Transcript:
These goats are about to start a unique assignment.
For the next two weeks, their job will be to graze 24 hours a day at the Congressional Cemetery on Capitol Hill.
A national historic landmark that's the final resting place for more than 70 members of Congress and J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI.
SOUNDBITE: OWNER OF BROWSING GREEN GOATS, MARY BOWEN SAYING:
"The routine is we have to put up the fencing first. The goats stay in the trailer and wait for us. Once we get the fencing up, it won't take too much longer, we'll be able to let the goats loose and they'll be here about two weeks eating up the vegetation and clearing up the cemetery."
Cemetery officials have hired the goats to help get rid of vines, poison ivy, ground cover and even fallen debris.
Officials say using goats eliminates the need for chemical herbicides.
SOUNDBITE: OWNER OF BROWSING GREEN GOATS, MARY BOWEN SAYING:
"The main focus is the goats are not harming the environment and they are saving the pollinators because they are doing this organically."
SOUNDBITE: HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY PRESIDENT PAUL K. WILLIAMS SAYING:
"The goats are pulling off a lot of invasive species off the fence and off the tree back there."
This is the second time the cemetery has brought in a herd of goats to help with ground-keeping work.
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Vocabulary:
| assignment (n) |
/əˈsaɪn.mənt/ |
a piece of work given to someone, typically as part of their studies or job:a job that someone is sent somewhere to do | công việc được giao |
| graze (v) |
/ɡreɪz/ |
to (cause animals to) eat grass: | (động vật) gặm cỏ |
| vegetation (n) |
/ˌvedʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ |
plants in general, or plants that are found in a particular area: | thực vật nói chung |
| vine (n) | /vaɪn/ | the climbing plant that produces grapes as its fruit | cây nho |
| ivy (n) |
/ˈaɪ.vi/ |
an evergreen plant (= one that never loses its leaves) that often grows up trees or buildings: | cây thường xuân |
| herbicide (n) | /ˈhɜː.bɪ.saɪd/ | a chemical that is used to destroy plants, especially weeds | thuốc diệt cỏ |
| pollinator (n) | /ˈpä-lə-ˌnā-tər/ | A pollinator is the biotic agent (vector) that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilization or 'syngamy' of the female gametes in the ovule of the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grain. Convey pollen to or deposit pollen on (a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant) and so allow fertilization: | loài vật trung gian có tác dụng giúp cây thụ phấn |
| invasive (adj) |
/ɪnˈveɪ.sɪv/ |
moving into all areas of something and difficult to stop: | có tính xâm lấn |
| herd (n) |
/hɜːd/ |
a large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together: | đàn (gồm nhiều con vật) |
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