當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裾f(shuō)，近幾年孔雀的數(shù)量有所增加，而且變得更具攻擊性

Peacocks in a Devon village have been attacking cars by scratching and pecking at the paintwork.
德文郡有一個(gè)村落，村里的孔雀一直以來(lái)都愛(ài)襲擊車(chē)輛，朝車(chē)身連抓帶啄。

The birds, that live around Bishops Court Estate in Clyst St Mary, near Exeter, and are mistaking their reflections for rival birds.
（英國(guó)）?？巳厥懈浇袀€(gè)克利斯特圣瑪麗村，孔雀就在村里的教區(qū)附近活動(dòng)，它們誤將汽車(chē)上自己的倒影當(dāng)成了競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。

The peacocks are thought to be wild and have been targeting dark-coloured vehicles.
據(jù)說(shuō)這些孔雀都是野生的，它們喜歡把深色車(chē)輛當(dāng)成襲擊目標(biāo)。

Local residents said in recent years the birds had increased in number and grown more aggressive.
據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裾f(shuō)，近幾年孔雀的數(shù)量有所增加，它們也變得更具攻擊性。

Penny Hill, a business support manager at a nearby business estate, said her Audi TT was repeatedly violently attacked by a peacock.
彭妮·希爾在附近的商業(yè)區(qū)做業(yè)務(wù)支持經(jīng)理，她說(shuō)她的奧迪TT多次遭到一只孔雀猛烈攻擊。

"The pecking has completely ruined the paintwork and it is going to cost around ￡500-￡600 to fix," she said.
她說(shuō)：“車(chē)漆已經(jīng)被完全啄壞了，修的話(huà)得花費(fèi)大約500至600英鎊。”

"They're attacking the car because it's mating season and they think the reflection is another bird which it's jealous of.
“因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在是交配季，它們把汽車(chē)上自己的身影當(dāng)成了另一只孔雀，出于嫉妒才攻擊車(chē)輛。”

"I just want to know who owns the birds because they need to be restrained or re-homed."
“我只想知道誰(shuí)是這些孔雀的主人，他們需要管一管了，或者替它們重新找居所?！?/p>

彭妮·希爾的奧迪TT多次被孔雀抓啄

Stephen Fricker owns a business on the same estate and has had his company car damaged by the birds.
斯蒂芬·弗里克在該區(qū)域經(jīng)營(yíng)一家公司，他的公司用車(chē)也被孔雀?jìng)儞p壞了。

"It's very frustrating they scratched all down the driver's side and had a good go at the boot," he said.
他說(shuō)：“真令人沮喪，它們把整個(gè)駕駛座一側(cè)都抓了，后備箱也被抓得很厲害?！?/p>

"It was that aggressive the bird ripped its own claw off and left the car covered in blood."
“這些孔雀很有攻擊性，它們把爪子都磨破了，車(chē)身留下不少血跡?！?/p>

孔雀磨壞了它們的爪子和喙，使車(chē)身上留下血跡

Mr Fricker said he had tried lots of ways to deter the birds but was unsuccessful.
弗里克先生說(shuō)他試過(guò)很多方法來(lái)阻止孔雀損壞車(chē)子，但都沒(méi)用。

"We put a mirror out so it would attack that but they still went for the cars, we're now having to use a car cover," he said.
他說(shuō)：“我在車(chē)外面放了一面鏡子，好讓孔雀攻擊它，但是它們?nèi)匀还糗?chē)輛，我們現(xiàn)在不得不使用車(chē)罩?！?/p>

"We've got two choices - shoot the poor things or re-home them, and they are beautiful creatures so we don't want to kill them."
“我們現(xiàn)在有兩個(gè)選擇——要么打死這些可憐的東西，要么重新給它們找合適的居所。它們都很漂亮，所以我們并不想殺了它們。”

Local residents are now contacting animal authorities to see what can be done.
當(dāng)?shù)鼐用衲壳罢c動(dòng)物保護(hù)部門(mén)聯(lián)系，看看能采取什么有效措施。

Vocabulary

scratch：抓

peck：啄

reflection：倒影

boot：后備箱（英式用法）