当他们让一只燕鸥或鹈鹕扔下一条鱼时，他们会一头栽到水里，然后把鱼从水面抓起来，这可能就是这只鸟被油弄脏的原因。

When they get a tern or pelican to drop a fish, they plunge down and grab it off the surface of the water, which may have been how this bird got oiled.

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以后几天，他试着学其他海鸥的样儿；他作了认真的尝试，与鸥群一道围绕着码头和渔船嘎嘎叫着争食吃，扎到海里抢点儿面包片和烂鱼。

For the next few days he tried to behave like the other gulls; he really tried, screeching and fighting with the flock around the piers and fishing boats, diving on scraps of fish and bread.

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以后几天，他试着学其他海鸥的样儿；他作了认真的尝试，与鸥群一道围绕着码头和渔船嘎嘎叫着争食吃，扎到海里抢点儿面包片和烂鱼。

For the next few days he tried to behave like the other gulls; he really tried, screeching and fighting with the flock around the piers and fishing boats, diving on scraps of fish and bread.

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