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Unit 3 THE PROBLEM OF THE SHRIKES蛇的困扰 When I called up my mother in the countryside on the telephone she was very upset. 我给住在乡下的母亲打电话的时候，她感到很心烦。 There are some snakes in our courtyard, she told me. “我们院子里有几条蛇，”她告诉我说， Snakes come near the house now and then, and they seem to have made their home here, not far from the walnut tree. Can you get rid of （摆脱，去除）them please? “蛇时不时地爬到屋子边上来。可这几条蛇似乎是在屋子附近离胡桃树不远的地方安家了。你能不能把它们赶走？” I felt very proud. 我感到很自豪， Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something merciful that would catch snakes but not harm them. (定语从句)这回我有机会来表现一下自己了。我要发明某种仁慈的东西。既可以把蛇捉住，而又不会伤害它们。 I knew my parents would not like me to（想要做某事） hurt these living creatures!我知道我的父母亲是不会让我伤害这些生物的。 The first thing I did（定语从句） was to see if there were any products that might help me（定语从句）, but there only seemed to be powders designed （定语）to kill snakes. 我所做的第一件事就是看看有没有现成的产品能帮助我。但是，看来只有一种毒杀蛇的药粉。 A new approach was clearly needed. 很明显，我得找一种新的方法了。 I set about researching the habits of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them. 于是我就着手研究蛇的习性，以便能找到最容易的方法捉住它们。Luckily these reptiles are small and that made the solution easier. 好在这些爬行动物都很小，问题比较容易解决。 Prepared with some research findings, I decided on three possible approaches: 经过一番研究准备之后，我决定采用三种可能的方法： firstly, removing their habitat; 第一，铲除蛇的栖息地；secondly, attracting them into a trap using male or female perfume or food; 第二，用男人或女人用的香水或食物把它们引进陷阱； and thirdly cooling them so that they would become sleepy and could be easily caught. 第三，降低它们的体温，使它们困乏，这样就容易把它们捉住。 I decided to use the last one. 我决定采用最后一种方法。 I bought an ice-cream maker which was made of stainless steel.（定语从句） Between the outside and the inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes when cooled（省略主语）. 我买了一个制冰淇淋的不锈钢碗，在碗的内壁和外壁之间有些胶状物，冷却后会冻结。 I put the bowl into the fridge and waited for 24 hours. 我把这个碗放进冰箱，冷冻了24小时。At the same time I prepared some ice-cubes.与此同时，我还准备了一些冰块儿。 The next morning I got up early before the sun was hot. 第二天