大象

Biologist and explorer Mike Fay calls Mala Mala the "Ferrari of game reserves" for its posh, safari-retro accommodatiO-N-S, lush grounds, top-notch management, and abundant wildlife, including liO-N-S, leopards, elephants, rhinos, wildebeests, impalas, and giraffes.

生物学家及探险家麦克菲称赞玛拉玛拉是&野生动物保护区中的法拉利&，因为这里有着豪华的探险风格住所，郁郁葱葱的大地，一流的管理，还有大量的野生动物--狮子，花豹，大象，犀牛，角马，羚羊和长颈鹿。

Biologist and explorer Mike Fay calls Mala Mala the "Ferrari of gamereserves" for its posh, safari-retro accommodations, lush grounds,top-notch management, and abundant wildlife, including lions, leopards,elephants, rhinos, wildebeests, impalas, and giraffes.

生物学家及探险家麦克菲称赞玛拉玛拉是&野生动物保护区中的法拉利&，因为这里有着豪华的探险风格住所，郁郁葱葱的大地，一流的管理，还有大量的野生动物--狮子，花豹，大象，犀牛，角马，羚羊和长颈鹿。

When the elephant is about to devour a plaintain-tree in someone's garden, the mahut strikes it with his iron-tipped goad.

大象要吃某个花园里的车前草，驯象人就会伸出铁棒提醒它。

A century ago southern Africa's elephants were driven close to extinction by indiscriminate ivory hunting. Now there are so many of them that experts say they are threatening the environment.

据路透社12月15日报道，一个世纪以前，由于受到获取象牙者的猎杀，生活在南非的象群无不面临着灭顶之灾；然而100年后的今天，那里的大象数量却又发展得如此&壮大&，以至于严重威胁到了当地的生态环境，甚至人身安全。

R Sanctuary, where elephants have worn paths through the wilderness and a 75-foot (23-meter) tower hovers within the blooming canopy, offering views of langurs, water buffalo, wild boars, and the few remaining tigers below.

r Sanctuary的丛林中艰难跋涉，在那里大象们已经踏出了一条穿过丛林的路径，一个75英尺高（23米）的塔在这浓密的树荫中摇摆，它提供了观察叶候、水牛、野猪还有为数不多的老虎等动物的良好视角。

A flat roof covered with sheets of lead .Turning towards the prow, one had before one an innumerable flock of ancient roofs, over which arched broadly the lead-covered apse of the Sainte-Chapelle, like an elephant's haunches loaded with its tower.

你一转向船头，呈现在面前的是一片无边无际的古老屋顶，仿佛是一群铺天盖地的牛羊，而浮现在其上面的是圣小教堂后殿的铅皮圆屋顶，远望过去，好似一只大象后背上驮着教堂的钟楼。

Turning towards the prow, one had before one an innumerable flock of ancient roofs, over which arched broadly the lead-covered apse of the Sainte-Chapelle, like an elephant's haunches loaded with its tower.

你一转向船头，呈现在面前的是一片无边无际的古老屋顶，仿佛是一群铺天盖地的牛羊，而浮现在其上面的是圣小教堂后殿的铅皮圆屋顶，远望过去，好似一只大象后背上驮着教堂的钟楼。

The half dome over an apse .Turning towards the prow, one had before one an innumerable flock of ancient roofs, over which arched broadly the lead-covered apse of the Sainte-Chapelle, like an elephant's haunches loaded with its tower.

你一转向船头，呈现在面前的是一片无边无际的古老屋顶，仿佛是一群铺天盖地的牛羊，而浮现在其上面的是圣小教堂后殿的铅皮圆屋顶，远望过去，好似一只大象后背上驮着教堂的钟楼。

A weighted weapon similar to a blackjack.Turning towards the prow, one had before one an innumerable flock of ancient roofs, over which arched broadly the lead-covered apse of the Sainte-Chapelle, like an elephant's haunches loaded with its tower.

你一转向船头，呈现在面前的是一片无边无际的古老屋顶，仿佛是一群铺天盖地的牛羊，而浮现在其上面的是圣小教堂后殿的铅皮圆屋顶，远望过去，好似一只大象后背上驮着教堂的钟楼。

A carved figure on the prow of a ship.Turning towards the prow, one had before one an innumerable flock of ancient roofs, over which arched broadly the lead-covered apse of the Sainte-Chapelle, like an elephant's haunches loaded with its tower.

你一转向船头，呈现在面前的是一片无边无际的古老屋顶，仿佛是一群铺天盖地的牛羊，而浮现在其上面的是圣小教堂后殿的铅皮圆屋顶，远望过去，好似一只大象后背上驮着教堂的钟楼。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。