赖世雄英语新闻听力通 第6期:小心杀人狸！

 (HELSINKI，Reuters)A Finnish man survived an attack by a beaver¹.

（路透社赫尔辛基电）一名芬兰男子侥幸逃过一只海狸的攻击。

It had tried to bite his neck.

这只海狸试图咬他的脖子。

Experts say it is rare for beavers² to attack people.

专家表示，海狸很少会攻击人类。

Usually the shy animals just run away or slap their tails on the ground.

通常这种胆怯的动物会立即逃走，或是在地上啪啪地拍着尾巴。

The Finnish man was wearing heavy clothes,which protected him from the beaver's long teeth.

这名芬兰男子当时穿着厚衣服，因而保护他不受海狸长牙的攻击。

1 beaver   

n.海狸，河狸

参考例句：

• The hat is made of beaver.这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的。
• A beaver is an animals with big front teeth.海狸是一种长着大门牙的动物。

2 beavers   

海狸( beaver的名词复数 )； 海狸皮毛； 棕灰色； 拼命工作的人

参考例句：

• In 1928 some porpoises were photographed working like beavers to push ashore a waterlogged mattress. 1928年有人把这些海豚象海狸那样把一床浸泡了水的褥垫推上岸时的情景拍摄了下来。
• Thus do the beavers, thus do the bees, thus do men. 海狸是这样做的，蜜蜂是这样做的，人也是这样做的。