A wallaby is an Australian animal that looks like a small kangaroo. It has strong back legs, jumps to move around, stands up on its back legs and tail, and the mother carries her baby in a pocket of skin on her front.

A wallaby is an Australian animal that looks like a small kangaroowallaby 是一種澳洲動物，長得像小型的袋鼠。It has strong back legs牠有強壯的後腿, jumps to move around靠跳躍移動, stands up on its back legs and tail用後腿和尾巴撐著站立, and the mother carries her baby in a pocket of skin on her front而媽媽會把寶寶放在腹部的皮膚口袋裡帶著走。

"Wallaby" and "kangaroo" are not two names for the same thing, and they are not really mother and baby either — they are different animals in the same family, and the main difference people use is size. Kangaroos are big; a big male kangaroo can be taller than a man. Wallabies are much smaller, and many kinds are about the size of a dog or a large cat. There is no clear line between them: scientists say "wallaby" for the smaller members of the family, and the word covers many different kinds of animal, not one.

"Wallaby" and "kangaroo" are not two names for the same thing『wallaby』和『kangaroo』不是同一種動物的兩個名字, and they are not really mother and baby either牠們也不是真的媽媽和小孩的關係——they are different animals in the same family而是同一個科裡的不同動物, and the main difference people use is size大家最常拿來區分的是體型大小。Kangaroos are bigkangaroo 體型大；a big male kangaroo can be taller than a man一隻大隻的公袋鼠可以比一個成年男子還高。Wallabies are much smallerwallaby 體型小得多, and many kinds are about the size of a dog or a large cat許多種類大概只有狗或大型貓咪那麼大。There is no clear line between them牠們之間沒有明確的界線：scientists say "wallaby" for the smaller members of the family科學家把這個科裡體型較小的成員叫做『wallaby』, and the word covers many different kinds of animal, not one而這個字涵蓋了許多不同種的動物，不是單一一種。

You see wallabies in the wild in Australia and New Guinea, and some live wild in New Zealand and in a few parts of Britain, because animals escaped from parks long ago and stayed.

You see wallabies in the wild in Australia and New Guinea你可以在澳洲和新幾內亞的野外看到 wallaby, and some live wild in New Zealand and in a few parts of Britain而紐西蘭和英國少數地方也有野生的牠們, because animals escaped from parks long ago and stayed因為很久以前有動物從園區逃出來後就在當地定居了。

The word is a normal everyday one — Australians use it in ordinary talk, on road signs, and in the news. Two other places you will meet it: the Australian national rugby team is called the Wallabies, and "wallaby" is sometimes used loosely by people outside Australia for any small kangaroo-like animal they cannot name exactly.

The word is a normal everyday one這個字是很日常的用詞——Australians use it in ordinary talk, on road signs, and in the news澳洲人在日常對話、路標和新聞裡都會用到它。Two other places you will meet it你還會在另外兩個地方遇到這個字：the Australian national rugby team is called the Wallabies澳洲國家橄欖球隊就叫做 the Wallabies, and "wallaby" is sometimes used loosely by people outside Australia for any small kangaroo-like animal they cannot name exactly而澳洲以外的人有時候也會鬆散地用『wallaby』來泛稱任何叫不出名字、長得像小袋鼠的動物。