英伦广角 2011-11-05 鲨鱼侵入高尔夫球场

 If your game lacks bites, come and play around this course near Brisbane, but beyond your guard are the 14th tee, because this is probably the world’s only shark-infested golf course. In the lake in the middle of the course, live half a dozen manatee¹ bull sharks. During heavy floods, they were washed onto the course from the nearby river. When the water receded², the sharks were stranded³.

 

Golf course flooded below the river, and so flooded at the town. There you go.The general manager of Carbrook golf cub⁴ get some interesting reactions from visiting players.

 

You can’t believe how close you are, that’s probably the biggest thing, I mean, you only, you be 6 feet away, you know. So they just sort of ignore me and I just step back, they say something I won’t repeat. But, yeah, just amazed.

 

The sharks are thriving in the well stocked lake, even breeding, a couple are close to ten foot long. They sometimes given their own treat, one even had a nibble⁵ at our camera.

 

How is it like working on a shark-infested golf course?

 

It’s ...close. It’s, yeah, they are in this close obviously.

 

There is , there, look.

 

In the past, local kids used to jump in the lake here to collect lost golf balls for a bit of extra pocket money. Funny enough, no amount of money will get them to go in the lake today.

 

Australia’s most famous golfer, Greg Norman ,was nicknamed the shark. But what to members think of their version.

 

First time I ever saw, there were some men were feeding and it came up, it was just like jaws⁶, coming up high in the water.

 

Girls are, yeah, very excited. Look, look, look, there is a shark. And now it’s just about hit my ball, I was impressed.

 

Did you get a bit of scared when you play?

 

No, not at all. We are truly exciting when we see it.

 

Water has its odd tricky⁷ for any golfer, but this must be the ultimate, the sharks are quite a draw, there is even a "Shark Lake Challenge", an increasingly popular tournament, players love getting their tees into.

 

Jonathan Samules, Sky New, Brisbane

1 manatee   

n.海牛

参考例句：

• We watched dolphin,manatee,sea lion and whale shows.我们看了海豚、海牛、海狮和鲸的表演。
• One of the most extraordinary river creatures is Amazonian manatee.其中河里最特别的生物之一要数亚马孙海牛。

2 receded   

v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• The floodwaters have now receded. 洪水现已消退。
• The sound of the truck receded into the distance. 卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。

3 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

4 cub   

n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人

参考例句：

• The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
• The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。

5 nibble   

n.轻咬，啃；v.一点点地咬，慢慢啃，吹毛求疵

参考例句：

• Inflation began to nibble away at their savings.通货膨胀开始蚕食他们的存款。
• The birds cling to the wall and nibble at the brickwork.鸟儿们紧贴在墙上，啄着砖缝。

6 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。

7 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。