埃及着手调查鲨鱼袭人案
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Egypt's tourism ministry1 has called in experts from abroad to investigate a series of shark attacks off the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

埃及旅游部邀请国外专家调查近期在红海旅游胜地沙姆沙伊赫会发生的一系列鲨鱼袭击事件。

A 70-year-old German woman was killed on Sunday, just days after four other tourists were injured.

Officials have posted signs along the beach warning people not to enter the water, but some tourists are braving the waters close to shore.

There are fears the shark attacks could hurt Egypt's lucrative2(赚钱的) tourism trade.

Rare attacks

Tourists described in graphic3 detail how the waters went red as the shark attacked the elderly German woman out snorkelling4(用水下通气管潜航) in a supposedly safe area just 20m (65ft) from the shore.

The woman had died immediately after the attack, in which she was reportedly bitten on the thigh5 and arm, Egyptian officials have said.

International shark experts are now on their way from the US to help deal with this exceptionally rare series of attacks, the BBC's Jon Leyne reports from Sharm el-Sheikh.

After last week's attacks, in which three Russians and a Ukrainian were mauled(被伤害) , Egypt's environment ministry caught and killed two sharks - an Oceanic White Tip and a Mako.

But divers6 and conservationists who compared the pictures with one taken shortly before a previous attack, said it was not the same shark.

Already there has been criticism of the Egyptian government for what some divers say is just a random7 cull8(剔出来杀掉的动物) of sharks giving the false impression it was safe to resume water sports, our correspondent says.

Shark experts and local observers have offered a number of possible explanations for the attacks. Some say overfishing in the Red Sea may have driven sharks closer to shore.

Meanwhile, some said predatory(掠夺的,食肉的) sharks could have been drawn9 to the area after a ship carrying Australian sheep and cattle for sacrifice during last month's Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha dumped the carcasses(尸体,兽体) of animals which had died during the voyage.



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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 lucrative dADxp     
adj.赚钱的,可获利的
参考例句:
  • He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
  • It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。
3 graphic Aedz7     
adj.生动的,形象的,绘画的,文字的,图表的
参考例句:
  • The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
  • Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。
4 snorkelling f5ca7a694f984a349af571aca6aeaf03     
v.使用水下呼吸管潜游( snorkel的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The planned snorkelling was cancelled due to rough waves. 原计划进行的潜泳因巨浪而被迫取消了。 来自互联网
  • Snorkelling was amazing, daily seeing reef sharks, parrot fish and sting rays. 浮潜是惊人,每天看礁鲨,鹦鹉鱼和魟鱼。 来自互联网
5 thigh RItzO     
n.大腿;股骨
参考例句:
  • He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了,疼得很。
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
6 divers hu9z23     
adj.不同的;种种的
参考例句:
  • He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人,要他们和他作伴。
  • Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作,同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
7 random HT9xd     
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句:
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
8 cull knlzn     
v.拣选;剔除;n.拣出的东西;剔除
参考例句:
  • It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting.通常在实践上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木。
  • Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。
9 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
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