Generations of students have learned to parrot the standard explanations.
一届又一届的学生学会了鹦鹉学舌般地重复标准的解释。
真的吗？一只外国鹦鹉！
Which colored parrot do you like?
你喜欢哪个颜色的鹦鹉？
Does your parrot have a swing?
你的鹦鹉有秋千吗？
He picked up the parrot and threw him into the chicken house.
他捡起鹦鹉，把它扔进了鸡舍。
This American parrot, named AJ, can dunk, play golf and perform gymnastic moves.
这只美国鹦鹉名叫AJ ，能扣篮、打高尔夫并表演体操动作。
He could not say what a parrot or even the unmistakable ostrich was.
他说不出鹦鹉是什么，甚至连显而易见的鸵鸟也说不出。
She wore a green brocade dress and held a green parrot on her finger.
她穿着一件绿色的锦缎衣服，手指上戴着一只绿色的鹦鹉。
There was once a man in South America who had a parrot, a pet bird that can imitate human speech.
从前，南美洲有个人养了一只鹦鹉，一种能模仿人类说话的宠物鸟。
The audience would roar with laughter, angering the magician, but he couldn't do anything since it was the captain's prized parrot.
观众会哄堂大笑，这让魔术师很生气，但他又无可奈何，因为它是船长珍爱的鹦鹉。
这只鹦鹉曾经是独一无二的。
A lady was walking to work when she saw a parrot on a perch in front of a pet store.
有一位女士在步行去上班途中，看见一只鹦鹉栖息在一间宠物店前面。
David received a parrot for his birthday.
大卫生日时收到一只鹦鹉。
The only thing he was afraid of in his life was the parrot. This bird seemed to have an unreasonable urge to peck him to death.
他这一辈子唯一害怕的就是鹦鹉。这种鸟似乎有一种难以理喻的冲动要啄死他。
Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.
许多文化人只是机械地模仿一套听上去令人印象深刻的说辞。
That parrot one, I believe, is one of my great, great, great, great aunts.
那个手上有鹦鹉的女孩，我相信，是我的一位曾曾曾姨婆。
"I'll explain myself better," said the Parrot.
“我会解释得更清楚的。”鹦鹉说。
"Those were uncouth birds," answered the Parrot.
“那些是粗野的鸟。”鹦鹉回答。
It was, after all, the captain's parrot.
它毕竟是船长的鹦鹉。
Polynesia agreed to teach Dr. Dolittle parrot language.
波利尼西亚同意教杜立德医生鹦鹉的语言。
"Spare us your elegiac tones," said the Parrot giggling.
“别再唱哀歌了。”鹦鹉咯咯地笑着说。
For a few minutes the parrot kicked and shouted.
鹦鹉又踢又叫，持续了几分钟。
The parrot had a bad habit: It was always rude.
这只鹦鹉有一个坏习惯：它总是很无礼。
Once the parrot starts swinging, he'll talk a lot happily.
一旦鹦鹉开始摆动，它就会高兴地说很多话。
A young woman named Jessie got a parrot as a gift.
一位名叫杰西的年轻女子收到了一只鹦鹉作为礼物。
"Actually," the swan replied, "I thought so, too, until I met a parrot. It had brilliant colours of red and blue. No other bird could be happier than the parrot."
“实际上，”天鹅回答说，“我曾经也这么想，直到我遇到一只鹦鹉。它是鲜艳的红色和蓝色。没有比鹦鹉更幸福的鸟了。“
When the cat's-meat-man left, Polynesia, the parrot, flew onto the table.
当卖供猫食用的肉的商贩离开后，鹦鹉波利尼西亚飞上了桌子。
The woman decided to return the parrot to the store the next day.
这位女士决定第二天就把鹦鹉还给商店。
Once the parrot understood, he started shouting in the middle of the show.
鹦鹉看懂了之后，就开始在节目中间大喊大叫。
The parrot explained, "I, too, was very happy until I chanced upon a peacock."
鹦鹉解释说：“我原来也很高兴，直到我遇到了一只孔雀。”
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