非洲象

The 20-foot(6-meter)-long treadmill was designed specifically for Maggie, a 23-year-old female African elephant that has become the subject of a national debate over the proper care for captive pachyderms .

这台长20英尺（6米）的跑步机是专门为动物园中一头名叫麦吉的23岁雌性非洲象设计的。最近，全美都在讨论如何正确对待豢养在动物园里的大象，而被讨论的主角正是麦吉。

If the elephant disappears,scientists say,many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna,greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem.

使科学家们担心的是，非洲象已经成为濒临灭绝的物种，科学家们说，如果大象消失的话，其它动物也将会从广阔的森林和草原上消失，将大大的改变和恶化整个生态系统。

Then I of the African elephant?""

那我的非洲象呢？&&

Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment.

不像其他动物，非洲象也是他所处环境的建造者。

The subject of this experiment is Donna, an African elephant.

这次试验的对象是一只非洲象堂娜。

There are two kinds of elephant, the African elephant and the Asian elephant.

大象有两种，分别是非洲象和亚洲象。

Can you tell the difference between Asianelephant and African elephant ?

你能说出亚洲象和非洲象的差别吗？

Unlike other animals,the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment.

与其它动物不同的是，非洲象从很大程度上来说是环境的缔造者。

My only real friend was a huge, magnificent African bull elephant.

我唯一的朋友是一头强壮的非洲象。

An African elephant's skin can be up to one inch (2.5 centimeters) thick.

意译：这是一只非洲象的皮肤其厚度可以到2.5厘米厚。

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。