NPR | Think Of Your Feathered Friends As You Plan For Fireworks

[sentence 9]46 words> Some 5,000 red-winged blackbirds, European starlings, common grackles and brown-headed cowbirds suffered blunt-force trauma after colliding with cars, trees and buildings, an ornithologist from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission would tell National Geographic.

主句是： birds suffered blunt-force trauma.

生词：

or·ni·tholo·gist n. /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒɪst/ a person who studies birds 鸟类学家

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[sentence 24]44 words> There have been no mass-scale bird deaths reported as a result of fireworks since the Arkansas event, but in recent years, localities across the world have still documented harm to birds from loud pyrotechnics and taken steps to reduce the impact.

主句：There have been no mass-scale bird deaths, but localities have still documented harm and taken steps to reduce the impact.

生词：

pyrotechnics 英 /paɪrə(ʊ)'teknɪks/ 美 /,pɪəro'tɛknɪks/ n. 烟火制造术；烟火使用；各种烟火

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[sentence 25]40 words> In 2008, for example, federal officials showed that seabirds in the northern California town of Gualala abandoned their nests after a fireworks show, leaving their eggs vulnerable to predators, SF Gate reports.

主句: federal officials showed that .... 

that从句中的主句是： seabirds abandoned their nests.

单词：

predator 英 /'predətə/ 美 /ˈpredətər;predˈətər/ n. [动] 捕食者；[动] 食肉动物；掠夺者

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[sentence 36]38 words>  A 2015 study published in the journal PNAS estimated that 90 percent of seabirds have likely ingested plastics, though Brown says the issue can also affect other birds as well.

主句： A 2015 study estimated that ..

that从句的主句是： 90 percent of seabirds have ingested plastics.

though 是连词，表示让步，后跟一个完整句子。

单词：

ingest 英 /ɪn'dʒest/ 美 /ɪn'dʒɛst/ vt. 摄取；咽下；吸收；接待

though 英 /ðəʊ/ 美 /ðo/ conj. 虽然，尽管 adv. 虽然；不过；然而

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