新视野大学英语视听说教程 2 Unit 10-14

Task 2: Don’t be afraid of the alligators¹!
While enjoying fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist overturned his boat by accident. He could
swim, but he was afraid of alligators. So he just held tight on to the overturned boat. After a while
he saw a coast guard officer walking close to the shore, and he got excited. He shouted at the
officer, “Are there any alligators around here?” “No,” the man shouted back, “they haven’t been
around for years!” Feeling greatly relieved, the tourist started swimming lazily toward the shore.”
About halfway² there he asked the coast guard, just out of curiosity, “How did you get rid of the
alligators?” “We didn’t do anything,” the officer answered. “Wow, how lucky I am,” said the
tourist. The officer then added, “ The sharks got them.
1. A) He caught hold of the boat.
2. C) Whether there were any alligators around.
3. D) No, not for the past years.
4. B) The sharks killed all of them.
5. A) A threat was replaced by a bigger threat.
 

1 alligators   

n.短吻鳄( alligator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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

2 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。