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伊朗变异巨鼠泛滥成灾

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Tehran, the capital of Iran, is battling an invasion of "genetically² mutated" giant rats. Iran has sent in sniper teams to clear Tehran's streets of the massive rodents³ weighting up to five kilos plaguing 26 districts of the Iranian capital, the city's environmental agency said.

伊朗首都德黑兰正与发生了“基因变异”的巨鼠展开“斗争”。伊朗环境部门表示，伊朗已出动狙击手小组来捕杀德黑兰街头的巨鼠。这些巨鼠体重达5公斤，已经在德黑兰首都的26个地区肆虐。

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Iran's capital of Tehran is infested by huge rats

"They seem to have had a genetic¹ mutation⁵, probably as a result of radiations and the chemical used on them," Ismail Kahram, Teheran city council environment adviser⁶ and university professor Ismail Kahram told Qudsonline.ir.

"They are now bigger and look different. These are changes that normally take millions of years of evolution. They have jumped from 60 grams to five kilos, and cats are now smaller than them."

The "mutated rats" have been running rampant⁷（泛滥成灾） in the capital, as cats are scared off by their giant size and traditional poison appear to have no effect on them.

To stop them storming into restaurants' backyards and scavenging（清除，打扫） public waste containers, the council has deployed⁸ ten sniper teams armed with infra-red sighted rifles.

"We use chemical poisons to kill the rats during the day and the snipers at night, so it has become a 24/7 war," the head of the environment agency, Mohammad Hadi Heydarzadeh, said.

Rats' carcasses（尸体） are burnt or buried in lime.

So far 2,205 rats have been shot dead, but the war is far from being won and the council is planning to bring the sniper team up to 40.

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1 genetic
adj.遗传的，遗传学的
参考例句：
It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。 Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

2 genetically
adv.遗传上
参考例句：
All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。 Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物

3 rodents
n.啮齿目动物( rodent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Rodents carry diseases and are generally regarded as pests. 啮齿目动物传播疾病，常被当作害虫对待。来自《简明英汉词典》 Some wild rodents in Africa also harbor the virus. 在非洲，有些野生啮齿动物也是储毒者。来自辞典例句

4 infested
adj.为患的，大批滋生的（常与with搭配）v.害虫、野兽大批出没于( infest的过去式和过去分词 )；遍布于
参考例句：
The kitchen was infested with ants. 厨房里到处是蚂蚁。 The apartments were infested with rats and roaches. 公寓里面到处都是老鼠和蟑螂。

5 mutation
n.变化，变异，转变
参考例句：
People who have this mutation need less sleep than others.有这种突变的人需要的睡眠比其他人少。 So far the discussion has centered entirely around mutation in the strict sense.到目前为止，严格来讲，讨论完全集中于围绕突变问题上。

6 adviser
n.劝告者，顾问
参考例句：
They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。 Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

7 rampant
adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的
参考例句：
Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。 You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

8 deployed
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )；施展；部署；有效地利用
参考例句：
Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。 The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

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