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两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平/test/kuaisu.aspx?tid=16-73675-0旅游，把探险经历用博客记录下来，分享传播，就能在6个月里不仅免费旅游还能获得11.1w美元的报酬。 不过这个曾经最幸运的英国男人Ben Southall(就是应聘上大堡礁工作的人)，最近在大堡礁游玩时被海蜇刺伤。他是在上周发现异常的，手臂和脚上有几处伤口，然后接下来便开始发烧、 头痛、胸闷等。医生认为他是被一种名为Irukandji 有毒海蜇刺伤了。不过幸好Ben 并无生命危险。 注：Irukandji 是一种有着剧毒的海蜇，该地曾在2002年又两名游客被这小东西弄死。 恢复后的Ben 开玩笑的说“我真应该穿上带刺的卡通服，在水里拍几张照，告诫游客们，这水里的厉害。” （中文内容摘自煎蛋网） Best Job winner stung by dangerous jellyfish Trouble struck?paradise?this week when a British man who has the Best Job in the World as the caretaker of a?tropical燗ustralian island was stung by a potentially lethal jellyfish. Ben Southall ?who won a contest to blog for six months about life on Australias Hamilton Island to promote tourism ?wrote Tuesday that he was lucky to have survived his?里的厉brush爓ith the extremely venomous Irukandji jellyfish. Earlier this week, Southall was getting off a Jet Ski in the ocean when he felt a small bee-like sting on his arm. When he later noticed a tingling in his hands and feet, island staff took Southall immediBately to the doctor. Progressive symptoms of fever, headache, lower back pain, chest?tightness?and high blood pressure led the doctor to diagnose that Southall had been stung by an Irukandji jellyfish. He was given pain medication and slept off the venoms effects overnight. I thought Id done particularly well at avoiding any contact with any of the dangerous critters that consider this part of the world their home, Southall wrote. This was not what Id wanted at all and had caught me little off guard to say the least ?Im supposed to be relaxing in my last few days on Hamilton Island. Australia is well-known for its?myriad燿eadly creatures, but the peanut-sized Irukandji remains rather mysterious. It is virtually impossible to see and is tiny enough to pass through nets meant to keep jellyfish away from popular swimming spots. Its sting can lead to symptoms including shootifng pains in the muscles and chest, vomiting, restlessness and anxiety. Some symptoms can last for more than