万花筒 2008-11-14&11-15 孔雀大闹居民区

He may be the lone¹ holdout, or may be one of the last two peacocks roaming this neighborhood.

 

“Nobody’s bothered them that I’ve seen, and they are pretty to look at, they don't cause any problems."

 

That depends on who you talk to.

 

"Down around the corner."

 

Rimen Prody has lived in this neighborhood on Vancouver city limits for 34 years.

 

“They're kind of nuisance, I mean, can you imagine something get on top of (your) hood² of your car? And they got claws like this. ”

 

And sometimes sitting on cars like this. There were more than half a dozen peacocks roaming this neighborhood back in May. The first two somehow got free from Cory Pennington's property and started to reproduce.

 

“Eventually we got the original two that I had and they had some babies. We didn't get all babies. And that’s what you see now. ”

 

The large birds can be unpredictable. The Oregon Zoo stopped letting peacocks roam its ground last May after one attacked a child at the zoo. Park County Animal Control says a wildlife contractor³ has captured and relocated all but one or maybe two of the peacocks during the past few months. It’s also fined Pennington $200 for letting the first birds get loose.

 

“We will continue to try to locate this animal; we will continue to try to encourage our wildlife trapper to get for relocation. But it’s never been a priority, because it hasn't really harmed anybody. ”

 

1 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

2 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

3 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。