今年，为了减少秋季黑鸟的数量，米德兰的农民在春季黑鸟停飞期间，申请了发放少量有毒大米的许可。

This year Midland farmers sought permits to set out small amounts of poisoned rice during the blackbirds' spring stop in order to reduce the fall blackbird population.

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1896年，22岁的马可尼在英国申请了他的第一项专利，1937年，他在意大利去世。在此期间，马可尼是电子通信领域每一项重大创新的中心人物。

Between 1896, when he applied for his first patent in England at the age of 22, and his death in Italy in 1937, Marconi was at the center of every major innovation in electronic communication.

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在经济衰退期间，由于人们寻找一切可以找到的收入来源，提前申请社会保险老年人的比例迅速上升。

The share of older people applying for Social Security early rose quickly during the recession as people sought whatever income they could find.

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