VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

predator (n) 捕食者

prey (n) 猎物

survive – survival (n) 生存

threaten (v) 威胁
What kind of human activity will threaten the survival of sharks?

carnivore (n)
herbivore (n)
omnivore (n)

flesh (n) 肉

rarely – barely: almost never
Mike rarely eats noodles.

minimum – maximum

make eye contact:
You can’t say “I make eye contact with a computer”

massive: gigantic, really big

natural disaster 自然灾害

waterproof 防水的
soundproof 隔音的
bulletproof 防弹的

Don’t move a lot because the shark wouldn’t feel threatened.
Maintain minimum body movement so that the shark wouldn’t feel threatened.

You can hide behind rocks or corals.

You can make eye contact with shark. The shark will thinks you are another predator and will run away.
You can make eye contact with the shark. The shark will think of you as a predator and will run away.

You can hit its eyes, snout.
You can hit its weak areas like ….