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Have you done your homework yet, Lucy?
露西 你做完作业了吗
I'm just taking a break, Mum.
妈妈 我就休息一会儿
I've found this really strange story
我发现了这个很奇怪的故事
on the eNews Website.
在电子新闻网上
Come and have a look.
快过来看看
An eight-year-old peacock in
什罗普郡一只8岁的孔雀
Shropshire has fallen hopelessly
无药可救地
in love with a petrol pump.
爱上了加油泵
Every day for the last three years,
过去三年里 每天
Mr. P., the peacock,
P先生 这只孔雀
has made the three-hundred-metre
跑三百米
journey along the main road from
沿着主干路
his home to the busy petro station.
从价到拥挤的加油站
There,
那里
he opens up his tail feathers
他张开自己的尾巴羽毛
and shows off to a line of petrol pumps.
对一排加油泵炫耀
The pumps make a clicking noise
顾客加满油的时候
when someone is filling up.
加油泵发出咔嗒的声音
To Mr. P.,
对于P先生来说
this sounds just like an admiring peahen.
这个声音像雌孔雀的羡慕
One pump in particular
尤其有一个泵
has won Mr. P.'s admiration.
赢得了P先生的羡慕
He has been faithful to this pump
他对这个泵很忠诚
since he was five.
从五岁起开始
Mr. P. has lost interest in
P先生对
the peahens at home.
家里的雌孔雀失去了兴趣
Clearly, they can't compete
很明显 它们无法
with the glamorous petrol pump!
与这个漂亮的加油泵媲美
