NBC晚间新闻 受人欢迎的泰迪熊活动

Just when parents and kids thought the boredom¹ was unbearable², teddy bears started cropping up in neighborhood windows. We went the first night and found like 20-something. I think now 21. Now we're up to like a hundred and twelve. Turning stir-crazy kids into stuffed animals scavenger³ hunters. So it can be like an Easter egg hunt almost except it's like bears. Bears have now been spotted⁴ across the country. Even going global, sightings reported in Wales and New Zealand.

A welcome distraction⁵. It was really exciting and something fun to look forward to. The last one was the biggest of all that. Some neighborhoods have even turned it into a walking Safari⁶ with all sorts of wildlife. I have a five year old and she's learning animals she's counting all of them. It counts as school. A lesson in coming together even while staying six feet apart.

就在家长和孩子非常无聊的时候，泰迪熊开始出现在附近的窗户上。我们第一天晚上看到大约有20个熊，现在应该有21个了。现在我们看到大约112个泰迪熊了。把疯狂的孩子们变成填充动物玩具的搜寻者。它就像是寻找复活节彩蛋，只是这次我们找的是泰迪熊。现在全国各地都发现了泰迪熊。它甚至扩展到全球，威尔士和新西兰都有人看到。一个受欢迎的消遣。这真的很令人兴奋，也很有趣。上一个熊是最大的。一些社区甚至把它变成了观赏各种野生动物的徒步旅行。我有一个五岁的孩子，她正在学习动物，她在数所有的动物。这就是一种学习。这是一节关于即使相距六英尺也要走到一起的课程。

1 boredom   

n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊

参考例句：

• Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
• A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

2 unbearable   

adj.不能容忍的；忍受不住的

参考例句：

• It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
• The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。

3 scavenger   

n.以腐尸为食的动物，清扫工

参考例句：

• He's just fit for a job as scavenger.他只配当个清道夫。
• He is not a scavenger nor just a moving appetite as some sharks are.它不是食腐动物，也不像有些鲨鱼那样，只知道游来游去满足食欲。

4 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

5 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

6 safari   

n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队

参考例句：

• When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。
• They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。