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A Russian tourist named Sergey Lykhvar has been mauled to death by a crocodile in a popular diving site in eastern Indonesia.
一名叫做里克哈瓦的俄羅斯觀光客，在印尼東部一處浮潛勝地被一頭鱷魚給活活咬死。
The body was discovered on Tuesday in the Raja Ampat islands of West Papua, four days after he was reported missing.
週二當天，他的遺體在西巴布亞省的四王群島被發現，當時距離他被通報失蹤已過了4天。
Local search and rescue head Prasetyo Budiarto said Lykhvar was reported missing to the authorities last week, one day after he left to snorkel around the remote Minyaifun island. Budiarto said that rescuers spotted a large saltwater crocodile trailing behind Lykhvar’s body when he was discovered.
當地搜救隊隊長布迪亞托表示，里克哈瓦是在上週前往偏遠的Minyaifun島嶼浮潛，一天後當局就接獲他失蹤的消息。他還提到，搜救隊發現里克哈瓦的遺體時，也同時看到一隻巨大的灣鱷尾隨其後。
"We believe he was killed by a crocodile judging from the missing body parts and the extent of his injuries," he said.
他說：「從失蹤的身體部位和傷勢的範圍判斷，我們認為他是被鱷魚給活活咬死的。」
The 37-year-old normally snorkelled with his friends and a guide but decided go alone the morning before he was reported missing, Budiarto said.
布迪亞托解釋，這名37歲的觀光客本來都是跟友人及一名導遊一起浮潛，但那天早上決定獨自前往，隨後就被通報失蹤。
He added that the location where Lykhvar’s body was retrieved was quite remote, and dangerous because of the strong currents and sharp rocks.
他進一步指出，發現里克哈瓦遺體的地方不僅水流迅猛，還有許多鋒利的岩石，相當偏僻且危險。
新聞辭典
maul： 動詞，抓傷；撕咬。例句：All the visitors must not leave the jeep for fear of being mauled by fierce animals. （所有參觀者都不得離開吉普車，以免被兇猛的動物抓傷。）
snorkel：動詞為潛水之意，名詞則指呼吸管。例句：Many people love going to snorkel at the beach during their vacation. （許多人喜歡在休假時到海灘去浮潛。）
saltwater crocodile：灣鱷，又名鹹水鱷、食人鱷或河口鱷，生性兇猛且具有地盤意識，是世界上最大型的爬蟲類。
宏浩翻譯引用自 http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=989038&day=2016-05-12
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