Thousands of hovering crows scare people

时间：2006-12-20 01:24:09

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Chinanews, Changchun, Dec. 20 – Recently, “uninvited guests” have appeared in the sky over Changchun, Jilin Province. Thousands of crows choose to stay in the residential1 areas. Residents living in the surrounding regions have to bear their twittering from dawn till dusk. Some of them are even attacked by those crows. Local citizens are forced to drive them in vain.

 

Experts find that there are mainly jungle crows, jackdaws and rooks inhabiting the area. They enjoy looking for food collectively, which makes a fantastic sight. But these crows’ arrival has disturbed people’s quiet life. Some old people complain that they have never slept well since the crows came.

 

Unable to bear it any more, people have tried several ways fighting against these creatures but failed again and again. At first, they fired several crackers2 to scare them off, but they remained unruffled. Then residents fired salutes3, but again in vain. Finally they tried to use hawks4 to kill them, but local officials said that crows should be protected.

 

In recent years, many international metropolises5 like Tokyo, Moscow, Beijing and Shenyang are disturbed by crows, but city authorities can’t think of any effective ways other than dispelling6 or killing7.

 
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1 residential kkrzY3     
adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的
参考例句：
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
2 crackers nvvz5e     
adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘
参考例句：
  • That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
  • We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 salutes 3b734a649021fe369aa469a3134454e3     
n.致敬，欢迎，敬礼( salute的名词复数 )v.欢迎，致敬( salute的第三人称单数 )；赞扬，赞颂
参考例句：
  • Poulengey salutes, and stands at the door awaiting orders. 波仑日行礼，站在门口听侯命令。 来自辞典例句
  • A giant of the world salutes you. 一位世界的伟人向你敬礼呢。 来自辞典例句
4 hawks c8b4f3ba2fd1208293962d95608dd1f1     
鹰( hawk的名词复数 )； 鹰派人物，主战派人物
参考例句：
  • Two hawks were hover ing overhead. 两只鹰在头顶盘旋。
  • Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war. 鹰派和鸽派都充分阐明了各自的停战条件。
5 metropolises 3d837c2865033f3eb08d5709dbe6d0ee     
n.一国的主要城市（不一定是首都）( metropolis的名词复数 )；中心；大都会；大城市
参考例句：
  • That season, you ride it, all metropolises achieve what one wishes! 那时节，您骑上它，一切都会如愿以偿！ 来自互联网
  • Carl has carried the banner in infernal metropolises. 卡尔曾经在那些地狱般的大都市流浪街头。 来自互联网
6 dispelling a117eb70862584fc23e0c906cb25e1a6     
v.驱散，赶跑( dispel的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • He succeeded in dispelling our suspicious and won our confidence. 他终于消除了我们的怀疑，得到了我们的信任。 来自辞典例句
  • Truth is a torch, which can pierce the mist without dispelling it. 真理是一个火炬，不用驱散大雾，其火炬即能透过。 来自互联网
7 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

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