010 纽约鹰王苍鹰帕尔

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Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's a red-tailed hawk!

看，天上！是鸟吗？是飞机吗？那是一只红尾鹰！

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They call him Pale Male because he has a large patch of white feathers on his chest, and he is male

他们叫他“白胸”，因为他胸前有一大片白色羽毛，而且是雄鹰。

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He came out of nowhere to try to make it in the big city

他不知从哪儿冒出来，试图在大城市闯出一片天地。

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He is brave and fearless

他勇敢无畏。

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There are many birds that live in New York City's Central Park

纽约中央公园里生活着很多鸟类。

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In 1990, 215 different species lived there — but no hawks

1990年，那里生活着215种不同的鸟类——但没有鹰。

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Then, in the fall of 1991, Pale Male appeared

然后，在1991年秋天，白胸出现了。

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He was the first hawk to make his home in Central Park, the most visited city park in the United States

他是第一只在中央公园安家的鹰，中央公园是美国游客最多的城市公园。

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Hawks usually live in the open countryside, so people were very excited to see him

鹰通常生活在开阔的乡村，所以人们看到他都非常兴奋。

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They enjoyed watching him hunt for rats, pigeons, and squirrels from high atop his perch

他们喜欢看他从高高的栖木上捕猎老鼠、鸽子和松鼠。

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Red-tailed hawks like to watch for prey — the creatures that other animals kill and eat — from the tops of tall trees

红尾鹰喜欢在高大的树顶上观察猎物——也就是那些被其他动物捕杀并食用的生物。

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But since Pale Male lived in the city, his favorite perches were the tops of apartment buildings!

但白胸生活在城市里，它最喜欢的栖息处是公寓楼的楼顶！

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Fifth Avenue, which lines Central Park, is where many rich and famous people live

沿着中央公园的第五大道，住着许多富人和名人。

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Pale Male sat on their balconies

白胸就坐在他们的阳台上。

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When he saw a rat or pigeon on the ground, he would swoop down to catch it

看到地面上的老鼠或鸽子，它就会俯冲下来捕捉。

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People were amazed that a hawk could survive this way in the city

人们惊叹，一只鹰竟能在城市里以这种方式生存。

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People were even more amazed when, the next spring, Pale Male brought a mate to New York

更让人们吃惊的是，第二年春天，白胸带来了一只配偶回到纽约。

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Together they built a nest in a tall tree in the park

它们一起在公园里一棵高大的树上筑了巢。

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But crows, a natural enemy of red-tailed hawks, drove the pair away

但是乌鸦，红尾鹰的天敌，把它们赶走了。

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What would they do?

它们会怎么办呢？

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Pale Male had an idea

白胸有了个主意。

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He and his mate broke twigs from a tree and flew to the top of a 12-story apartment building

他和他的配偶从树上折断小树枝，飞到了一栋12层公寓楼的楼顶。

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They built their nest on a ledge above someone's apartment window!

他们把巢筑在了某户人家窗户上方的窗台上！

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They chose a good spot

他们选了个好地方。

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The spikes on the ledge helped keep the nest firmly in place

窗台上的尖刺帮助把巢牢牢地固定在原位。

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And the ledge gave them a great view of the park

而且这个窗台让他们能一览公园的景色。

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Soon the family grew

很快，这个家庭壮大了。

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When three chicks were seen in the nest, people watching below cheered

当巢里出现三只雏鸟时，下面观看的人们欢呼起来。

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They had been waiting a long time to see the chicks

他们等了好久，终于看到了雏鸟。

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Pale Male and his mate fed the baby chicks every day

白胸和他的配偶每天都给雏鸟喂食。

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When the babies were ready, they learned to fly from their parents

当幼鸟们准备好后，它们便跟随父母学习飞行。

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Pale Male and his mate were good parents

白胸和它的配偶是称职的父母。

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Pale Male was becoming more and more famous

白胸变得越来越有名。

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A devoted group of bird-watchers followed his every move

一群忠实的观鸟者密切关注着它的一举一动。

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New Yorkers grew to love him as they read about his adventures in the newspapers and saw pictures of him and his family on the Internet

纽约人在报纸上读到它的冒险故事，又在网上看到它和家人的照片，渐渐爱上了它。

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He became a part of everyday life in the city

它成了这座城市日常生活的一部分。

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But not everyone loved the hawks

但并非人人都喜欢这些鹰。

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Red-tailed hawks are large birds, and they keep adding twigs to their nests

红尾鹰是大型鸟类，而且它们会不停地往巢里添加树枝。

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The apartment people didn't like the mess they made

公寓的人不喜欢它们弄出的脏乱。

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Pale Male's nest was now eight feet wide and weighed four hundred pounds!

那时白胸的巢已有八英尺宽，重达四百磅！

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People complained that bits of the nest and pigeon parts kept falling to the ground

人们抱怨总是有鸟巢碎片和鸽子残骸掉到地上。

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They wanted to get rid of the nest

他们想移除这个鸟巢。

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One cold and rainy day in December 2004, the apartment people got permission to take down the nest

在2004年12月一个寒冷的雨天，公寓方获准拆除了鸟巢。

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Pale Male's home was gone

白胸的家没了。

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The next day everyone knew what had happened

第二天，人人都知道了这件事。

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It was in the newspapers and on TV all over the world

全世界的报纸和电视都报道了。

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Soon people gathered at the building to protest

很快，人们聚集在那栋楼前抗议。

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They carried signs: HONK 4 HAWKS! NYC KIDS FOR PALE MALE! BRING BACK THE NEST!

他们举着标语：“鸣笛支持鹰！纽约孩子支持白胸！把巢还回来！”

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Cars, buses, cabdrivers, even police in their cruisers honked in support as they drove by

小汽车、公共汽车、出租车司机，甚至巡逻的警察驶过时都鸣笛以示支持。

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People who loved Pale Male wrote letters to the apartment people

喜爱白胸的人们给公寓方写信。

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It took about three weeks, but finally the two groups met

大约花了三周时间，双方终于会面了。

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The hawk lovers won. Pale Male could now build a new nest

爱鹰人士赢了。白胸可以重建新巢了。

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Experts were called in to design a better support structure for it, one that would make everyone happy

专家们被请来为它设计一个更好的支撑结构，一个能让大家都满意的方案。

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And the happiest of all was — Pale Male, of course!

而其中最开心的当然是——白胸啦！

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As of 2014 he is still living on the ledge in New York City

截至2014年，它仍然生活在纽约市的窗台上。

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He has raised many chicks with all of his mates

它已与它的各任配偶共同养育了许多雏鸟。

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There are even books and movies about Pale Male

甚至还有关于白胸的书和电影。

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Now that's a pretty amazing story!

这可真是一个相当精彩的故事！