Pre-reading

Question: What is found in the river?

Intensive Reading

This news is from Arizona, USA. Somebody snorkels in the Colorado River. The person finds something. It is two human skeletons!

这条新闻来自美国亚利桑那州。有人在科罗拉多河浮潜。这个人发现了某样东西。是两具人骨。

The person calls the police. The police come. They look at the skeletons. They see that they are not real.

这个人报警。警察来了。他们看了看骷髅。他们看出那不是真的。

Somebody put the skeletons into the water for fun. The skeletons even have names – Bernie and Bernadette. They may bring tourists to the area.

有人为了好玩把骷髅放在水底。这两具骷髅甚至有名字——伯尼和伯纳黛特。他们可能会为该地区带来游客。

Notes:

1. snorkel：v. 使用呼吸管潜泳，浮潜。

2. skeleton：n. 骨骼，骨架，骷髅。

3. tourist：n. 游客，tour是“旅行，旅途”的意思。

4. for fun：为了好玩，为了消遣。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

Why does somebody put the skeletons into the water?