新西兰英语 728 Man killed by a shark

 　　A man, who was swimming today at Murawai beach near Auckland, was attacked by a shark and died in the water. The man lived at Murawai. He was married with a young family.

　　One fisherman, who was on rocks nearby, said he saw two sharks. Another fisherman thought there were 3 or 4 sharks. One shark expert said that it was possibly a Bronze Whaler shark because the Great White is usually alone. However, the police said it was a Great White. It was 4m long.

　　A police officer shot at the shark from a helicopter. Another officer shot from a rescue boat but the shark swam away. Beaches in that area are closed for the next 2 days. Surf Life Saving¹ volunteers and police recovered the body of the man.

　　Shark attacks are very rare in New Zealand. Since records began in 1830s, 14 people have been killed by sharks in New Zealand. The last fatal² attack was in 1976.

　　Vocabulary

　　?Surf Life Saving – people who rescue swimmers in the sea (Listen to January 8th 2013 to hear more about Surf Life Saving.)

　　?volunteer – not paid

　　?recovered – managed to find the body

　　?rare – not usual, almost never

　　?records – data e.g. in newspapers

　　?fatal – someone died

1 saving   

n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款

参考例句：

• Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
• Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。

2 fatal   

adj.致命的，灾难性的；重大的，决定性的

参考例句：

• The enemy got a fatal blow in the battle.敌人在战斗中受到致命的打击。
• I made the fatal mistake of letting her talk.我让她讲话是犯了严重的错误。