2006年VOA标准英语-Fatal Alligator Attacks in Florida have Re
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（五月）
By Melinda Smith
Washington, DC
18 May 2006
watch Gator Killings 1 report
Florida wildlife officials are warning residents to avoid areas where alligators 3 are on the prowl. Three women have been killed by alligators recently, a disturbingly high number compared to the rate in previous years. VOA's Melinda Smith looks at some of the reasons why attacks have increased.
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The alligator 2's normal habitat is the dense 4 vegetation of Florida's marshes 5, rivers and lakes.
But in recent decades, much of that wetland has been used to accommodate the state's boom in housing and commercial construction. With more and more people moving to Florida, alligators have less room to roam.
Kent Vilet
There are two other factors at hand: this is mating season and the state's drought has forced many of these reptiles 6 to travel farther in their search for food.
University of Florida zoologist 7 Kent Vliet says the posted wildlife warnings should be taken seriously. "You've got to be especially cautious anytime you're near water in Florida, and you have your dog with you, because alligators really key in to those things very rapidly and they get to thinking about feeding and they'll move in close and it's just a dangerous situation."
Annemarie Campbell
Twenty-three year old Annemarie Campbell was snorkeling in a placid 8 creek 9 when an alligator believed to be at least two and a half meters long killed her. As hunters searched for the gator, one state wildlife official expressed frustration 10 the animal had not yet been captured.
Yovy Suarez Jimenez
A few days earlier trappers caught and killed another alligator believed responsible for the death of 28-year-old Yovy Suarez Jimenez. She may have been jogging on a canal bank and dragged into the water.
The body of a third woman was discovered in a canal near the city of St. Petersburg. Her death was also blamed on an alligator. Seventy-four-year-old Connie Gittles could have been the state's fourth fatality 11, if she hadn't grabbed her garden hose when an alligator nipped her on the leg:
Connie Gittles
Recalling the event, Ms. Gittles says, "...and I got him right on the nose. One whack 12. I don't know where he went, but he was just gone."
Alligators are naturally predatory and can grow to much as four meters long. They often attack pets and livestock 13. This year's three fatalities 14 bring the human death toll 15 to 20 in the past 57 years.
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。
- Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。
- Two alligators rest their snouts on the water's surface. 两只鳄鱼的大嘴栖息在水面上。 来自辞典例句
- In the movement of logs by water the lumber industry was greatly helped by alligators. 木材工业过去在水上运输木料时所十分倚重的就是鳄鱼。 来自辞典例句
- The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
- The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
- Cows were grazing on the marshes. 牛群在湿地上吃草。
- We had to cross the marshes. 我们不得不穿过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles. 蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Birds, reptiles and insects come from eggs. 鸟类、爬虫及昆虫是卵生的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Charles darwin was a famous zoologist.查尔斯达尔文是一位著名的动物学家。
- The zoologist had spent a long time living with monkeys.这位动物学家与猴子一起生活了很长时间。
- He had been leading a placid life for the past eight years.八年来他一直过着平静的生活。
- You should be in a placid mood and have a heart-to- heart talk with her.你应该心平气和的好好和她谈谈心。
- He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
- People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
- He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
- He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
- She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
- He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。
- After years of dieting,Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack.经过数年的节食，卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
- He gave me a whack on the back to wake me up.他为把我弄醒，在我背上猛拍一下。
- Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
- The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。
- Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
- The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》