day of May and

died. Later, on the fifth day of May every year, there was the custom of dragon

boat racing and eating zongzi, in order to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu

Yuan. "

我和哥哥点了点头，原来端午节还有这样的意义。今天不仅吃到了香喷喷的粽子，还让我收获不少。

My brother and I nodded. It turns out that Dragon Boat Festival has such a

meaning. Today, I have not only delicious zongzi, but also a lot of harvest.

Summer holiday is coming. How excited! I havemade a plan for my summer holiday. First of all, I will go to Hong Kong tovisit my aunt. And then I will stay with her for a while. As Hong Kong is the shoppingparadise, of course, I will ask my aunt to go shopping with me . I will also eatthe delicious food there. And then I will go home. I know that study comesfirst. So I will finish my homework first. After that I will go out play withmy friends. And then I will take a good rest to prepare for my coming back toschool.

暑假即将来临。多么的兴奋啊！我已经为我的暑假制定了计划。首先，我会去香港拜访我的婶婶。之后我会和她呆一段时间。因为香港是购物天堂，当然我会叫我婶婶陪我一起去购物。我还要吃那里美味的食物。然后我就会回家。我知道学习是最重要的。所以回去之后我会先完成我的暑假作业。之后我就会和我的朋友出去玩。再之后我就会好好的休息来为回校做好准备。

I went to visit one of our teachers with some of my classmates this

morning. Miss Jones is our English teacher and she likes all the classmates. She

tried so hard to help us to improve our English. We went to her flat and had

lunch there with her. We had a good time.

今天早上我跟同学去看了我们老师。Jones小姐是我们的英语来时。她对每个学生都很好。他花了很大力来帮我们供给我们的英语。我们去了她的公寓，一起吃了午餐。我们过的很开心

Dear Mr Fu,

This is my first letter to you. Its a thank-you letter!

Thank you for what? Thank you for teaching me and helping me.

When I am in trouble, is your warm hand to help me, not when I want to give

up when you use your words to support me, I sincerely thank you! Thank you very

much!

In the coming Christmas, I would like to express my deep thanks to you

again!

I wish you good health and good luck in everything!

Your students

亲爱的复老师

这是我给你写的第一制封信，是一封感谢信!

感谢什么呢?感谢你对我的教导，对我的帮助。

在我困难的时候，是你伸出温暖的手帮助我了我，没当我想放弃的时候是您用您的话语支持了我，我衷心的谢谢您!谢谢!

在圣诞节到来之际，我再次向你表达我深深的谢意!

祝您是身体健康，万事如意!

您的学生

In the morning, it is very fine! Then I climb the mountain with family, the

air on the mountain is very fresh, the flowers plants and trees on the mountain

all seem extremely beautiful. In the afternoon, I go to friends home to play,

the friend entertains me warmly, show me a lot of books of his , has listened to

his CD for me , then also ask me to eat a sumptuous dinner. Coming back home in

the evening, family and I sat and watched TV together, we are returning and

eating the fruit while chatting, the whole family is happy and harmonious!

早上，天气非常好!于是我和家人一起去登山，山上的空气非常清新，花草树木在山上都显得格外美丽。在下午，我去了朋友家玩，朋友热情地招待我，给我看了他的很多书，给我听了他的CD，然后还请我吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐。晚上回到家，我与家人坐在一起看电视，我们还一边聊天一边吃着水果，全家其乐融融。

Late for School

October 8th Wednesday Windy

I was fifteen minutes late for school this morning. I usually go to school

by bike. But this morning there was something wrong with my bike. It didnt work

on the way to school. I had to have it repaired. So I had to take a bus. It took

me about twenty minutes to get to school. When I arrived at the school gate, it

was 8:15. I was afraid when I entered the classroom, because Mr. Zhang is very

strict with us. Luckily, he was not angry with me this time.

