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Almost ninety percent of all alligators die in their first two years of life, falling prey to other predators including their own.
所有短嘴鱷中幾乎90%都會在一到兩歲之間死亡，淪落為其他捕食者（包括它們同類）的獵物。
But normally they don't prey on humans, so why would an alligator attack a woman.
但是通常人類并非它們的獵物，所以為什么短嘴鱷會攻擊一名女性呢？
Yovy Jimenez's fatal encounter is the first ever by an alligator in the Fort Lauderdale area. The attacks shock the community.
尤維·希門尼斯的致命遭遇是勞德代爾堡地區的一只短嘴鱷。此次襲擊震驚了該社區。
Only seventeen people have been killed by aligators in the last half century.
在過去半個世紀中，僅有17人被短嘴鱷咬死。
But before authorities could make sense of the attack, another incident. This time, just north of Tampa Bay.
但是在官方還未給出解釋清楚前，又出了另一場事故。這一次就發生在坦帕灣北部。
Fred Filderbs lives on the bank of a small suburban canal.
佛瑞德·富力德比住在郊區運河的河岸邊。
"My wife saw what appeared to be a pair of pants floating in the water right out of our kitchen window about one o'clock on Saturday. I didn't think anything of it."
“周六約一點的時候，我的妻子從廚房的窗戶里看到好像有一條褲子浮在水面。我當時也沒多想?！?/div>
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But the next morning, on Mother's Day, an unsettling discovery was moments away.
但是第二天早晨，母親節這一天，一個令人不安的發現出現了。
"My wife was still asleep, and so were the kids. I went to the street to get the paper,
“我的妻子還在睡覺，孩子也在睡覺。我出來拿報紙，
and Bailey, the dog that I'm watching bolted to the backyard. I said 'Oh, I'd better to make sure he is OK', so I ran to the backyard."
我看到了被拴在后院的狗狗貝利。我說，我最好去看看它怎么了，所以我跑到后院?！?/div>
The dog had led Fred back to the canal.
這只狗把佛瑞德引到運河。
"And I looked at that, that's um...that looks like a pair of pants floating on the water.
“我看到了那個…那條浮在水面上的褲子。
And then just something clicked. That's not what it appears to be.
然后好像有什么東西發出了咔咔聲。那不是褲子。
So I ran up to the house and I'm screaming at my wife 'get up, get up, get up, there are something in the pond, I think it's a body.'
所以我跑回家，沖著我的妻子喊道，‘起來，起來，池塘里好像有什么東西，我覺得是一具尸體?！?/div>
She, she quickly got up and ran down to the scene, and she said 'Oh, no, those were the pants I saw by those tree though,
她迅速起床并朝著現場跑去，她說，‘不，那些是褲子，
and then there, her sneaker comes just raised above the water. I said 'oh, man, that's not, that's somebody's body."
然后她的運動鞋浮出水面?！艺f，‘天啊，那不是褲子，是一具尸體?！?/div>
How did this person end up in Fred Filderbs' backyard canal? Authorities determine the body belongs to 43-year-old Judy Cooper.
這個人怎么會死在佛瑞德·富力德比一家的后院運河里呢？官方判定死者是43歲的朱蒂·庫珀。
Like Yovy Jimenez, severe bite marks to Judy's remains also show that an alligator was involved.
和尤維·希門尼斯一樣，朱蒂的尸體上也有嚴重咬痕，這表明短嘴鱷襲擊了她。
Incredibly, two women seemed to have fallen victim to alligators just within days of each other. The odds are astonishing.
讓人難以置信的是，似乎兩天內，每天都有一位女性成為短嘴鱷的犧牲品。這幾件怪事讓人詫異。
Lethal attacks are extremely rare, but then, on the same day, a third victim...
致命襲擊極為罕見，但是同一天，又出現了第三名受害者…
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| severe | [si'viə] |
想一想再看 adj. 劇烈的，嚴重的，嚴峻的，嚴厲的，嚴格的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| victim | ['viktim] |
想一想再看 n. 受害者，犧牲 |
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| encounter | [in'kauntə] |
想一想再看 n. 意外的相見，遭遇 |
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| canal | [kə'næl] |
想一想再看 n. 運河，溝渠，氣管，食管 |
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| determine | [di'tə:min] |
想一想再看 v. 決定，決心，確定，測定 |
聯想記憶 | |
| rare | [rɛə] |
想一想再看 adj. 稀罕的，稀薄的，罕見的，珍貴的 |
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| fatal | ['feitl] |
想一想再看 adj. 致命的，毀滅性的，決定性的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| community | [kə'mju:niti] |
想一想再看 n. 社區，社會，團體，共同體，公眾，[生]群落 |
聯想記憶 | |
| bolted | [bəutid] |
想一想再看 adj. 用螺栓固定的 動詞bolt的過去式和過去分詞 |
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| prey | [prei] |
想一想再看 n. 被掠食者，犧牲者 |
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