Being attacked by a shark1 is fairly rare2. Being bitten twice3
is very rare, which will come as little comfort to Australian shellfish4
diver5 Greg Pickering, recovering6
in hospital after an encounter7 with a great
white8 off9 remote Cape Arid on the south coast
of Western Australia, flown10 to Perth for emergency surgery11
with injuries12 to his head, back13
and shoulder14.
This was Greg after the first attack in 2004.
“When the shark15 grabbed16 me it just17
sort of18 struck bone19. I felt20
the teeth21 go right into22 the
bone.” Little thinking23
it would happen again24: “One incident has
happened in 34 years as I say that is very small
odds25.”
Western Australia’s Department of Fisheries26 said a catch and kill order27
had been issued28
for the shark. Its director general29
is Stuart Smith.
“If a sizeable30
white shark is caught31
in the waters over the coming hours32
from the evidence I have available33
to me, at the moment, I am likely34
to give the order to destroy35
that shark.”
Greg’s condition is described as36 a serious but stable37.
VOCABULARY
1. Being attacked by a shark = ser atacado por um tubarão
2. fairly rare = bastante raro
3. Being bitten twice = ser mordido duas vezes
4. shellfish = marisco
5. diver = mergulhador
6. recovering = recuperando-se
7. encounter = encontro
8. great white = grande branco (tubarão)
9. off = ao largo de
10. flown = levado de avião
11. surgery = cirurgia
12. injuries = ferimentos
13. back = costas
14. shoulder = ombro
15. shark = tubarão
16. grabbed = agarrou
17. just = simplesmente
18. sort of = tipo que, como que
19. struck bone = atingiu o osso
20. felt = senti
21. teeth = dentes
22. go right into = ir direto para
23. thinking = pensamento
24. it would happen again = aconteceria novamente
25. small odds = chances pequenas
26. Fisheries = pescas
27. catch and kill order = ordem de captura e morte
28. had been issued = tinha sido emitida
29. director general = diretor geral
30. sizeable = considerável
31. caught = apanhado
32. over the coming hours = no decorrer das próximas horas
33. available = disponivel
34. likely = provavel
35. destroy = destruir
36. described as = descrita como
37. stable = estável