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这种专车也敢坐？ 美国浣熊骑鳄鱼过河

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 　　A man walking in a national forest in central Florida has captured a rare image of a raccoon appearing to ride on the back of an alligator1.

　　一名男子在佛罗里达中部的国家森林里散步时，拍到了一张罕见的浣熊骑鳄鱼的照片。
　　Richard Jones was walking with his family in the Ocala National Forest when they spotted2 the alligator.
　　理查·琼斯和家人在奥卡拉国家森林散步时发现了那条鳄鱼。
　　He believes his son startled the raccoon while trying to take a picture of the reptile3.
　　他相信他的儿子试图给鳄鱼拍照时吓到了浣熊。
　　The image has become an internet sensation since the photo was taken on Sunday morning.
　　照片是在周日上午拍下的，之后在网上引起了轰动。
　　Mr Jones told local television station WFTV that he "snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried4 away".
　　琼斯告诉本地电视台WFTV，他“就在鳄鱼滑入水中，浣熊跳开窜走之前，他幸运的拍到了一张照片。”
　　"Without the context you'd think the raccoon was hitching5 a ride across the river," he told the television station.
　　他告诉电视台，“忽略事件前后的话，你会觉得浣熊是在搭车过河。”
　　"The raccoon riding an alligator is the most Florida thing since mortgage fraud," tweeted Benjamin Freed, a writer for the Washingtonian, alluding6 to the financial crisis that began in 2007.
　　华盛顿作家本杰明·弗里德在推特上写道：“浣熊骑鳄鱼是贷款欺诈之后最佛罗里达的事了。”他暗指2007年开始的金融危机。

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1 alligator XVgza     
n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)
参考例句：
  • She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。
  • Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。
2 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
3 reptile xBiz7     
n.爬行动物；两栖动物
参考例句：
  • The frog is not a true reptile.青蛙并非真正的爬行动物。
  • So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.所以，你不必惊奇有人养了一只爬行动物作为宠物。
4 scurried 5ca775f6c27dc6bd8e1b3af90f3dea00     
v.急匆匆地走( scurry的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • She said goodbye and scurried back to work. 她说声再见，然后扭头跑回去干活了。
  • It began to rain and we scurried for shelter. 下起雨来，我们急忙找地方躲避。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 hitching 5bc21594d614739d005fcd1af2f9b984     
搭乘； （免费）搭乘他人之车( hitch的现在分词 )； 搭便车； 攀上； 跃上
参考例句：
  • The farmer yoked the oxen before hitching them to the wagon. 农夫在将牛套上大车之前先给它们套上轭。
  • I saw an old man hitching along on his stick. 我看见一位老人拄着手杖蹒跚而行。
6 alluding ac37fbbc50fb32efa49891d205aa5a0a     
提及，暗指( allude的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • He didn't mention your name but I was sure he was alluding to you. 他没提你的名字，但是我确信他是暗指你的。
  • But in fact I was alluding to my physical deficiencies. 可我实在是为自己的容貌寒心。

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