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As with global affairs, nature has its pecking order.

And in a contest between the bald eagle, America's national bird, and a common loon, which is featured on Canada's dollar coin, few would bet on the latter to come out the victor.

But sometimes the underdog comes out on top, as was revealed when an eagle was found dead in the water near a dead loon chick in a Maine lake.

A necropsy revealed he was killed by a stab to the heart from a loon's beak.

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)

global affairs: 全球事務(wù)

pecking order: 啄序

·a country has its pecking order: 國(guó)家有“啄食”秩序

contest n. 比賽

·speaking contest: 演講比賽

·beauty contest: 選美比賽

bald eagle: 禿鷹，白頭鷹

common loon: 普通潛鳥

bet vi. 下賭注（~on）

·bet on this horse: 賭這匹馬贏

·bet on the right/wrong horse: 站對(duì)/錯(cuò)了隊(duì)

victor n. 勝利者，獲勝者

·victory n. 勝利

underdog n. 劣勢(shì)方，弱者

·an underdog comes out on top: 草根翻盤

necropsy n. （動(dòng)物的）尸檢

·autopsy n. （人類的）尸檢

stab n./v. 刺，捅

·stab sb. in the back: 在某人背后捅刀子

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