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The wildlife is what makes Australia so different from other countries. No trip should be without a visit to see Australian animals. Yesterday, we saw and heard the famous kookaburra, a bird that sounds like it is laughing, from a steam railway. Then we went to an animal park where we could touch and feed kangaroos, cockatoos (white birds) and emus (big birds that cannot fly). We saw koalas and wombats there, too. Finally, we went to Phillips Island to see penguins come out of the ocean and bring food to their babies. Wallabies (small kangaroos) and geese were eating grass in nearby fields. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
Ohio アメリカのオハイオ州;
mail carrier 郵便集配人;
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People in a small city in Ohio (in the middle of the U.S.) have a problem. A lot of wild turkeys came to the area a few weeks ago. They move around in groups of five or six. When they see someone walking on the sidewalk, they lower their heads and attack. One mail carrier cannot deliver the mail, so about 20 families have to go to the post office to pick it up. The city wants people to stop leaving bird food out, hoping that the hungry turkeys will go away. The mail carriers are also talking about delivering the mail in the evening when the turkeys aren’t around. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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