万花筒 2008-05-09&-05-10

A deadly grizzly¹ bear attack took the life of the bear trainer yesterday. The bear was the same one used in the film Semi-Pro with Will Farrell. It happened at a training facility for exotic animals used in movies and TV shows. Rachel Calderon is in Running Springs with more on this story. Good morning Rachel.

 Good morning, Frank, yes, we are in Running Springs just several miles away from er,  Big Bear Lake where as you mentioned that er, Predators² in Action training facility is located. Now I want to bring you up to speak with some information I got just a few minutes ago from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

 As this point, it believes that its part, its role and its investigation³ is wrapped up at this point because they were just looking to see if there is anything criminal that could have happened in this case. As far as they know, this is just an accident. And that’s how they have left it at this point. But there's still an investigation going on by Cal OSHA as well as the Department of Fish and Game to determine what will happen to the bear.

 Now, this is a picture of the victim in this case. He’s 39-year-old. Stephan Miller⁴, he was one of three experienced trainers at the Predators in Action Facility who was working with the five-year-old grizzly bear known as Rocky. Now this is aerial footage of the scene shot just after it happened around 2:30 on Tuesday now during training for an upcoming commercial, that 700 pound, seven-and-half-foot bear launched at Miller for an unknown reason and had to be subdued⁵ with pepper spray. Unfortunately, Mill did not survive; he died of massive neck and head wounds.

 So he was used to people, used to the trainers, and it just happened to be a sad accident today, it was just an initial single bite, so there was no other further aggression⁶. He didn't attack anything, or…that was just simply, you know, something is unexplainable. Rocky was recently, as you motioned in film Semi-Pro. In this scene it appears he’s wrestling Will Ferrell, but it’s actually a stunt⁷ man who is actually Randy Miller the cousin of Stephan, and he also is the owner of Predators in Action.

 Randy Miller has trained wild animals for 25 years, and his company Predators in Action. Its website says it trains animals for film and television. Several different kinds of animals like lions and cougars⁸ as well as bears. And it says it hasn’t had any incident in recent history now again the Department of Fish and Game is investigating to see whether or not this animal will be destroyed, and the investigation is still ongoing⁹ as well with Cal OSHA. That is the latest from Running Springs this morning, Rachel Calderon back to you in Hollywood.

1 grizzly   

adj.略为灰色的，呈灰色的；n.灰色大熊

参考例句：

• This grizzly liked people.这只灰熊却喜欢人。
• Grizzly bears are not generally social creatures.一般说来，灰熊不是社交型动物。

2 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

5 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

6 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

7 stunt   

n.惊人表演，绝技，特技；vt.阻碍...发育，妨碍...生长

参考例句：

• Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
• Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。

8 cougars   

n.美洲狮( cougar的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Cougars can kill animals eight times their size. 美洲狮可以杀死八倍于自身体积的动物。 来自互联网

9 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。