The crash was a major reason the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided to formally list the bird as threatened.
这次锐减是美国鱼类和野生动物管理局决定正式将这种鸟列为濒危物种的主要原因。
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I felt as if I had died and, for some unknown reason, was still breathing.
我觉得自己好像死了，但不知为什么，还在呼吸。
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As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was "paying her dues," and that "there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew."