Unit5.1双语（462）

Pigeon Surprise

For Bird Week at school, we’re learning about different types of birds. While some of my classmates got to write about penguins, I drew the short straw and have to write about pigeons.

I’m observing pigeons at the park right now. They seem to just wander around all morning, leaving droppings everywhere. I used to think pigeons were dull and dirty.

A girl is feeding them, and suddenly the birds are flocking around her wildly. It’s a bit intimidating!

I decided to do some research online. It turns out that pigeons can recognize themselves in mirrors. That’s pretty impressive! Maybe pigeons are smarter than I thought. I’ll need to take another look at them.

So, I’m back at the park. Oh, look at that pigeon staring at its reflection in the water! Maybe I was wrong about pigeons after all.

Now, I’m reading in the library and find out there are over 200 different types of pigeons. Some of them can fly thousands of kilometers without getting lost and can reach speeds of over 100 km per hour—that’s as fast as my dad’s car!

So, it turns out pigeons aren’t boring or scary. They are actually fascinating! I just didn’t know enough about them before.

鸽子惊喜

我们学校的鸟类周正在学习不同种类的鸟。虽然一些幸运的同学选择了企鹅，但我却要写关于……鸽子！

我现在在公园观察鸽子。它们整天只是随意地转悠，随处留下粪便。我以前觉得鸽子又无聊又脏。

一个女孩在喂它们，突然间，鸽子们疯狂地飞向她。这有点吓人！

我决定上网查了一下资料。原来鸽子能在镜子里认出自己。这真令人惊讶！也许鸽子比我想的要聪明。我得再去观察它们一次。

于是，我又回到公园了。哦，看看那只鸽子在水里看着自己的倒影！也许我对鸽子的看法错了。

现在，我在图书馆阅读，发现有超过200种不同的鸽子。有些能飞几千公里而不迷路，还能以超过100公里每小时的速度飞行——那速度和我爸爸的车一样快！

所以，鸽子既不无聊也不吓人。它们实际上非常了不起！我之前只是对它们了解不够。