A lavish(奢華的) funeral(葬禮) for a famous Costa Rican crocodile.
People have lined the streets of Siquirres to bid farewell(告別) to Pocho, who was 60 years old.
For the past eight years he's been drawing tourists to the town to see him and his owner perform hair-raising(精彩, 刺激的) tricks.
Now the four-and-a-half metre long reptile(爬行動物) is to be embalmed(防腐處理) and put in a museum.
People have lined the streets of Siquirres to bid farewell(告別) to Pocho, who was 60 years old.
For the past eight years he's been drawing tourists to the town to see him and his owner perform hair-raising(精彩, 刺激的) tricks.
Now the four-and-a-half metre long reptile(爬行動物) is to be embalmed(防腐處理) and put in a museum.
this report is from bbc learning english
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/10/111019_vwitn_crocodile.shtml
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