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.

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。

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Each year red-winged blackbirds stop in a certain region of Midland Province on their spring and fall migration.

每年春天和秋天，红翼黑鹂都会在米德兰省的某个地区停留。

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When you're worried that the world is coming to an end, you don't stop to notice that spring has come early this year.

当你担心世界将会走向尽头的时候，你也许会注意到今年的春天来的较早。

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Earlier this spring, Congress approved a stop-gap budget law that would, among other things, ease budget cuts for the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, and Veterans Affairs.

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Later this spring the Fed is expected to stop buying mortgage-backed securities, a move that is worrying those in the housing markets who had hoped for a smooth recovery.

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He added that it would mean work would also be delayed for six months, as contractors would have to stop in October and restart in the spring.

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