1. 因為睽違了將近一甲子，物種格外稀有，鳥類專家、前中研院研究員劉小如為牠取了一個別名「神話之鳥」。
   Because there had been no reliably confirmed sightings of the Chinese crested tern for over 60 years, this extremely rare species was given another sobriquet by bird expert Lucia Liu Severinghaus (formerly a research fellow at the Academia Sinica): “the bird of myth and legend.”

• sobriquet 綽號
  This earned him this loving sobriquet "boots the bishop" from his parishioners.

2. 從正面的角度來看，黑嘴端的脆弱處境，雖然直指環境浩劫的燃眉之急，同時也暗示出人類、動物之間彼此密不可分的關聯。
   On a positive note, although the precarious situation of the Chinese crested tern highlights the urgency of addressing environmental destruction, at the same time it hints at the inseparable bonds between humans and animals.

• precarious不穩的；危險的
  The school has been left in a precarious financial position.

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