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BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News  

13 March 2013 

Attack survivor¹ saves sharks 

Transcript: 

A frightening sight for any swimmer… 

Jonathan Kathrein was attacked while surfing in 1998. He battled to free his leg 

from a shark's jaws².  

The Californian survived to tell the tale and he still has the scars³ to prove it.  

He turned his ordeal⁴ into a campaign to save the animals, though.  

And this month, his state added the great white shark to its list of protected 

animals.  

Vocabulary: 

frightening 

scary 

jaws 

bones in the mouth which contain the teeth 

to tell the tale 

to say to people what happened 

scars 

a mark on the skin from an injury 

ordeal 

experience which causes suffering 

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from 

news reports.  

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence 

correctly. 

frightening / jaws / to tell the tale / scars / ordeal 

1.  In both incidents the suspect was described as white, about 25 years old, of 

average height and slim build. He had ________ on his face and two small 

tattoos⁵ on his neck, possibly squares or Chinese symbols. 

2.  Two football players needed surgery for broken ________ after a fight 

broke out on the pitch during a reserve game. 

3.  Only two men survived ________ of Operation Frankton, but its significance 

reportedly led Winston Churchill to say he believed the raid⁶ could have 

shortened⁷ the war by six months. 

4.  Local media reported that several other people in the same group, including 

a Mexican woman, had been tied up and gagged while the attack took place. 

After the ________ the women went to the nearest police station 

accompanied by local tourism officials. 

5.  A number of planned flights were delayed by the storm, which also caused 

power outages in several suburbs. Fallen trees and debris⁸ blocked some 

roads. "This must have been an extremely ________ situation for many 

people in the local community," Prime Minister John Key said in a statement. 

Answers: 

1.  In both incidents the suspect was described as white, about 25 years old, of 

average height and slim build. He had scars on his face and two small tattoos on 

his neck, possibly squares or Chinese symbols. 

2.  Two football players needed surgery for broken jaws after a fight broke out on 

the pitch during a reserve game. 

3.  Only two men survived to tell the tale of Operation Frankton, but its 

significance reportedly led Winston Churchill to say he believed the raid could 

have shortened the war by six months. 

4.  Local media reported that several other people in the same group, including a 

Mexican woman, had been tied up and gagged while the attack took place. After 

the ordeal the women went to the nearest police station accompanied by local 

tourism officials. 

5.  A number of planned flights were delayed by the storm, which also caused power 

outages in several suburbs. Fallen trees and debris blocked some roads. "This 

must have been an extremely frightening situation for many people in the local 

community," Prime Minister John Key said in a statement. 

1 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

2 jaws   

n.口部；嘴

参考例句：

• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
• The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。

3 scars   

n.伤痕( scar的名词复数 )；精神上的创伤；有损外观的地方；裸岩

参考例句：

• Slowly the war scars faded. 战争的创伤慢慢地消失了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I've got scars from head to toe in tribute to my courage. 为了嘉奖我的胆量，我得到浑身的伤疤。 来自辞典例句

4 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

5 tattoos   

n.文身( tattoo的名词复数 )；归营鼓；军队夜间表演操；连续有节奏的敲击声v.刺青，文身( tattoo的第三人称单数 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。
• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的双臂刺满了纹身。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 raid   

v.劫掠，攫取，袭击，突击搜捕；n.突然袭击

参考例句：

• Our house was blown up in an air raid.在一次空袭中我们的房子被炸掉了。
• During their raid on the house,the police found a lot of drugs.在对这所房子的搜查中，警方发现了大量的毒品。

7 shortened   

v.弄短，缩短( shorten的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shortened the skirt by an inch. 她把裙子缩短了一英寸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened. 假期延长，工作周就缩短了。 来自辞典例句

8 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。