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上学迟到了

10月8日 星期三 有风

今天早晨上学我迟到了15分钟。我通常骑车上学，可是今天早晨我的自行车出了毛病，在上学的路上它不转了。我不得不找人修车。因此我乘上了公共汽车。我用了20分钟才到了学校。当我到达校门口时，时间已经是8点15分了。当走进教师时我很害怕，因为张老师对我们很严格。幸好今天他没有对我发火。

Hello, my name is Shi Yunjie, 22 years old this year. I am a Junior from the Jiangsu University. My hometown is Nantong, a city in Jiangsu Province.It is a seaside city, which has pleasant weather all year around. My character is optimistic.I like to communicate with people.For about three years in the university, I have made a lot of friends, coming from different professions and hometown all over the country. My hobby is listening to music, watching movies and reading. I especially like to read biographies,such as Franklin、Mao Zedong and so on, to get some useful inspiration about Life planning through this way,

你好，我叫石云杰，今年22周岁。来自江苏大学，是一名大三学生。我的家乡是江苏南通，它是一座海边城市，四季宜人。我的性格是乐观积极，喜欢与人交流，在大学中自己结交了很多的朋友，他们来自不同的专业，家乡是祖国各地。我的爱好是听歌、看电影、读书。我喜欢读一些人物传记，希望通过这样的方式，给自己的人生规划一些启示。

It was Mothers Day. Sun Zheng thought he should do something for his mother. He decided to help his mother do some housework. After school he went to a shop to buy some food on his

way home.When he got home, he did his best to cook some nice food, though he couldnt do the cooking well. Then he cleaned the room. He felt verGPS论坛[bbs.xc138.cn]y tired, but he was very happy.When his father and his mother came back and saw the clean rooms and dishes which werent so nice, they were very happy.They had their supper together. His mother said, Thank you, my child!今天是母亲节。孙峥觉得应当为妈妈做点事，他决定帮妈妈做些家务。放学回家的路上，他往商店买了食品。到家后，他尽全力做些好吃的，固然他实在不善于烹任。做完饭，他又打扫了房间。他感觉有些累，但依然很兴奋。当父母回来后，看见干净的房间和实在不太美味的饭菜，他们依然很兴奋。他们一起吃了晚饭。妈妈说：谢谢你，孩子。

People often praise mothers great, but, who can think of at a side left out of the father? No, there is little.

When people praise the mother gives us life, who is on the side with the anticipation of eyes, hope to be able to get from us a little, even if it is only insufficient in the mothers care about one over ten thousand of all right! Who is it? Is he, hold up the backbone of the family, he is, without a word hard for us, is he, is one of the same mother and a great man. He is his father. Father, may not express it like a mothers love for us, in our eyes, father is probably a strict with us, not let little things we do wrong, may be you will feel that his father does not love us, actually, is not the case, although he surface and strict to us, but his heart is not lack of love for us.

Thank for a mother for almost everybody, but I do want to thank my father, if there is no his harsh glare, without his seemingly indifferent expression, without his strict requirements, if not his heart to love me, I will not be so happy now.

Father, I thank you from the bottom of my heart deeply, thank you for my special love for many years.

人们常常歌颂母亲的伟大，可是，又有谁能够想起在一旁被冷落的父亲呢?不，几乎没有。

在人们赞颂母亲给予我们生命的时候，是谁在一旁带着期盼的目光，希望能从我们这里能得到一丝，哪怕只是不足于对母亲的关心的万分之一也好啊!是谁呢?是他，是撑起这个家的顶梁柱，是他，没有一丝怨言地为我们而努力，是他，是一位同样和母亲伟大的人。他，是父亲。父亲，可能不像母亲一样表达出来对我们的爱，在我们的眼里，父亲可能是个对我们要求严格，不容我们做错一丁点事情的人，可能你们会觉得父亲不爱我们，其实，并不是这样，他虽然表面上对我们和严格，可其实他的内心并不缺乏对我们的爱。

几乎所有人都感谢母亲，而我却要感谢我的父亲，如果没有他那严厉的目光，如果没有他看似冷漠的表情，如果没有他那严格的要求，如果没有他那一颗爱我的心，我将不会像现在这么的幸福。

我从心底里深深地感谢您，父亲，感谢您多年来对我那特殊的爱。

I get up at six in the morning. Then I wash my face and brush my teeth. After a quick breakfast, I go to school in my mother’s car. It takes us more than half an hour to get there.

