" the department is seeking clarification with the us authorities on their measures to prevent the disease . as a precautionary measure , we will not issue any import permit for prairie dogs from the united states for the time being , " the spokesman said 发言人说：渔护署正向美国有关部门了解他们所采取的预防疾病方法，我们亦会采取预防措施，暂停签发入口许可证予来自美国的土拨鼠。
I am on the alert for the first signs of spring ， to hear the chance note of some arriving bird ， or the striped squirrel ' s chirp ， for his stores must be now nearly exhausted ， or see the woodchuck venture out of his winter quarters 我注意地等待着春天的第一个信号，倾听着一些飞来鸟雀的偶然的乐音，或有条纹的松鼠的啁啾，因为它的储藏大约也告罄了吧，我也想看? ?看土拨鼠如何从它们冬蛰的地方出现。
To explain this , biologists have theorised that these females are mating with males who are genetically superior to their regular mates , thus getting the benefit of parental assistance from a cuckold and good genes from a lothario 为了解释这种现象，生物学家们理论化地讲道，这些雌性与其它一些雄性进行交配是因为它们比自己的正常配偶更具有优秀的遗传能力，这样雌性土拨鼠不仅能够得到雄性土拨鼠对幼畜的照料，同时又能得到洛斯里奥的优良基因。
