英语新闻:关闭机场追兔子Hare-Raising Chase Closes Italian Airport

Dean

The airport in Milan, Italy, was shut down for about three hours Sunday while volunteers(志愿者)chased wild hares around the runways(跑道).
The furry(毛皮的)critters(小动物)are often seen at the airport but this year their numbers have multiplied(成倍)after a mild winter, and takeoffs(起飞) and landings(降落)were being affected.

\"Animals passing in front of ground radar(雷达)were creating false alarms in the control towers,\" one official said.

For Sunday's roundup(围追), about 200 volunteers blew whistles and waved their arms to spook(惊吓)the bounding(跑跳)animals out of hiding and into waiting nets.

More than 60 animals were caught and taken to a wildlife preserve(保护区).

Dean

1. spook
n. 幽灵, 鬼
vt. 惊吓, 鬼怪般地出没
vi. 惊吓而逃窜, 受惊
The cattle are so nervous at this time of year that they will spook at a dog, and run wild for no reason. 每年到这个时候牛都很神经质，看到一条狗也会受惊，无缘无故发疯狂奔。

2. bound

v.跳跃, 限制
The young animals were bounding about the field. 这些小动物在地上跳着跑。

Big rocks were bounding down. 巨石从上面滚滚而下。

The dog was bounding about. 那条狗到处乱跳。

The little horse is bounding. 小马在跳跃。