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Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴
[ 2008-06-12 14:59 ]

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Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴

This baby Komodo dragon doesn't look too scary, yet...

What does the word dragon make you think of?

The chances are, if you are thinking of a Chinese dragon or 'long', you will think of a long serpent-like mythical creature which is benevolent, wise and lucky.

In a Western cultural context, what people call dragons are quite different; fearsome, fire-breathing creatures which look like dinosaurs, live in caves and guard piles of treasure.

But for three British divers who found themselves washed up on a remote Indonesian island last week, there was little time to worry about the symbolic significance of dragons.

Instead they found themselves having to fight off a real "man-eating" Komodo dragon.

Dehydrated and exhausted after treacherous currents had carried them for 12 hours through shark-infested waters, the divers' relief at reaching dry land must have been short-lived when they found themselves face-to-face with a Komodo dragon.

Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards in the world, can grow to over two metres long, and are very dangerous.

The animals have sharp teeth, long muscular tails and toxic saliva, which contains over 80 kinds of bacteria. Their prey, which includes large mammals such as goats, deer, and very occasionally humans, become infected with this lethal cocktail of bacteria and die within a couple of days of being bitten.

In this case, the frightened divers pelted the animal with sticks and rocks until it slithered away into the island. They then survived by eating shellfish until they were rescued.

So are these lizards, of which only 4,000 survive in the wild, as scary as they sound? Ian Stephen, who looks after two Komodos in London Zoo says the animals are actually very intelligent and love playing.

Just be careful which games you play with them.

GLOSSARY 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)   

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴serpent-like
像蛇的

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴 mythical creature
神秘動物

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴benevolent
樂善好施的

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴fearsome
令人生畏的

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴fire-breathing
口吐火焰的

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴divers
潛水員

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴washed up
沖上(岸邊)

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴symbolic significance
象征意義

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴fight off
反擊

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴dehydrated
脫水的

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴treacherous currents
暗流;險流

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴shark-infested
鯊魚遍布的

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴short-lived
短命的;一時的

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴muscular
(肌肉)強健的

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴toxic saliva
有毒唾液

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴bacteria
微生物

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴prey
被捕食的動物;受害者

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴lethal cocktail
(致命的雞尾酒)致命毒液

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴slithered
蜿蜒爬行

Into the Dragon's Den 進入龍穴 in the wild
野生的

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