A llama is a South American animal with a long neck, a long face, and thick hair like wool. People in the high mountains of South America have kept llamas for a very long time as animals that carry loads on steep paths, and also for wool and meat.

A llama is a South American animalllama是一種南美洲的動物，with a long neck, a long face, and thick hair like wool有長長的脖子、長長的臉，還有像羊毛一樣厚的毛。People in the high mountains of South America南美洲高山地區的人，have kept llamas for a very long time很久以前就開始飼養llama，as animals that carry loads on steep paths用來在陡峭的山路上馱貨，and also for wool and meat也用來取毛和肉。

It looks a little like a small camel without a hump, and it is related to camels, though actually it is its own animal, not a “mountain camel” in careful talk. The fluffier, rounder cousin people keep for wool and for cute photos is the alpaca; English keeps those two names apart even when the animals look similar from far away.

It looks a little like a small camel without a hump牠看起來有點像沒有駝峰的小駱駝，and it is related to camels而且跟駱駝有親緣關係，though actually it is its own animal不過事實上牠是獨立的一種動物，not a "mountain camel" in careful talk嚴謹地說並不是「山駱駝」。The fluffier, rounder cousin people keep for wool and for cute photos那種毛更蓬鬆、體型更圓、人們為了取毛和拍可愛照片而飼養的近親，is the alpaca是alpaca（羊駝）；English keeps those two names apart英文把這兩個名字分得很清楚，even when the animals look similar from far away即使遠看牠們長得很像。

English says the word with an L at the front: “LAH-muh,” not the Spanish “y” sound that ll often has in Spanish. The word is just this animal.

English says the word with an L at the front英文把這個字唸成L開頭的音："LAH-muh,"唸作「LAH-muh」，not the Spanish "y" sound that ll often has in Spanish不是西班牙文裡ll常有的「y」音。The word is just this animal這個字指的就只是這種動物。