双语趣闻：爱上明轮船的天鹅

　　Swan in love with paddle boat

　　A swan who fell in love with a swan-shaped paddle boat has been moved to a zoo with his plastic lover.

　　Biologists in Muenster，north-western Germany，say the rare Black Austra

lian Swanhas been showing all thetypical signs of love for its species，circling its plastic lover，staring endlessly at it and making crooning noises.

　　The swan now refuses to fly south for winter without his mate.

　　Park keepers say that'Black Peter'as the love sick swan is known，refused to leave the boat on the Aasee Lake.

　　Boat-owner Peter Overschmidt has agreed not to lock his boat away for the winter.

　　He said:"When you see how Peter circles the swan boat you know there could be no other option，it's the centre of his life."

　　Zoo director Joerg Adlersaid:"This arrangement could goon for ever because the animal now firmly believes he has found a partner for life."

　　一只天鹅爱上了一只长得像天鹅的明轮船。现在该天鹅已和其"塑料爱人"一并被送到一间动物园。

　　来自德国明思特的生物学家说，那只罕见的澳大利亚黑天鹅表现出各种典型的恋爱行为:围着它的"塑料爱人"打转，眼睛死死地盯着它并轻轻哼着"小调"。

　　目前，这只堕入爱河的天鹅拒绝独自飞往南方过冬。

　　动物园管理者表示，黑天鹅不愿意离开位于阿塞湖(AaseeLake)的"爱人"(见上图)。

　　该明轮船船主彼得已同意在冬天不将该船锁藏起来。

　　他指出，当你看到那只黑天鹅如何围着长得像他的同类的明轮船打转时，我可能别无选择，因为那毕竟是他生活的中心。

　　动物园园长约尔格·亚德勒称，这个安排可能会一直维持，因为黑天鹅现在坚信他已找到了终身伴侣。

　　(路易)

　　(观宇/编制)