A Life with Birds有鳥陪伴的生活
For nearly 17 years David Cope has worked as one of the Tower of London's yeoman warders, __1__ known to tourists as beefeaters. David, 64, lives in a three-bedroomed flat right at the __2__ of the Byward Tower, one of the gatehouses. "__3__ our bedroom we have a marvellous view of Tower Bridge and the Thames, " says David.
作為倫敦塔的守衛(wèi)者之一David Cope在那里工作了近17年，被游客們稱為Beefeaters。David，64歲，生活在Byward塔頂部的一個三居室的單元里，一個警衛(wèi)室。David說：“從我們的臥室看去，我們可以看到倫敦塔橋和泰晤士河的一個美好景色。”
The Tower of London is famous __4__ its ravens, the large black birds which have lived there for over three centuries. David was immediately fascinated by the birds and when he was __5__ the post of Raven Master eight years ago he had no __6__ in accepting it. "The birds have now become my life and I'm always __7__ of the fact that I am __8__ a tradition. The legend says that if the ravens leave the Tower, England will fall to enemies, and it's my job to __9__ sure this doesn't happen!"
倫敦塔以大黑色的鳥——烏鴉而，它們已經(jīng)在那里生活了三個多世紀。David立刻被這種鳥迷住了，當他在八年前被提供烏鴉主人的職位時他毫不猶豫地接受了它?！斑@種鳥類現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成為我的生命，我總是警覺到我在保持一個傳統(tǒng)。傳說中說，如果烏鴉離開倫敦塔，英國將落到敵人手中，我的工作就是確保這種情況不會發(fā)生!”
David_10_about four hours a day to the care of the ravens. He has grown to love them and the _11__ that he lives right next to them is ideal. "I can _12__ a close eye on them all the time, and not just when I'm working." __13__, David's wife Mo was not __14__ on the idea of life in the Tower, but she too will be sad to leave when he retires next year. "When we look out of our windows, we see history __15__ around us, and we are taking it in and storing it up for our future memories."
David每天大約用四個小時的時間來護理烏鴉。他已經(jīng)愛上了它們，而他緊挨在它們的旁邊生活是選擇?！拔铱梢栽谒械臅r間內(nèi)密切關注它們，不僅僅是在工作的時候?！逼鸪酰珼avid的妻子Mo對生活在塔里的想法并不熱衷，但David明年即將退休，她要離開時也會很傷心?！爱斘覀兺高^我們的窗口向外看，我們看到歷史環(huán)繞在我們身邊，我們正接受它并為我們未來的記憶存儲它?！?BR> 詞匯：
marvellous /'mɑ:viləs/a.奇妙的，不可思議的 fascinate / 'fæsmeIt / v. 著迷，吸引
raven /'reivən/ n. 烏鴉，黑色的鳥 legend / 'led3;lnd / n. 傳奇，傳說
注釋：
1. ...from our bedroom we have a marvellous view of ... :從我們的臥室看去，有一個奇妙的角度。。。
2. ... keen on the idea of life in the Tower..: 熱衷于塔里的生活