2.10 #简易趣味双语新闻# 中东猛禽竟能坐飞机；过年租个对象见爸妈？

Have you ever boarded a flight dreading who might be your neighbor for the next few hours? Maybe they'll snore, or encroach on your personal space, or perhaps it'll be a screaming baby. This week, a photograph of a cabin full of the treasured birds went viral on social media. Passengers flying on Qatar, Emirates, Etihad or Royal Jordanian Airlines, however, have a unique type of neighbor to worry about -- the pet falcon.

坐飞机时，你是否也会担心，在接下来的几个小时里陪伴着你的邻座究竟会是谁？他也许会鼾声如雷，侵占你的地盘，又或者等待着你的是一个呱呱啼哭的婴儿。本周，一张机舱内坐满珍奇鸟类的照片在网络上走红。乘坐卡塔尔航空、阿联酋航空、阿提哈德航空或者约旦皇家航空的乘客也许要提前做好心理准备了，你的隔壁有可能坐着一位特殊的乘客——宠物鹰。

On these Middle Eastern airlines, the birds -- which have their own passports -- are permitted to fly, most often perching on their owners' arms. Between 2002 and 2013, the government issued more than 28,000 falcon passports. In the Middle East, falcons are the ultimate status symbol. 

在这些中东地区的航班上，（拥有自己的护照的）鸟类是允许乘坐飞机的，大多数的时候它们都栖落在主人的胳膊上。2002至2013年间，政府共签发了超过两万八千张鸟类护照。在中东，鹰是地位的最高象征。

Cultural expert Nasif Kayed, from The Arab Culturalist, told CNN falcons can cost anywhere between 2,000 dirhams ($544) and 70,000 dirhams ($19,058). And it's become routine for some falcon owners to have their birds join them, un-caged, aboard flights -- no matter if they're traveling in first class or economy.

来自阿拉伯文化院的专家纳西夫.凯告诉我们，宠物鹰耗价2000迪拉姆（544美元）到70000迪拉姆（19058美元）不等。对于一些鹰主人来说，与他们的爱宠一起乘坐飞机，不论是在头等舱还是经济舱，已经是一件习以为常的事情。

新单词：

dread 害怕，担心；

be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

If you dread something which may happen,   you feel very anxious and unhappy about it because you think it will be   unpleasant or upsetting.

encroach 侵占;侵犯;侵害

Trespass, invade, intrude, infringe

perch（鸟）栖息，停留

sit, as on a branch;

Source:

By Bianca Britton, CNN

Updated 0839 GMT (1639 HKT) February 2, 2017

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/01/middleeast/falcons-planes-middle-east/index.html

新单词：

Demanding

难伺候的;难取悦的;挑剔的;苛刻的

People who are demanding are not easily satisfied or pleased.

fraud 骗子;诈骗者;骗人的东西

cheating, trickery, dishonesty, swindle A fraud is something or   someone that deceives people in a way that is illegal or dishonest.

counterfeit 仿制品，伪造物

copied, fake, artificial, limitative

e.g. That is a piece of counterfeit art.

entail 

使…必然发生;势必造成；使…成为必需

If one thing entails another, it involves it or causes it.

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-01-20 09:27

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2017-01/20/content_28008504.htm

The Spring Festival holiday must be urban pet dog Xiaomi's happiest days of the year, as it can run as wild as it likes in its owner's hometown village. This year, its owner attached a sports camera on its collar. Here is Xiaomi's village life captured from a dog's perspective.

春节假期肯定是城市宠物狗——小米一年中最快乐的日子，因为它可以在它主人的家乡肆意地奔跑。今年，它主人的在它的项圈上系上了一个运动相机。这就是从狗的视角捕获的有关“小米的乡村生活“的照片。

A photo shows Xiaomi "on the job" as a photographer in a village of Jinhua, East China's Zhejiang province, on Jan 28. Its owner attached a sports camera on the dog's neck, and then used a phone to take photos and videos. 

这张照片显示，1月28日，小米就像是一名摄影师正在华东地区的浙江省金华的一个村子里“工作“。它的主人在它的脖子上系了一个运动相机，然后用手机操控拍照和录像。

Xiaomi sees what Spring Festival is like in Chinese villages as red lanterns were hanging up.

当红灯笼高高挂起时，小米看到了中国农村的春节景象。

It accidentally breaks into the courtyard of an old house. 

它意外地闯进了一所老房子的院子里。

It plays in a pond and carries dried bamboo back from nature. 

它在池塘里玩耍，还把大自然中的干竹子带回家。

Villagers visit and show interest in Xiaomi at its owner's home. 

村民来到小米主人家里来看它，对它很感兴趣。

It walks in the filed and looks down at the village from a hill. 

它在田地里漫步，并从山上俯瞰这个村子。

Xiaomi shows interest in a villager walking by with a hen in hand. 

小米对从它身边路过的手持一只母鸡的一名村民产生兴趣。

A child amuses Xiaomi by blocking its way. 

一个孩子通过挡住小米的去路来逗它玩。

Xiaomi is very popular among the children in the village. 

小米在村里的孩子中很受欢迎。

It is driven away after it accidentally breaks into a villager's kitchen.

在不小心闯进一名村民的厨房后，它被村民赶了出去。

新单词：

The wild

“the wild” 野蛮任务 

“into the   wild” 荒野生存

Capture 拍摄

an event is captured in a photograph or on film

on the job 在专心地工作；尽职；尽责

at work / in employment

break into 强行进入；闯入

If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.

chinadaily.com.cn | 2017-02-09 07:14

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-02/09/content_28144079.htm

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