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No matter how well prepared you are as a traveller, animals can still attack (攻击) you. Our advice? Keep your distance.
Colin Bristow
I was working as a guide in Botswana. There was a sudden movement to my left, and an elephant crashed through some small trees less than 20 metres away. Suddenly I was knocked over by one of the tourists crying “run, run” at the top of his voice. My backpack got tangled up (缠绕) in some small trees so I couldn’t move. Elephants have poor eyesight (视力) and this may have been what allowed me to run away. I managed to free myself from my backpack and ran for my life.
Baz Roberts
One night I was just falling asleep when Faul’s voice woke me, “There’s a bear in the camp. I’m serious!” I went to unzip the tent door. Directly in front was a bear about ten metres away. It heard the sound of my tent zip and turned to face me. Then I started shouting. When it got about one metre away, I threw some snacks into the bear’s face. If it hadn’t turned and walked off at that moment, we wouldn’t have survived.
Zebedee Ellis
I was at a zoo with Mummy and Daddy two years ago. In a large open area next to a pond, we saw some big fat pelicans (鹈鹕), all full of fish. I was very pleased and danced up and down in front of them. Then one big pelican tried to eat my T-shirt. I think it went for me because I was moving around so much and that made it nervous, but I really wish it had made some kind of scratch (抓痕) on my skin to show my friends.
21. What saved Colin Bristow’s life?
A. His backpack.
B. Some small trees.
C. The help of a tourist.
D. The elephant’s poor eyesight.
22. What did Baz Roberts do when the bear was one metre away from him?
A. He shouted at it.
B. He threw some food at it.
C. He went back into his tent.
D. He turned to Faul for help.
23. What are the three people talking about?
A. How they protected wild animals.
B. How they got well prepared as a traveller.
C. Their experience of working with animals.
D. Their experience of surviving an animal attack.
