【轻松英文阅读】多伦多发现的凯门鳄

 A man was enjoying his day with friends at Toronto’s High Park the other day when one of them noticed something strange swimming in the water. No one is quite sure how the 80cm alligator-like creature found its way to the pond, but it’s figured that perhaps someone had been keeping it as a pet, then it got too large, or the novelty wore off, so the owner ‘freed’ it.

 

caiman 1

 

City crews went to the pond after reports came in about the caiman being in there, but they didn’t have the equipment to capture it due to the fact that Canada hardly ever deals with such animals. They waited for the Toronto police marine¹ and staff from the Reptile² Zoo to come in, and together they captured the caiman within an hour. It was challenging to catch, as the caiman was relatively³ small, so it made it faster and more agile⁴.

 

Caimans are native to South and Central America and take twenty years or more to grow to full size which can be up to 2.4 meters in length.

1 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 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。

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。