上海女游客肯尼亚遭河马袭击身亡：欲为小河马拍照

作者：沪江英语来源：standardmedia 2013-04-24 14:59

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A Chinese tourist was attacked and killed by a hippopotamus that strayed from Lake Naivasha into the compound of a hotel where she was staying.

一名中国游客在肯尼亚著名旅游景点纳瓦沙湖附近遭河马袭击身亡，据悉河马是误入了这名游客所在的酒店区域。

The incident occurred at Lake Naivasha Country Club five kilometres from Naivasha town. The woman in her 30’s was attacked by the lactating hippo mother which crushed her and she died on the way to hospital.

事故发生在离纳瓦沙镇5公里远的纳瓦沙湖乡村俱乐部，这名中国女游客30多岁，遭到哺乳期的母河马踩踏袭击，在被送往当地医院的途中身亡。

Kenya Wildlife Service officers moved in and shot dead the wild animal. The tourist was allegedly trying to take pictures of a young hippo when the mother attacked her.

肯尼亚野生动物机构的工作人员采取行动，射杀了这只母河马。据称当时这只女游客是想给一只小河马拍照，结果遭到了母河马的袭击。

According to Osman Ibrahim, the warden of Hell's Gate National Park, the victim left her room at around 9pm after spotting the young hippo.

根据肯尼亚 “地狱之门” 国家公园的看守人员Osman Ibrahim的说法，晚上9点左右这名游客看到了这只小河马，就离开房间。

“The information we have is that the Chinese tourist started taking pictures of the young hippo and she was attacked by the mother,” he said.

他表示：“目前我们收集到的信息是，这名女游客当时是想给这只小河马拍照，结果遭母河马攻击。”

“She was seriously injured on the waist and neck and was rushed to a nearby private hospital where she was pronounced dead,” he said.

“女游客腰部和颈部都严重受伤，我们紧急将她送往了附近的私立医院，在医院被宣布死亡。”