We have four hour classes in the morning. I have luch at my grandparents’, because their home is nearer to my school.

After two classes in the afternoon, school is over. Then we clean our classroom.

I get home at about half past five. We have dinner at seven. After dinner I do my homework. If I finish my homesork early, I can watch TV for half an hour. I go to bed at half past nine or ten.

我在早上六点钟起床。然后我洗脸,刷牙。一个快速的早餐后,我在我妈妈的车去上学。我们花了半个多小时。

在早上我们有四个小时的课程。我在我的祖父母有限度的,因为他们家是靠近我的学校。

下午两个类后,学校已经结束。然后我们打扫我们的教室。

我大约在5点半回家。我们七点吃晚饭。晚饭后我做我的家庭作业。如果我完成我的homesork早,我可以看半个小时电视。我9或10点半上床睡觉。

When asked about their opinion of career and family, people always respond differently. Some people deem it more important to pursue their career, while there are always other people who argue that family should be the number one in one’s life.

It goes without any question that career plays a key role in our life. In the very first place, career can give us an aim to live on. Without career, much of our living time will be certainly wasted. What’s more, career can provide us with a means to live on. Most of the people earn their income from a job. On the other hand, family is also an indispensable part of life, as many people will admit. Family is always regarded as a place where we can escape from troubles in life. In addition, we can obtain a sense of belonging to from family. Without it, anyone will feel lonely and desperate.

In my opinion, career and family are not in opposition to each other. Rather, they can enhance each other so that one’s life can become better and better. Therefore, it’s not a choice between right and wrong, but one between ideal and practical.

在谈到自己的事业和家庭的意见要求，人总是有不同的反应。有些人认为这更重要的是追求自己的事业，而总有那么谁认为家庭应该是一个人的生活的人数1人。

毫无疑问，任何事业在我们生活中起着关键作用。在第一个地方，可以给我们一个职业生涯的目标是生活。没有职业生涯中，大部分时间我们的生活一定会被浪费。更重要的是，职业生涯可以提供一种手段，对我们的生活。大多数人从工作中赚取的收入。另一方面，家庭也是生活中不可缺少的一部分，因为很多人会承认。家庭一直被认为是一个地方，我们可以摆脱生活中的麻烦。此外，我们可以得到一个属于家庭的感觉。没有它，人会感到孤独和绝望。

在我看来，职业和家庭是不反对对方。相反，它们可以加强彼此，使自己的生活能够越来越好。因此，它不是对与错之间的选择，但理想和现实之间的一个。

My favorite hobby is dancing. Since I was a little girl, I have been fascinated by the beauty of ballet. I admire the graceful movements of dancers, and I am immersed in the romantic atmosphere during the ballet dramas. Owing to its strong attraction, ballet benetes my favorite hobby.

There are many advantages of dancing. To begin with, dancing is helpful to keep me in the pink. Second, it provides me with a gateway to relaxation. Last but not least, dancing makes my happy. It always brings enjoyment to my life. As is mentioned above, I am fond of dancing very much. I can’t live without my favorite hobby—dancing.

我最喜欢的爱好是跳舞。因为我还是个小女孩的时候,我一直着迷于芭蕾的美。我欣赏舞者的优美的动作,我沉浸在浪漫的气氛在芭蕾剧。由于其强大的吸引力,芭蕾舞驱魔师我最喜欢的爱好。

跳舞有很多优势。首先,舞蹈有助于保持我的粉红色。第二,它为我提供了一个通向放松。最后但并非最不重要,跳舞使我快乐。它总是给我的生活带来乐趣。正如上面提到的,我非常喜欢跳舞。我的生活不能没有我最喜欢的爱好——跳舞。

I decide to do a good girl

Today, I did housework for grandmother. She is not very healthy so I decide

to do housework for her more frequently. Thus she will feel happy and become

better. Suddenly, an idea hit me that it’s terrible to grow old becuase you have

to worry about both your health and others’ opinions. Once again, I make a

decision to be a good girl.

