万花筒 2012-01-04&01-06 美国小镇新年夜大批飞鸟死亡

 Sometimes, the truth really is stranger than fiction. How else would you explain the day thousands of blackbirds fell from the sky in Beebe. 

 

Forth¹ was mess up when he called me. He got me up at four o?clock in the morning, told me have birds fallen out of the sky. 

 

Milton Acollar was one of the first Beebe employees out last new year抯 day, trying to deal with what has been playfully called the flock² lips. Nearly twelve months later, Milton says it still doesn抰 make much sense.

 

--Don抰 understand what happens. Still don抰 know, you know why all happened.

 

Autopsy³ shows the birds died from the blank force trauma⁴. Experts say something like fireworks likely scare the animal. But it抯 impossible to know for sure. And conspiracy⁵ theorists still call the Beebe police department about once a week.

 

--Probably as long as the birds are here, people are gonna talk about it.

 

The conversation will continue. If it comes to Beebe, you still see thousands of blackbirds, and here almost does many stories.

 

--Once I came up, there were roads speckled with birds and the yard was too.

 

Air study showed that they were just around this area. No where else. Are you sacred? A little bit? Yeah.

 

Lutendy Duke says the Beebe police department plans to increase patrols⁶ this weekend, to try to make sure no one has the bird brinded idea, to try to recreate what happened last New Year day by shooting off commercial grade fireworks. For ABC news, I抦 Rogers Suzanne.

1 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 flock   

n.羊群，一群，大量；vi.群集，聚集，成群

参考例句：

• A flock of customers were waiting for the store to open.一群顾客在等候着商店开门。
• A few sheep have been lost from the flock.羊群里少了几只羊。

3 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

4 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

5 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

6 patrols   

n.巡逻( patrol的名词复数 )；巡查；巡逻队；童子军小队

参考例句：

• There was a brush between patrols that night. 那天夜里巡逻队之间发生了一场冲突。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The scouts are watching out for enemy patrols. 侦察员提防着敌人的巡逻队。 来自《简明英汉词典》