Paul Bunyan
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- a character in American legends. He is said to be a very large and strong lumberjack (= a person whose job is cutting down trees). He has a blue ox called Babe. Wild stories were told about him. In one of these the British navy built seven ships with the wood from his baby bed. Another said that Babe was so big that a new iron mine had to be opened each time he needed shoes.
保罗·本扬(Paul Bunyan):美国传奇人物。据说他是一个非常大而又健壮的伐木工人(一个正在砍伐树木的人)。他有一只叫做贝贝的蓝牛。讲述了有关他的荒唐故事。英国海军用其中之一从他的婴儿床上用木头建造了七艘船。另一个人说,贝贝很大,以至于每次他需要鞋子时都必须开设一个新的铁矿。