奇速英语时文阅读：中国流浪野象群长途跋涉500公里成直播网红

作者：未知　时间：2021-06-18 阅读：( )

导读：经过15个月500公里远离自然栖息地的长途跋涉之后，中国著名的流浪象群已经在昆明郊区停下来稍事休息，这一奇幻旅程令全中国着迷。

难句解析

snooze / snuːz / n. 小睡；打盹
例句：He likes taking a snooze at noon. 他喜欢中午小憩。
authority/ ɔːˈθɒrəti] / n. 当局
例句：Authorities allowed people to have a festival parade. 当局允许人们举行节日游行。
monitor / ˈmɒnɪtə(r) / v. 监控；监视
例句：Each student’s progress is closely monitored. 每一位同学的学习情况都受到密切的关注。
construction/ kənˈstrʌkʃn / n. 建筑；建造
例句：Our new offices are still under construction . 我们的新办公楼尚在修建中。
attract / əˈtrækt / v. 吸引
例句：The festival attracts people from a wide area. 这个艺术节吸引了四面八方的人。
Viewers are crazy about the three little elephants in the herd, including one who was born during the great journey.
观众们对象群里的三头小象特别着迷，其中一头是在这次伟大的旅途中出生的。be crazy about意为“对……痴迷”; who引导定语从句，修饰先行词one。
And to keep the elephants away from crowded cities, either roads are being blocked with construction trucks or food is being used as something to attract them.
为了让大象远离拥挤的城市，人们要么用建筑卡车堵住道路，要么用食物来吸引大象。to keep the elephants away from crowded cities是不定式短语作目的状语；either…or…意为“或者……或者……，要么……要么……”； is being used是现在进行时的被动语态。

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A drone(无人机) has taken photos and video of an elephant herd(兽群) taking a snooze in the outskirts(郊区) of Kunming, China. The elephants stopped for a rest after a long journey from their forest home. According to reports, 15 elephants have walked 500 kilometres since leaving their home—a nature reserve in southwest Yunnan last spring. And no one knows why they’re on the move.

无人机拍下了大象群在中国昆明郊外小憩的照片和视频。这群大象离开它们的森林之家，走了很长一段路后停下来休息。据报道，自去年春天离开家乡——云南西南部的一个自然保护区以来，15头大象已经走了500公里。没人知道它们为什么要搬家。

The elephants have been causing quite the stir online. Millions of people watched livestreams (直播) of the elephants on Weibo, China’s second largest social media platform. Viewers are crazy about the three little elephants in the herd, including one who was born during the great journey.

这群大象在网上引起了不小的轰动。在中国第二大社交媒体平台——微博上，数百万人收看了大象的直播。观众们对象群的三头小象特别着迷，其中一头是在这次伟大的旅途中出生的。

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