High-flying president

He famously fought bears, saved the Ussuriysk tiger, flew a fighter jet, put out forest fires from aboard a plane, and just happened to stumble upon意外發現 two ancient古 Greek amphoras陶土罐 while performing a deep-sea dive.潛水 

But now Vladimir Putin is to embark從事 on arguably可以說 his most bizarre離奇的 stunt特技: flying at the head of a flock群 of endangered瀕臨危險的 Siberian cranes. According to reports, this should happen in the Yamal Peninsula, in north-western Siberia, en route to the APEC summit首腦. Mr Putin's spokesman has confirmed that his boss has been taking flying lessons, and that he'll be making a stopover at Yamal, but would not elaborate闡述. 

This is all part of the project 'Flight of Hope', where cranes, born in captivity出生不是在自然環境下, are helped by hang gliders to migrate to Central Asia to spend the winter. But this time, weather permitting允許, flying suspended暫停 under a huge wing, will be Russia's top VIP. Vladimir Putin will be leader of the pack, the Alpha Male, showing the birds the route. 

For the flight, the Russian president will don穿上 a white robe長袍, a helmet頭盔 and a beak鳥嘴! Wildlife experts say this is necessary so that the birds recognise him as their leader. Since they are born in captivity, white robes would be the first thing they remember. During the flight, he's also supposed to emit發出 some specific recognisable sounds. 

Russia's very active blogger and twitter-sphere has, understandably, gone into overdrive, with people refusing to believe this is for real. Spoofs惡搞 are coming in thick and fast, with one blogger announcing that Mr Putin is to lead next year, a shoal淺灘 of endangered fish from the bay海灣 of St Petersburg, to a place where they can spawn產卵 in safety.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/09/120907_witn_flying_putin.shtml