NBC晚间新闻 芝加哥一鳄鱼走红成名人

The paparazzi out in force for a glimpse of Chicago's elusive¹ celeb. We have some amazing news for the city of Chicago. Chance the snapper, all five feet of him was nabbed overnight after a week on the land. Today wearing a red bow tie introduced to his adoring public. It is a beautiful beautiful alligator². When he was first spotted³ in a park local volunteer alligator Bob offered to track him down.

Then specialist Frank Robb was imported from Gator Central, Florida, where Gators belong. Everybody's got different blessings⁴. This is my blessing⁵. In the dead of night suddenly he appeared and was snagged with a fishing rod unharmed. He should run for office here I think he'd probably win. Chicago's resident reptile⁶ now awaiting a new home in a zoo or sanctuary⁷ and his claw print on the Walk of Fame.

狗仔队蜂拥而出，只为一睹这位神出鬼没的芝加哥名人的风采。我们有一些关于芝加哥的好消息。五英尺长的绰号为Chance the snapper的短吻鳄在这片土地上呆了一个星期后，在一夜之间被捕。今天它戴着一条红色领结被介绍给崇拜的公众。这是一只美丽的短吻鳄。当它第一次在公园被发现时，当地的短吻鳄志愿者鲍勃主动提出要找到它。然后来自佛罗里达短吻鳄中心的专家弗兰克·罗布受邀找到了它。佛罗里达是短吻鳄的故乡。每个人都有不同的祝福，这是我的祝福。深夜，这只短吻鳄突然出现，被一根鱼竿钩住，毫发无伤。他应该在这里竞选公职，我想他可能会赢。这只芝加哥的居民爬行动物现在正在等待在动物园或保护区的新家，他的爪子将印在星光大道上。

1 elusive   

adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的

参考例句：

• Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
• Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。

2 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。

3 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。

4 blessings   

n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福

参考例句：

• Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

6 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。

7 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。