A condor is a very large bird from the high mountains of South America — the Andes. There is also a California condor in the United States.

A condor神鷹is a very large bird是一種體型非常大的鳥，from the high mountains of South America來自南美洲的高山——the Andes也就是安地斯山脈。There那裡is also a California condor in the United States美國也有一種加州神鷹。

It is a vulture: it does not hunt live animals the way an eagle does. It finds animals that are already dead and eats them. That sounds ugly, but in nature this is clean-up work, and the bird’s almost-bald head helps it stay cleaner while it feeds.

It它is a vulture是一種禿鷲：it does not hunt live animals the way an eagle does不會像老鷹那樣去獵捕活的動物。It它finds animals that are already dead而是找已經死掉的動物and eats them來吃。That sounds ugly這聽起來有點噁心，but in nature this is clean-up work但在大自然裡這其實是清潔的工作，and the bird's almost-bald head而這種鳥幾乎光禿的頭helps it stay cleaner while it feeds能幫助牠進食時保持比較乾淨。

An adult can spread its wings about three metres and ride warm air for a long time with almost no flapping.

An adult一隻成鳥can spread its wings about three metres展開的翅膀大約可以有三公尺寬，and ride warm air for a long time with almost no flapping能靠著溫暖的氣流長時間滑翔，幾乎不用拍翅膀。

People sometimes call any giant high-flying bird a condor, though strictly the name belongs to these New World vultures. You will not see one in Taiwan; you meet the word in nature films and in stories about saving the California condor, which came very close to disappearing.

People有人sometimes call any giant high-flying bird a condor有時候會把任何體型巨大、飛得很高的鳥都叫做condor，though strictly the name belongs to these New World vultures但嚴格來說這個名字專屬於這些新大陸禿鷲。You你will not see one in Taiwan在台灣看不到牠；you meet the word in nature films and in stories about saving the California condor會在自然紀錄片和拯救加州神鷹的故事裡遇到這個字，which came very close to disappearing而加州神鷹當年差點就滅絕了。