VOA慢速英語：短吻鱷襲擊迪士尼后發(fā)現男孩尸體

Boy's Body Found After Alligator Attack at Disney

短吻鱷襲擊迪士尼后發(fā)現男孩尸體

Police have recovered the body of a small boy who was attacked by an alligator at Walt Disney World, say officials in Florida.

佛羅里達官方稱，警方已在華特·迪斯尼世界找到一具被一只短吻鱷襲擊的小男孩的尸體。

The attack took place Tuesday night as the boy played at the edge of a lake on the grounds of the Seven Seas Lagoon.

襲擊發(fā)生于周二晚上，當時這名男孩正在七海礁湖運動場的一個湖邊玩耍。

The victim was identified as two-year-old Lane Graves of Elkhorn, Nebraska by Orange County Sherriff Jerry Demings, reported the Associated Press.

據美聯社報道，這名受害者已經被奧蘭治縣的謝里夫·杰里·德明斯確認為來自內布拉斯加州埃爾克霍恩的萊恩·格拉夫斯。

The boy and his family had gone to Walt Disney World for a vacation. They were wading in the water along a beach area when the alligator grabbed the boy. The boy was less than one meter from the shore when he was taken.

該男孩及其家人前往迪士尼世界度假。當他們正沿著海灘區(qū)玩水時，鱷魚咬住了這名小男孩。該男孩被鱷魚咬住時離岸邊不到一米。

Demings said the boy’s father tried – but was unable – to pull the two-year-old from the jaws of the alligator. The animal was reported to be longer than one meter.

德明斯表示，該男孩的父親試圖從鱷魚嘴里奪回這個兩歲男孩，但是未能成功。據報道這條鱷魚體長超過1米。

More than 50 people, including an alligator tracker, searched the area overnight. More searchers joined the hunt on Wednesday.

包括一名短吻鱷追蹤者在內的50多人對該地區(qū)進行了徹夜搜索。周三有更多人加入到這場搜尋中。

The Reuter news service says wildlife officials caught and killed five alligators to examine them for signs of the boy.

據路透社稱，野生動物組織官員抓住并殺死了五條短吻鱷來追查這名男孩的蹤跡。

Officials say there have not been other alligator attacks at the lake, but signs in the area warned people not to swim. Beaches and docks along the man-made lake have been closed.

有關官員表示，該湖沒有出現過其它短吻鱷襲擊事件，但是該地區(qū)有標志警告人們不要游泳。該人工湖沿岸的海灘和碼頭都已經關閉。

The lake is connected to other bodies of water near Walt Disney World by canals, and it feeds into another, larger lake.

該湖通過運河連接到迪士尼世界附近的其它水體，并流入另一個較大的湖泊。

Alligators are plentiful in Florida and many states in the southeastern part of the U.S. But experts say these kinds of attacks are not common.

短吻鱷在佛羅里達州和美國東南部很多州數量眾多。但是專家表示，這類襲擊事件并不常見。

Ten years ago, an alligator drowned a small boy at a lake outside of Orlando. The Associated Press reported that the alligator was found 20 hours later, still holding the boy in its jaws.

十年前，一條短吻鱷在奧蘭多之外的一個湖泊將一個小男孩咬住使之溺死。美聯社報道稱，20小時后該短吻鱷被發(fā)現，嘴里還咬著這名男孩。

I’m John Russell.

約翰·羅素報道。