Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Close to shore (5)

5-The majority of 179 white shark attacks, about 57% of the cases , human victims recieve only a single bite and were spit out
-White Sharks were known fro the twentieth-century sea monster to the New York times.
-The beach was empty fro days because people were afraid they could get attacked.
The Hotel was loosing business, and people were frightened to get near the beach.
_When the E&S hotel spotted a shark, and was shot and it dissapeared out to sea.

4-Whats the reason to bite the human flesh if they wont eat it, just chew it and spit it out?
-Did people feel inprotected by being near the beach?
-Where did people go after that experiebce?
-Did the shark come back after the surfman tried to kill it?

3-precarious:dependent on circumstances beyond one's control
diluted:to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
crimson:deep purplish-red.

2-Metaphor"To a greay white, a man is bony, unpalatable, low-fat choice, distressingly muscular"

1- People were afradi to get near the beach, so surfmen ried to kill sharks that came near the beach.

Close to shore (4)

5-Bruder a worker at a hotel in 1906 believed sharks were harmless to humans.
-when Bruder was swimming he was 1200 feet from shore
-Shark's eyes have a heightened ability to distinguish an object from contrasting background.
-No sharks in history like the white shark are known to travel so far to locate and consume human flesh.
-Charles Bruder was attacked by a white shark surprisily and ate both of hid legs.

4-Had Bruder ever seen a shark before?
-Did the white shark left after he attacked Bruder?
-How did Bruder survive the attack of an anumal that ate both of his legs?
-WHat was with sharks moving into the New Jersey coast?

3-cavernous:being, resembling
somnolent:sleepy; drowsy
camaraderie:sleepy; drowsy

2-Simlie"..the hissing and sighing of the waves, as if calling them back"
metaphor"A shark is quite harmless to humans"

1-Another white shark atack in New Jersey, eating both of a man's legs

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Close to Shore

5-A young shark appeared on the beach of Engleside
-The shark could detect microscopic urine particles in the water.
-In Florida a man got killed by a bull shark that removed his leg.
-The great white takes no chances when challeging prey
-Charles got bit by a Shark after people yelled and warned him.

4-Can a ahark travel 100 miles from its distanation?
-What would've had happened if Charles had never moved from where he was?
-Would the white shark have chaise Charles?
-Was his injury extremely bad?

3-enticing:to lead on by exciting hope or desire
bystander:a person present but not involved
porpoise:any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath

2-COnflict:Sharkd such as white sharks were getting near human places.
simile" Charles screamed as loud that you could hear from the other sid eof the hotel."

1-Charles was attaacked by a white shark that took 2 seconds for a bite on his left foot.

Close to Shore

5-The white sharks migrated fromNorth along the Eastern Seaboard of the US.
-The sharks competed for food in order to survive. (excistence for survival)
-A white shark was lost, pulled by a stray plume of the Gulf stream.
- A shark that was injured by a larger predator became known as the sea monster (a serious killer)
-It can smell prey a quarter mile away.


4-What was the percent of white sharks that died through the migrartion?
-Did the shark had problems through the process?
-How were they able to find food?
-Did it eat any human?

3-deranged:disordered
parlance:a way or manner of speaking
glistening:to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow

2- simile:"A Deutschaland had eyes like a monster sea dog"
Osymoron:" Same, Difference"

1-White sharks migrated from the North to Eastern Seaboard and there adaptaions changed the species completly.

Close to Shore (1)

5-White sharks usually stay in the ocean.
-During the 1900s a lot of people did not know how a shark looked like, only on newspaper drawings or cartoon drawings.
-Herman Oelrichs was a man that went into the ocena with sharks, and the sharks did not attack him.
-The bite of a 6-foot lemon shark is about 7 tons per square inch.
-A white shark is about 20 feet, 3,000 pounds.

4-Did the people wanted to see or even get near a real shark?
-Did Oelrichs recieve his award that he proposed of $500?
-Can a white shark get out of the ocean?
-Can a white shark adapt to an environment that is different from the ocean?

3-amateur: person who engages in a study
ephemeral:lasting a very short time
Ichthyologists:the branch of zoology dealing with fishes

2-Imagery:I"ts dark top matched the leaden sea; its white bottom blended with sunshine reflected from beneath"
-Point of view: 3rd person

1- Thanks to Oelrichs, he made a point that some sharks to atatck only in deffense