万花筒 2011-09-23&09-25 大白鲨海滩频曝光 泳客需小心

 Well, the last big good beach weekend of the summer is upon us, but many beach-goers on both coasts will like be avoiding the water altogether. Sharks, and lots of them have been turning up in some very unusual places this summer and not just the docile¹ and harmless kinds. ABC's Ebby Bujo is along the pacific in Malibu, California with the latest here. 

 

Hello, Ebby. 

 

Hello, Josh, some people might be standing² out of water, but the surface here in Malibu don't seem to mind at all. 

 

You know what that music means. 'Shark!' 'to shore' But it's not so much fear as fascination³. That's giant shark Gokus to the San Diego beach, gathering⁴ to catch a pig, ok, maybe a picture of a reported great white. 

 

We actually will bikes down,  we catch no ones in the water. 

 

There were two shark sightings here in a week, it's not just in San Diego of Texas. 

 

That's a bad boy. 

 

This little boy caught a 7-foot shark while fishing with his dad in a kayak, Florida, two surfers riding a wave and out of nowhere, this shark burst out of the water. And tourists snapped this photo of a fin⁵ near a swimmer of the coast of Rhode Island. Off Cacard, 35 great white sightings this year alone. Experts say we're seeing more sharks in unusual places. Why? The seal populations are exploding as waters get warmer off both coasts and they're the shark's favour food. But with humans in the water too, it's not always clear who the meal might be. 

 

This summer alone, several shark attacks in Carolinas, most of the victims were children. Six year old Lucy Medomn was bitten in North Carolina.

 

I heard her scream, and so I immediately turned towards her and at that point, I saw a shark right next to her. 

 

I felt like it like, bit my leg and felt like it's almost stay there.

 

Statistics show unprovoked shark attacks have risen sharply in last 110 years, because more people are in the water, but fatalities⁶ are down, because of better emergency care. 

 

The southern Californian areas, pacific areas like Sunset Boulevard down here in Malibu are literally⁷ shark nurseries.

 

Cart Crewey, the owner of Malibu divers⁸ says young sharks prefer fish to humans.

 

The thing to keep in mind is they are not a threat, you're more likely to be killed by a toaster than you're to be attacked by a shark. 

 

Beach-goers and gogglers will be out of in full force at the beaches all over California this weekend, but many people may be enjoying the sun from the sand.

1 docile   

adj.驯服的，易控制的，容易教的

参考例句：

• Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的。
• He is a docile and well-behaved child.他是个温顺且彬彬有礼的孩子。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 fascination   

n.令人着迷的事物，魅力，迷恋

参考例句：

• He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
• His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。

4 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

5 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。

6 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》

7 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

8 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。