外刊晨读 | 袋鼠杀人了！

【背景知识】

袋鼠袭人事件虽不新鲜，但袭击致人死亡却“非常非常罕见”。

据澳大利亚广播公司（ABC）13日报道，一名77岁男子11日在西澳大利亚州家中遭到其饲养的袋鼠袭击，因伤势过重死亡。

【外刊原文】

A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in Australia since 1936.

A relative found the 77-year-old man with "serious injuries" on his property Sunday in semirural Redmond, 250 miles southeast of the Western Australia state capital Perth.

【语言学习】

A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in Australia since 1936.

01.

句1的主语是一个包含了定语从句的名词短语：a man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet。当我们需要对一个人或事物补加较多信息时，记得使用定语从句。

02.

may have been keeping…这部分，涉及多个知识点。

一是may表“不确定”，这里凸显了新闻报道的严谨。

其次，have been keeping是现在完成进行时。这个时态在日常英语中用的不太多。现在完成进行时表示过去发生的动作或状况一直持续到现在，这个动作可能仍在继续进行或刚刚结束。

最后，keep…as a pet即“把……当宠物养”。这人把野生袋鼠当宠物养，看来袋鼠大哥相当不情愿，以至于结怨颇深，非得干死他。

03.

澳大利亚西南部是southwest Australia，而不是Australian southwest。类似的，华东是east China，而不是Chinese east。

04.

reportedly意思是"据报道”；fatal意思是“致命的”

05.

since＋时间点，对应的时态大多是现在完成时。但这里用的却是过去时。毕竟这事确实是在过去的时间发生的。

A relative found the 77-year-old man with "serious injuries" on his property Sunday in semirural Redmond, 250 miles southeast of the Western Australia state capital Perth.

01.

这个句子虽然挺长，但其实是个简单句。主语是a relative,谓语是found，宾语是the 77-year-old man，之后的with…on…是man的后置定语，主要限定说明这个人住在哪里，逗号后的250…进一步对Redmond这个地方进行限定说明。

02.

Relative这里是名词，意思是“a person who is in the same family as sb else 亲戚；亲属”。比如：a close/distant relative近 / 远亲。

03.

Property是“财物”，也是“房地产”。这里是指“a building or buildings and the surrounding land 房屋及院落；庄园；房地产”。比如：There are a lot of empty properties in the area. 这个地区有大量的闲置房地产。