英语听力：2012-02-17 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—14
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2012年
All across southern Africa, all animals are journeying for the same reason. Buffalo 1 join the great track. Nowhere else on Earth are so many animals on the move for the same urgent purpose. They are all heading for the swamps of the Okavango, a vast inland delta 2. At the moment it is dry. But water is coming. The travelers are hampered 3 by dangerous dust storms. Mothers and calves 4 can easily get separated from the main herd 5. For this pair, sanctuary 6 lies in a patch of woodland a few miles ahead. They can’t rest until they reach it. The main herd has already got there safely. Finally, the strugglers emerge from the dust. The exhausted 7 calf 8 is still blinded by sand. Its mother does everything possible to help it.
The storm is now subsiding 9. But not all the elephants have been so lucky. One youngster has got lost. Thirsty and exhausted, he follows the tracks of its mother, but sadly, in the wrong direction.
- Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
- The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
- The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
- So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。
- a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
- The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
- He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。
- There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
- Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
- It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
- Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
- The cow slinked its calf.那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
- The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。