But she was amazed to see an African Grey Congo parrot perched on a water butt as she hung out washing in the garden.
然而，当她在后花园进行洗涮时，竟然看到一只灰色的非洲刚果鹦鹉栖息在水桶上。
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Off Japan's northeastern coast, an oil tanker lay eerily stranded in shallow water. Inland, in Sendai, a black mini-van perched perilously on a metal post.
日本东北部海岸不远处，一艘油轮怪异地搁浅在浅水区。在内陆的仙台，则有辆小面包车停在危险地金属桩上。
3
This city of 3 million, perched on hills between the desert and the fertile valley below, draws its drinking and irrigation water from the Jordan River.