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我决定要做一个好女孩

今天，我帮助了奶奶做家务。奶奶的身体不好，所以我决定以后要常帮她做事。这样她就会高兴身体也会好一些。突然觉得，人老了真不好。不但身体不会好，而且一不小心就会惹得大家讨厌。我又做了一个决定，以后一定要做个乖女孩。

Thank heaven and earth, thank fate, heaven and earth wide, bumpy, but as long as there is love in the heart, be grateful, well work hard, we can move on.

We accept it with a grateful heart, listen to their words, more than ten years of reading, benefit a lot. We feeling everything, with exquisite heart feeling affection of selflessness and without reservation. Full of wise parents, their image in our hearts is so broad. We are surprised to find that at the same time, they are eager to understand us, also want to be our understanding. Actually we can become friends. In the event we have a deeper understanding of what is affection.

The family is HuangJi oasis in the desert, when youre lonely melancholy weak thirst disease, glance was filled with brightness, soul get ease, and not be lonely. Will act quickly to, only a drop of water, roll life, wang Yang will spread in the heart.

感谢天地，感谢命运，天地宽阔，道路坎坷，但只要心中有爱，心存感恩，我们就会努力，我们就可以前行。

我们怀着感激的心接受这一切，听他们的一席话，远胜于读十年书，受益匪浅。我们怀着细腻的心感受着一切，感受亲情的无私与毫无保留。充满睿智的家长，在我们心中他们的形象是如此的伟岸。同时我们也惊喜地发现，他们渴望理解我们，也渴望被我们理解。其实大家可以成为知己。在这次活动中我们更深刻的理解何为亲情。

亲情是荒寂沙漠中的绿洲，当你落寞惆怅软弱无力干渴病痛时，看一眼已是满目生辉，心灵得到恬适，于是不会孤独。便会疾步上前，只需一滴水，滚滚的生命汪洋便会漫延心中。

Sat. , Feb. 6 Fine later cloudy

A book exhibition

Dropped in at National Library to see the National Book Exhibition which will close today. Suprised at the fact that so many kinds of books are published in our country. Thought the childrens books with many pages of colorful illustrations were made very nicely. Bought a copy of the Chinese version of English and American Short Stories at a 20 per cent discount. Am going to read this through in this good season for reading.

书展

信步走到图书馆看即将在今天结束的全国书籍。惊奇的是发现我们国家竟然出版了这么多种的书籍。我觉得富有多页彩色插图的儿童书籍印刷的相当精美。我买了一本打八折的《英美短篇小说》中文版。我要在这读书的好季节里将它读完。

Today is father’s day， for so many years I’ve been seekig a way to express my heartfelt thanks for all you have done for me. Here comes it！

Thank you for always being there sharing my life when I need you most. Whenever I encounter difficulties， I never feel alone and vulnerable， because you will keep me on the right path. I’m blessed to have you.

Thank you for offering me education and teaching me how to be a man. You always inspire me not by words， but by what you have done！ Your efforts in the work， your loyalty to your friends， your responsibility for the family and your persistence in the life have already set me good examples in my own life.

Thank you for always appreciating my work， no matter how tiny it is！ You have made me realize that it’s capacity not scores that really counts.

Dad， I love you and I will love you forever！

今天是父亲节，这么多年我一直在探索用一种方式来表达我对你为我做衷心的感谢。现在知道了！

谢谢你总是在那里分享我的生活，当我最需要你。每当我遇到困难，我从来不觉得孤独和脆弱，因为你让我在正确的道路上。我很幸运有你。

谢谢你给我提供教育和教会我怎样做人。你总是激励我不是用语言，而是你做了什么！你在工作中的努力，你的忠诚给你的朋友，为您的家庭责任，在生活中你的持久已经设置好我的例子我自己的生活。

谢谢你一直欣赏我的作品，不管它是多么渺小！你让我意识到，这不是能力得分真正重要。

爸爸，我爱你，我会永远爱你！

Animals and human beings, we have thought, have feelings, also have their own way of life, more freedom.

