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I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.

I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.

I examined the chick and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.

The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.

Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.

A nervous night to be sure,but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by zxxk the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.

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I work with volunteers（-er结尾，一看就是一种人。是什么样的人呢？这个词的意思是“志愿者”。另外，这个词还有动词的词性，比如volunteerto do sth.，就是“自愿做什么事儿”） for wildlife, a rescue（这个词是什么意思呢？看看后面，他们要做的具体内容是help injured, displaced or sick creatures，猜猜看。是的，这个词的意思就是“营救”） and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking（这个词很好理解啊，heart是“心”，break是“破”，所以heartbreaking就是“心碎的”。问题是救这些动物不是挺好的事儿嘛，为什么要心碎呢？后面一句话告诉我们了，因为“能不能存货是无法确定的”）; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.

I got a rescue call from（get a call from sb.就是“接到某人的电话”这个意思） a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl（这种动物是哈利波特同学的宠物，嗯，就是“猫头鹰”。据说这玩意儿腿挺长的） on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl（此处无配图，请脑补，然后女同学请说“卡哇伊！”... ...）. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.

猛禽卖萌，看了不怂

I examined the chick（前面说那只猫头鹰只有两到三周大，那么这个词的意思就是“雏鸟”） and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor（这个词的本身是船上的那个“锚”，作为动词呢，意思就是“锚定”、“固定”） it in a tree.

The homeowner was very helpful. A wire（这个词的意思是“金属线”、“电线”。其实它也有动词的意思，就是“拍电报”。当然，估计现在的小朋友完全不知道什么是电报... ...如果你是小朋友，想知道什么是电报，请回去问爸爸妈妈；如果你跟我是同龄人，请回忆童年，或装嫩，然后回去问爸爸妈妈） basket was found. I put some pine branches（这是“松树枝”的意思。用松树枝来做窝，不知道扎不扎猫头鹰的屁股哈... ...） into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down（是不是看见过有人在胸口印在calm down？这是“平静”的意思，当然我也看过有人在胸口印着camel，那是“骆驼”... ...）.

Now all that（还记得我们讲过all that在考试里面的用法吗？如果没有，请翻之前的文章。我不会告诉你是哪一篇，因为我希望每一篇都能增加阅读量... ...） was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams（这个很好理解，就是“饥饿时的叫声”） of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well（明白了，播放那个叫声的作用有两个，一是希望能把小猫头鹰的爹妈给召来，二是希望能让小猫鹰也跟着叫。这也算是一种学前教育吧... ...）. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.

A nervous night to be sure,but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all（the spirits of nature smile on us all可能是全文唯一不那么那么好理解的一句话。我们看一下哈，前面有一个形容词nervous，意思是“紧张的”，后面跟着一个but，也就意味着这句话表示的意思跟“紧张”这种情况是相反的。如果是考试的话，理解成这样就可以了。那这句话到底是什么意思呢？请拿出小本本抄一抄，因为这句话还是很美的，它的意思是“自然之灵对我们投以微笑”）! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over（drive over的意思就是“开车前往”，很显然，后面可以不用跟目的地） and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all（这个是什么意思呢？就是“最伟大或者最美丽的景象”。是什么呢？看后面就知道，这是猫头鹰爹妈给宝宝弄的食物）—LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.