BBC纪录片《非洲-大草原》第12集:自然界反弹的力量
日期:2013-12-27 19:53

(单词翻译:单击)

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Although too late to save the calf,
虽然对于挽救小象为时已晚
a few months later, the rains did finally return.
几个月之后 雨水最终降下了
When we returned, it was amazing.
当我们返回这里 眼前的景象令人惊叹
It was lush and green again.
草原又变得郁郁葱葱
And the elephants in the rains, they all tend to come together,
象群聚集在雨下 他们喜欢群居生活
so it was like all these groups which had been dispersed,
就像是之前被迫分离
which had been just somehow coping on their own,
独自应对苦难的象群
all got back together again,
如今又聚在了一起
so it was almost a sort of festival type atmosphere.
气氛简直就像是在过节一般
That was when, essentially, they come together,
他们差不多就是在那时候相聚
they mate and then, after that,
进行交配 而随之
lots of young calves are being born.
就诞生了许多小象
Since the end of the drought,
自大旱结束以来
over 220 calves have been born in Amboseli,
在安波塞利平原诞生了220多只小象
and that number is still rising.
数目还在持续攀升
It's the biggest elephant baby boom on record.
那是有史记载以来象群最高的出生率
I think what's lovely to see in that situation is that
我觉得最让人感到欣慰的是
having been through such a terrible drought,
熬过那次可怕的大旱之后
to see the way in which, you know, if you let things alone,
你会发现 如果你不去干涉
you know, they do have incredible capacity to bounce back.
他们有令人惊讶的能力反弹重生

重点解释

Although too late to save the calf,虽然对于挽救小象为时已晚

too...to...太...以至于不能...

My lame excuse is that I have too much to do.

我那站不住脚的借口就是我要干的事太多了。

And the elephants in the rains, they all tend to come together,象群聚集在雨下他们喜欢群居生活

tend to倾向,易于

I tend to think that she is right.

我倾向于认为她是对的。

His novels tend to be very samey.

他的小说有非常枯燥乏味的倾向。

you know, they do have incredible capacity to bounce back.他们有令人惊讶的能力反弹重生

bounce back(受挫折后)恢复原状

She thinks I should bounce back.

她认为我应该在遭受打击后迅速恢复。

I bounce back from disappointment.

我很快就能从挫折中恢复过来。

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重点单词
  • droughtn. 干旱
  • essentiallyadv. 本质上,本来
  • maten. 伙伴,配偶,同事 vt. 使 ... 配对,使 .
  • lushadj. 苍翠繁茂的,多青草的,丰富的 n. 酒,酒鬼
  • tendv. 趋向,易于,照料,护理
  • calfn. 小牛,幼崽,愚蠢的年轻人,小牛皮,小腿肚
  • incredibleadj. 难以置信的,惊人的
  • disappointmentn. 失望,令人失望的人或事
  • boomn. 繁荣,低沉声,帆杠,水栅 vi. 急速增长,发出低
  • capacityn. 能力,容量,容积; 资格,职位 adj. (达到最