纪录片《非洲》 第98期:非洲的未来（17）

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For the sisters, who know each elephant personally,

对于熟识每一头大象的三姐妹来说

this is a terrible moment.

那是可怕的一刻

It is something that we feel in our hearts.

那是触动我们心底的悲伤

You can imagine the kind of feelings that we get.

你能想象我们的感受

You know, knowing those elephants

熟知那些大象

and seeing something like that happen.

看到那样的事情发生

It really touches us.

真的令我们悲痛

It was a tough year for all the young elephants in the region.

对那个地区的小象来说那是艰难的一年

We lost all the calves¹ that were born that year.

那一年降生的小象都死了

All of them, we lost them.

所有的小象 都死了

There was nothing the sisters could do to save the baby.

三姐妹对拯救小象无能为力

But they were determined² to save any elephants they could,

但她们决心要拯救任何可以挽救的大象

especially mothers who could breed again.

特别是还能再生育的母象

They found this female stuck in the mud,

她们发现这只母象被困在泥潭中

exhausted³ in a dried-up lake bed.

在干涸的湖床中精疲力竭

1 calves   

n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解

参考例句：

• 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》

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• 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。