这种专车也敢坐？ 美国浣熊骑鳄鱼过河

 　　A man walking in a national forest in central Florida has captured a rare image of a raccoon appearing to ride on the back of an alligator¹.

　　一名男子在佛罗里达中部的国家森林里散步时，拍到了一张罕见的浣熊骑鳄鱼的照片。

　　Richard Jones was walking with his family in the Ocala National Forest when they spotted² the alligator.

　　理查·琼斯和家人在奥卡拉国家森林散步时发现了那条鳄鱼。

　　He believes his son startled the raccoon while trying to take a picture of the reptile³.

　　他相信他的儿子试图给鳄鱼拍照时吓到了浣熊。

　　The image has become an internet sensation since the photo was taken on Sunday morning.

　　照片是在周日上午拍下的，之后在网上引起了轰动。

　　Mr Jones told local television station WFTV that he "snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried⁴ away".

　　琼斯告诉本地电视台WFTV，他“就在鳄鱼滑入水中，浣熊跳开窜走之前，他幸运的拍到了一张照片。”

　　"Without the context you'd think the raccoon was hitching⁵ a ride across the river," he told the television station.

　　他告诉电视台，“忽略事件前后的话，你会觉得浣熊是在搭车过河。”

　　"The raccoon riding an alligator is the most Florida thing since mortgage fraud," tweeted Benjamin Freed, a writer for the Washingtonian, alluding⁶ to the financial crisis that began in 2007.

　　华盛顿作家本杰明·弗里德在推特上写道：“浣熊骑鳄鱼是贷款欺诈之后最佛罗里达的事了。”他暗指2007年开始的金融危机。

1 alligator   

n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)

参考例句：

• 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。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 reptile   

n.爬行动物；两栖动物

参考例句：

• The frog is not a true reptile.青蛙并非真正的爬行动物。
• So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.所以，你不必惊奇有人养了一只爬行动物作为宠物。

4 scurried   

v.急匆匆地走( scurry的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She said goodbye and scurried back to work. 她说声再见，然后扭头跑回去干活了。
• It began to rain and we scurried for shelter. 下起雨来，我们急忙找地方躲避。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 hitching   

搭乘； （免费）搭乘他人之车( hitch的现在分词 )； 搭便车； 攀上； 跃上

参考例句：

• The farmer yoked the oxen before hitching them to the wagon. 农夫在将牛套上大车之前先给它们套上轭。
• I saw an old man hitching along on his stick. 我看见一位老人拄着手杖蹒跚而行。

6 alluding   

提及，暗指( allude的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He didn't mention your name but I was sure he was alluding to you. 他没提你的名字，但是我确信他是暗指你的。
• But in fact I was alluding to my physical deficiencies. 可我实在是为自己的容貌寒心。