Swan falls in love with helicopter

跨种族的危险爱恋：英国天鹅恋上直升机

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A swan falls in love with a helicopter

英国泽西岛的一只天鹅第二次被剪短了翅膀,因为他爱上了一架直升飞机.

A swan in Jersey has had its wings clipped for a second time after falling in love with a helicopter.

这只天鹅在两年前丧偶,他所在的乡村俱乐部临近泽西岛的飞机场.去年他喜欢上了一架飞来的EC155欧洲直升机,然后完全被飞机迷住了.每当飞机着陆在泽西岛机场时,他都会兴冲冲地飞向还在盘旋中的螺旋桨.

Whooper, who lives at a country club close to the island's airport, lost his partner two years ago. Last year he took a liking to an incoming EC155 Eurocopter and became completely besotted with the machine. And flew towards its whirring blades each time it came into land at Jersey airport.

他会在跑道上追着飞机跑,不怕被拒绝,也不害怕跟飞机的旋翼叶片太近接触.因为害怕发生飞机和鸟相撞事故,机场的消防署要求天鹅的主人剪短他的翅膀.

He would chase it down the runway without fear of rejection or close encounters with the chopper's rotor blades. Fearing a bird strike, the airport fire service ordered Whooper's owners to clip his wings.

但一等羽毛长回来,这样的致命诱惑却越来越强烈,于是这只雄性天鹅又再次被剪毛了.乡村俱乐部的工作人员现在正在给这位多情的单身汉找个新伴侣,希望可以抑制住他这样危险的痴恋.

But when his feathers grew back, the potentially fatal attraction grew stronger, and Whooper had to be clipped again. Staffs at the Club are now searching for a female swan to keep their amorous bachelor company to curb his dangerous obsession.

来自俱乐部的丹妮尔说："我想给他找个伴儿,帮他摆脱现在的状态,让他不要再在那个区域附近飞来飞去了.我从来没见过其他的天鹅像他这样,他真是特别."

Danielle Le Brun, from the club, said, "I would love to find him a partner as it would help him out and stop him flying around the area. I have never seen anything like this with other swans, it is just him."

她表示这只雄天鹅非常开心.不过尽管他"痴恋" 直升机,但由于天鹅是会与伴侣厮守终生的鸟类,为了他的安全着想还是得给他找个伴侣.

She said Whooper was very happy, despite his pining for a helicopter, but as swans tend to mate for life finding him a partner would help keep him safe.

词语解释：

拒绝 （jùjué） rejection

翅膀 （chìbǎng） wings

致命诱惑 （zhìmìng yòuhuò） fatal attraction

痴恋 （chīliàn） obsession

多情的 （duōqíng de） amorous

(Source: myechinese.com)