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这是奥杜邦作的彩色印刷画，你知道这只鸟住在哪里吗？
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约翰．詹姆士．奥杜邦 (John
James Audubon) 去世
1851年1月27日
奥杜邦喜欢将鸟类的实际大小画出来。他曾经画出和真正蜂鸟一样大小的蜂鸟画像，也曾画出跟真的老鹰一样大的老鹰画像。在英格兰的雕刻大师能够按照奥杜邦「美国的鸟类」 (Birds
of America) 一书中的画作复制出435种鸟类。这本书内有许多画作都是与实物尺寸同样大小的。这本书的第一版因为实在是太大了，所以被称为「大象的书」 (elephant
folio) 。事实上，这也是国会图书馆里最大的一本书，约有39.37英吋高。你有没有想要画哪一种鸟类或动物呢？如果你依照真实大小来画，是不是能将这种鸟类或动物画在一张纸上呢？
Audubon liked to draw birds their actual size. He drew a hummingbird as small as a real hummingbird and an eagle as large as a real eagle. Master engravers in England were able to make 435 reproductions of his drawings for the book "Birds of America." Many of the drawings in the book are life-size. The first edition is known as the "elephant folio" because it is so big. In fact, it's the largest book in the Library of Congress, at 39.37 inches high. Is there a bird or animal that you would like to draw? If you drew it life-size, would it fit on a single sheet of paper?
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