伦敦动物园开始清点动物数量
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London Zoo started the mammoth1 task Monday of counting its entire stock of animals.

本周一伦敦动物园开始了清点动物数量的庞大任务。
A London Zoo employee with squirrel monkeys during the annual stocktake in London, Britain, 05 January 2015.
A London Zoo employee with squirrel monkeys during the annual stocktake in London, Britain, 05 January 2015.
 
All creatures great and small, from lions to locusts3, are being noted4 down as part of the zoo's annual census5.
 
Keepers armed with clipboards coaxed6 and corralled the animals out of their hiding places so they could be listed for the census - a legal requirement for all British zoos. 
 
"You need a quick pair of eyes," said zoo keeper Amy Heath as she counted a group of squirrel monkeys.
 
Some of the zoo's smallest residents flit around too fast to be counted by hand.
 
So the locust2 colony, for example, is photographed - and counted from that. 
 
Another keeper, Vicky Fyson, said the results of the census would be fed into an international database called the International Species Information System (ISIS).
 
This would be used to plan zoo management and breeding programmes for endangered species.
 
In last year's census, the zoo had some 17-thousand inhabitants made up of more than 750 species. 
 
This year's exercise is expected to be take a week to complete.


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1 mammoth u2wy8     
n.长毛象;adj.长毛象似的,巨大的
参考例句:
  • You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
  • Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。
2 locust m8Dzk     
n.蝗虫;洋槐,刺槐
参考例句:
  • A locust is a kind of destructive insect.蝗虫是一种害虫。
  • This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.本图所示为蝗虫的纵剖面。
3 locusts 0fe5a4959a3a774517196dcd411abf1e     
n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 );贪吃的人;破坏者;槐树
参考例句:
  • a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫
  • In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西,什么都吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
5 census arnz5     
n.(官方的)人口调查,人口普查
参考例句:
  • A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
  • The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。
6 coaxed dc0a6eeb597861b0ed72e34e52490cd1     
v.哄,用好话劝说( coax的过去式和过去分词 );巧言骗取;哄劝,劝诱
参考例句:
  • She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. 她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。
  • I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre. 我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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