2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解创优专练10
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london (reuters) — quiet please —
buckingham palace has announced that the annual swan upping, a tradition dating back to the 12th century which involves a census of the swan population on the river thames, will be conducted by the queen’ s official swan marker from july 20 24.
“with the assistance of the queen’ s swan warden, professor christopher perrins of the university of oxford, the swans and young cygnets (小天鹅) are also assessed for any signs of injury or disease，” buckingham palace said in announcing the count.
the process involves the swan marker, david barber, rowing up the thames for five days with the swan warden in traditional skiffs while wearing special scarlet uniforms and counting, weighing and measuring swans and cygnets.
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