We should not to destroy their peaceful and harmonious life, we have no right to destroy their life, of course, there is no reason to blame hurt them more.

Whenever we place series of delicious food on the table, such as: snakes, frogs, and other animals. Should we think of it, each of us to eat a kind of animal, how much is to go to farmers for banker harmful insects. We are not should the perspective-taking once, they are in a concerted effort to catch insects, can human beings not only ungrateful, instead put them as their food, as we human beings every day to make money, how they are evil!

Today, many of the earths biological already very rare, even have already endangered! If there are no animals on the earth, the earth will become what kind, humans will become like?

I think its time for us human to reflect, if continue like this, we will be the enemy of the animals, more dont talk about what "dances with wolves"

Human, hurry up wake up! Protect wild animals, now, still in time!

动物与我们人类一样，有思想，有感情，也有它们自己的生活方式，更有自由权。

我们不应该去破坏他们安详和谐的生活，我们也无权去破坏他们的生活，当然，更没有理由去指责伤害他们。

每当我们的饭桌旁摆上一道道香喷喷的菜，比如：蛇、青蛙、等动物。我们是不是应该想一想，我们每吃一种动物，就等于放走了多少对农民对庄家有害的虫。我们更是不是也应该换位思考一下，它们都在齐心协力的抓害虫，可人类不但不领情，反而把它们当做他们的食物，当作我们人类每天赚钱的东西，他们是多么可恶呀!

如今，地球上的许多生物已经很罕见了，甚至有的已经濒临灭绝了!如果地球上没有了动物，地球将会变成什么样，人类又将会变成什么样?

我想，是我们人类好好反省的时候了，如果再这样下去的话，我们将会成为动物们的敌人了，更别谈什么“与狼共舞”

人类，快点醒醒吧!保护野生动物，现在开始，还来得及!

Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom of a bird in the open. Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, or put on from the outside a mask. People who have this joy don’t need to talk about it, they radiate it. They just live out their joy and let it splash its sunlight into other lives as nature as a bird sings.

生活的乐趣来源于良好的情绪，信赖这些情绪，并任由它们如鸟儿高飞于天空般的自由自在。生活的乐趣是无法靠姿态摆出来的，也无法用带上一张面具来伪装。拥有这种乐趣的人们无需挂在嘴上，他们自然会焕发出欢乐的气息。他们自己生活在快乐当中，也将这样的快乐自然而然的感染着他人，犹如是鸟儿就必将歌唱。

We can never get it from working for it directly. It comes, like happiness, to those who are aiming at something higher. It’s a byproduct of great, simple living. The joy of living comes from what we put into our living, not from what we seek to get from it.

直接追求生活的乐趣却只会使乐趣远离我们，它与幸福一样青睐胸有大志的人。生活过的高雅，简单就会产生出乐趣。它是我们对生活的投入，而非所求。

[生活的乐趣英语作文及翻译

【篇一】

A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can’t take it home.

Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. “I know! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin. It’s like a wheel.”

So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,”

一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。

突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了!我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。

于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊!记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。

【篇二】

一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。

于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich mans house today, for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

Different countries have different customs and different ways to celebrate festival. In our China, we have a variety of festivals, of which celebrating way is different. For example, we will eat mooncake in Mid-autumn Festival and have dragon boat races in the Dragon Boat Festival and eat zongzi. But in some extend, we celebrate all the festivals in the same way. Every family will have a big meal with their family. It is a time for family gathering. No matter what kind of celebrating way for a festival, it is the time to enjoy life.

不同的国家有不同的风俗习惯和不同的节日庆祝方式。在我们中国，我们有各种各样的节日，而庆祝它们的方式是不一样的。例如，我们会在中秋节吃月饼、在端午节赛龙舟、吃粽子。但从某种程度上说，我们都是以同样的方式来庆祝所有的节日。每家每户都会和家人一起吃大餐。这是属于家庭相聚的时间。无论用什么样的方式来庆祝，这都是享受生活的时刻。

导语：企鹅是生长在南极洲的一种最为著名的鸟类了。它一年四季总爱穿着一套黑白相间的燕尾服，至今还从没见它换呢!下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

They survive in some of the coldest environments in the world - but even penguins appreciate a warm woolly jumper once in a while.

The mini knitted garments have helped save hundreds of flightless birds caught in oil spills providing protection from the elements and stopping them from ingesting poisonous pollution.

Knits for Nature a program run by The Penguin Foundation which conserves the little penguin population of Phillip Island 140km south-east of Melbourne has created up to 300 different designs over the years - and its all thanks to talented volunteers.

‘There’s a lot of hidden creativity out there said Lyn Blom of the Phillip Island Nature Park.

People love to know that they’re helping the penguins because they’re so cute and small and they waddle up the beach and they’re so feisty. But they need to be they live in a pretty tough sort of environment.’

A thumbnail-sized patch of oil can kill little penguins the smallest of the species measuring just 13 inches (33cm) and weighing 2.2lbs (1kg). The oil separates and mats their feathers breaking natural waterproofing and heating functions.

Ms Blom estimates she has knitted between 200 and 300 penguin jumpers over the years including ones in the colours of every Australian Rules football team in the country.

A staff member read an article in an English women’s magazine about knitting for guillemot birds and decided to adapt the designs.

‘There’s an awful lot of ladies out there who used to knit for their children and grandchildren. These ladies have spare wool and idle hands and they love to feel loved and needed and we love and need them’ said Ms Blom.

The Penguin Foundation recently staged a competition for the most creative jumper which received an enthusiastic response.

The Penguin Foundation rescues approximately 20 birds a year. They even have a stockpile of jumpers in case of emergency - such as the large oil spill near Phillip Island in 2001.

In that instance 453 Little Penguins were affected 96 percent of which were saved - most thanks to the jumpers.

【参考译文】

企鹅在世界上最寒冷的环境下生存，但有时候它们也渴望有一件温暖的毛衣。

由于石油泄露，企鹅们很可能接触到石油中的微量元素，甚至误食这些有毒的污染物。而迷你毛衣能给它们很好的保护，成功拯救了数百只企鹅。

为了保护菲利普岛(墨尔本东南部140千米处)上的小企鹅，企鹅基金会发起了为企鹅织毛衣的活动。到目前为止，基金会已经设计了300多种不同的毛衣款式，这都要感谢心灵手巧的志愿者们。

菲利普岛上自然公园的工作人员布洛姆说：“我们发现了很多隐藏的创意。”

“人们愿意帮助企鹅，因为它们又小又可爱，活跃极了。在沙滩上摇摆着身体走动时，它们又显得那么坚强。 这又是必然的，毕竟它们生活在这么恶劣的条件下。”

一滩指甲盖大小的石油就足以杀死一只小企鹅。最小的企鹅大概只有13英寸(33厘米)长，体重2.2磅(1千克)。石油会使得它们的羽毛缠结在一起且分散开，这样羽毛就失去了防水和保温的作用。

布洛姆自己就织了大约两到三百件毛衣，她还制作了一个毛衣系列，采用的是澳大利亚所有足球队的代表颜色。

之所以采用毛衣，是因为基金会的一名员工在一本女性杂志上看到了一篇给海鸟织毛衣的文章，随后就决定模仿这一设计。

布洛姆说：“许多女性朋友为自己的孩子织毛衣，她们乐意帮助我们，也会提供多余的毛线和手工，她们喜欢这种被爱被需要的感觉。基金会也非常感谢和需要她们。”

最近，企鹅基金会举办了一场“最具创意毛衣”大赛，获得了不错的反响。

每年，企鹅基金会拯救的企鹅大约在20只。他们甚至还有毛衣储备以应对紧急情况，比如2001年菲利普岛附近的大规模石油泄露事件。

那次事件中，453只企鹅受到了影响，当中96%的企鹅获救——最大的功臣就是毛衣了。