北京八达岭老虎伤人事件刚刚过去不久，上周日浙江宁波又发生一起游人越界被老虎咬伤事件。据悉该名游客后来不治身亡，而肇事老虎也已经被击毙。

Tiger mauls visitor to death at Ningbo zoo

宁波动物园老虎伤人致死

A man died after being mauled[1] by a tiger at a wildlife zoo in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province on Sunday.

本周日浙江宁波，一男子在动物园被老虎撕咬之后死亡。

The visitor crossed an isolation strip[隔离带] and stepped into the tiger enclosure[圈地;围场] in Ningbo Youngor Zoo, according to a witness. Staff members used fireworks to drive away the tiger after it mauled the man and tried to snatch[2] him away.

据目击者声称，在宁波雅戈尔动物园，这名男子穿过了隔离带，进入了喂养老虎的区域。在发现老虎撕咬这名男子之后，动物园工作人员用鞭炮来躯干老虎，试图将其救出。

Videos circulated[3] online show the man in blood as the tiger snatched him.

网上流传的视频显示，老虎咬住这名男子的时候，男子浑身是血。

There is a river that separates the tiger enclosure and the visitors. It is unknown why the man crossed the river.

该动物园在游人区和老虎区之间有一条隔离河。目前还不知道为什么这名男子要跨过这条河。

A woman was mauled to death in July at the Badaling Safari Worldin Beijing, where visitors can drive in their vehicles but the woman went out of her car despite warnings.

去年7月北京八达岭野生动物世界，一名女子被老虎咬死。在该公园内游客可以自驾游，但是这名女子无视警告下车，最终导致被老虎咬死。

[1]maul [mɔːl]

If an animal mauls someone, it attacks that person and injures them with its teeth or claws (= long sharp nails). （动物用齿或爪子）袭击，伤害

A small boy was mauled by the neighbour's dog.

一个小男孩被邻居的狗咬伤了。

[2]snatch:to take hold of something suddenly and roughly 夺走，抢走

He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them.

我还没来得及看，他就一把抢走了我手里的照片。

to take something or someone away by force 绑架；抢劫

The six-year-old girl was snatched from a playground and her body was found two days later.

那名6岁的女孩在游乐场被绑架了，两天后有人发现了她的尸体。

to do or get something quickly because you only have a short amount of time 快速做，抓紧时间做

Maybe you'll be able to snatch a couple of hours' sleep before dinner.

也许你能在晚餐前抓紧睡上几个小时。

[3]circulate:to go around or through something, or to make something go around or through something （使）循环；（使）流通；（使）传递；（使）散布

Hot water circulates through the heating system.

热水在供暖系统中循环。

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