美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-11-20

 The work place in next report is not your typical office of desks. Instead of desks, there is giant water tank. Some of the coworkers are 10,000 pound whales. In sea world, O. said some of the park's trainers were put in work place situations with known hazards, so the agency came up with new guidelines to increase safety. But sea world says those guidelines will hurt the company's business and now, the workplace situation has become a legal one.

 

The stakes are as big as this start performance at the heart of the matter. Seal world appealing to a 3 judge federal p. asking them to overturn an O. ruling restricting trainers in the warren warrant with killer¹ whales. No cameras are allowed but there are such high interest that the hearing was held at a law school auditorium². The 2010 death of veteran seal world trainer, D., brought an end to a breathtaking performance like this: B. was mauled by a killer whale she was working with. It was the 3rd dead connected to the same killer whale.

 

"All of the sudden, the whale just latched³ right to harm her."

 

O. ultimately fined seal world 12,000 dollars but more important, it banned close contact between humans and killer whales during performances. Sea world arguing that interaction is the crucial part of the business.

 

"Is that a legitimate⁴ argument?" 

 

"I think it's a legitimate argument. Again,  they're taking the position that this is just not a way we do work. It's what....It's our product."

 

Benjimin B. has argued operate appeals to O. rulings and says what the government agency has on its side is history.  

 

"There's a long and well documented track record of these types of animals behaving aggressively toward humans to the point that caused a number of fatalities⁵, not only at sea world but at other places. 

 

E., son of Supreme⁶ Court Justice Antony S., argued in the hearing that O. has no more right to impose restrictions⁷ toward sea world than it does a regulate tackling in the NFL or speed limits in N. The judges took note but didn't give any indication of which way they may rule. In his argument appealing the O. ruling, Sea World many times referred to that connection between the NFL and NASCAR saying that there are some businesses that just inherently have some risk. To that, a judge piped in and said well, maybe. But for NASCAR, we've added seatbelts, and for the NFL they added helmets. In other words, there are ways to add safety protocols⁸ that don't really damage the business. Martin Savege, CNN, Washington.

1 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

2 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

3 latched   

v.理解( latch的过去式和过去分词 )；纠缠；用碰锁锁上（门等）；附着（在某物上）

参考例句：

• The government have latched onto environmental issues to win votes. 政府已开始大谈环境问题以争取选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He latched onto us and we couldn't get rid of him. 他缠着我们，甩也甩不掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

5 fatalities   

n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运

参考例句：

• 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》

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

8 protocols   

n.礼仪( protocol的名词复数 )；（外交条约的）草案；（数据传递的）协议；科学实验报告（或计划）

参考例句：

• There are also protocols on the testing of nuclear weapons. 也有关于核武器试验的协议。 来自辞典例句
• Hardware components and software design of network transport protocols are separately introduced. 介绍系统硬件组成及网络传输协议的软件设计。 来自互联网