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A Life with Birds 有鸟陪伴的生活 For nearly 17 years David Cope has worked as one of the Tower of Londons yeoman warders, better known to tourists as beefeaters. David, 64, lives in a three-bedroomed flat right at the top of the Byward Tower, one of the gatehouses. From our bedroom we have a marvellous view of Tower Bridge and the 奇妙的景色 Thames, says David. The Tower of London is famous for its ravens, the large black birds which have lived there for over three centuries. David was immediately fascinated by the birds and when he was offered the post of Raven Master eight years ago he had no hesitation in accepting it. The birds have now become my life and Im always aware of the fact that I am maintaining a tradition. The legend says that if the ravens leave the Tower, England will fall to enemies, and its my job to make sure this doesnt happen! David devotes about four hours a day to the care of the ravens. He has grown to love them and the fact that he lives right next to them is ideal. I can keep a close eye on them all the time, and not just when Im working. At first, Davids wife Mo was not keen on the idea of life in the Tower, but she too will be sad to leave when he retires next year. When we look out of our windows, we see history all around us, and we are taking it in and storing it up for our future memories. A Life with Birds有鸟陪伴的生活For nearly 17 years David Cope has worked as（work动词，原意“工作”，与as搭配，表示作为……，工作了……） one of the Tower of Londons yeoman warders, __better1__ known（表示“更为人所熟知”，good的比较级） to tourists as beefeaters. David, 64, lives in a three-bedroomed flat right at the __at 2__ of（词组搭配 at the top of ，表示在……顶部） the Byward Tower, one of the gatehouses. __from 3__（表示从卧室的角度看去，这里考察方位介词） our bedroom we have a marvellous view of Tower Bridge and the Thames, says David. 译文： 作为伦敦塔的守卫者之一David Cope在那里工作了近17年，被游客们称为Beefeaters。David，64岁，生活在Byward塔顶部的一个三居室的单元里，一个警卫室。 David说：“从我们的卧室看去，我们可以看到伦敦塔桥和泰晤士河的一个美好景色。” The Tower of London is famous __for 4__（固定搭配 be famous fo