在我常常去观察的池塘上，一只浅驼色陌生小水鸟游泳呢。

I found a beige colored, strange and small water bird swimming at the pond, where I always go and watch.

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“如果它长得像鸭子，而且像鸭子般呱呱叫，那我们至少得考虑这种可能性：我们手中得有只鸭科的小水鸟”，洛兹引述道格拉斯·亚当斯的话说。

"If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands," said Rose, quoting Douglas Adams.

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