Mustangs 600字高中英语作文

　　Mustangs

　　The image of horses running free across the plains is a popular symbol of the American West. However, mustangs are not native to the United States，they are descendants of Spanish horses. When Spanish armies came to the New World in the 16th century, they brought horses with them. Before the Spanish arrived，horses had been extinct in the New World for about 12,000 years.

　　The free horses that live in the western United States are called mustangs. The word comes from the Spanish word mesteno, meaning "wild". Mustangs are medium-sized horses. They measure around 56 inches to 60 inches(140 to 150 centimeters).They weigh around 800 pounds (360kg).

　　These horses escaped from the Spanish soldiers. And they were also used by native people to fight against the Spanish army. As time went on, the horses gave birth to baby horses and were joined by other horses.

　　By the end of the 19th century, about two million mustangs ran across the countryside. Farmers began to complain. The mustangs were destroying their crops. The mustang population decreased as farmers drove the horses away from the plains. Then, private conservation efforts to protect the mustangs began as early as 1925.

　　By 1970, fewer than 17,000 mustangs were left. As a result, the United States passed a law that protected the horses. Now, it is estimated that more than 35,000 mustangs are living in the United States today.

英语作文

　　An increasing number of hares have been causing such chaos at Milan's city airport that officials have decided to take immediate measures to try and catch them.Linate airport will close for three hours on Sunday while 200 wildlife experts go out on the runways to catch about 80 hares. Hares have been active on the runways for months, confusing the ground radar, and endangering planes landing and taking off, say officials. "In the last two weeks hares have ended up below the wheels of two planes," said Alberto Grancini,the Milan province official in charge of hunting and wildlife."They could have caused serious accidents."

　　The Milan airport officials said that the hare population at Linate had greatly increased this year leading to several attempts to drive them away from the airport. Unfortunately the hares have refused to leave, so the decision has been made to close the airport altogether to try to catch them.

　　The operation begins on Saturday, when an area of 4 square kilometres will be closed off including the runways and aircraft parking areas. The hare hunters will move in at the beginning of the day on Sunday, catching hares until 8.00 a.m. when Linate will reopen. Twelve flights will have to be rescheduled for later in the day. The hares will be taken to protected nature reserves in the Milan area and will be set free, in the hope that they do not find their way back to the airport.

　　Linate, which is only 7 km from the centre of Milan, was built in the 1930s, and served as the city's main airport until the modernization of Malpensa, 50 km up the road. Linate is mainly used by national carriers such as Alitalia and British Airways.