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Elephants require vast amounts of space to roam.
大象需要广袤的土地漫步
They have a range of up to 1,300 square miles.
他们需要近1300平方英里的土地
Given the chance, they will even move between countries
如果可能 他们甚至在不同国家间迁徙
in search of the best food.
只为寻找最好的食物
Particularly, if conditions get rough.
特别是环境变得恶劣的时候
This was the scene in Amboseli National Park in 2009.
眼前是2009年安博塞利国家公园的场景
The park is home to nearly 1,500 elephants.
公园里栖息着将近1500头大象
And this was the worst drought for half a century.
现在却遭遇了半个世纪以来最严重的干旱
60% of zebras and 95% of wildebeests were wiped out.
60%的斑马和95%的牛羚死亡
The seasonal rains had failed for the last two years.
季节性雨水在过去的两年中都没有降临
And the elephants that lived here were slowly starving.
生活在这里的大象们逐渐饿死
The park created to protect them is now surrounded by farmland.
为保护他们而建立的国家公园被农田包围
The elephants had little choice of where else to go.
大象们几乎没有别处可去

重点解释

They have a range of up to 1,300 square miles.他们需要近1300平方英里的土地

a range of 一套；...范围

The gun has a range of five miles.

这炮的射程为五英里。

A range of hills rose on our left.

山脉在我们左方出现。

Given the chance, they will even move between countries in search of the best food.如果可能他们甚至在不同国家间迁徙只为寻找最好的食物

in search of寻找； 寻求

He go in search of a doctor for his sick wife.

他去为他生病的妻子找医生。

The scientists are in search of a new element.

科学家们正在寻找一种新元素。

60% of zebras and 95% of wildebeests were wiped out.60%的斑马和95%的牛羚死亡

wipe out消灭；彻底摧毁；擦掉

Most diseases could be wiped out.

大多数疾病是可以被消灭的。

Only in this way can we wipe out the enemy troops.

只有用这样的方法我们才能消灭敌军