万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-07-20&07-21, 拯救鸭子一家

"We don't do this everyday."

Animal Control officer Jerry Cloutier responded to the unusual call of the Chateral marketplace. A mother duck and her family of chicks in a parking lot, Walt Dunnells was the first to spot the birds.

I was in the restaurant eating here, and I saw this mother duck with 8 or 9 little ones behind her crossing this busy street. I said, Oh my God.

With the help of two other people, Dunnells saved the ducks from dangerous traffic, and put them under his car and out of the blazing sun.

We gave them some French fries and some water, and they settled down, they drank, they were very thirsty.

But two of the fowl¹ fell into the storm drain, police were called in for the rescue and their plan sounded simple.

"Try and get Mama, Mama is gonna be the one that brings all the rest of them over to her."

"There you go, come here."

After a few tries, mama duck was scooped² up, and her offspring soon followed, Animal Control plucked the two chicks from the sewer³, (Yeah~!) and the family was reunited.

"Come here."

They were brought to their new home, this quiet pond, at Cedar⁴ Hill Cemetery⁵ where Catharine Hepburn and other rich and famous are buried, and where a majestic⁶ crane stands guard.

1 fowl   

n.家禽，鸡，禽肉

参考例句：

• Fowl is not part of a traditional brunch.禽肉不是传统的早午餐的一部分。
• Since my heart attack,I've eaten more fish and fowl and less red meat.自从我患了心脏病后，我就多吃鱼肉和禽肉，少吃红色肉类。

2 scooped   

v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 )；（敏捷地）抱起；抢先获得；用铲[勺]等挖（洞等）

参考例句：

• They scooped the other newspapers by revealing the matter. 他们抢先报道了这件事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块，在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 sewer   

n.排水沟，下水道

参考例句：

• They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer. 他们正挖开马路修下水道。
• The boy kicked a stone into the sewer. 那个男孩把一石子踢进了下水道。

4 cedar   

n.雪松，香柏(木)

参考例句：

• The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
• She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。

5 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

6 majestic   

adj.雄伟的，壮丽的，庄严的，威严的，崇高的

参考例句：

• In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
• He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。