纪录片《我们的地球》 第163期 富饶丛林(18)

And they're not the only animals attracted to the clearing.

大象不是唯一被吸引到空旷地带的动物。

Forest buffalos and red river hogs¹ are also regular visitors.

森林水牛，红河野猪，它们也是常客。

As are bongos, which are very difficult to see outside these clearings.

邦戈羚羊也是除了在空旷地很难见到的动物。

All these large forest animals have come here

所有的这些森林动物来到这里，

to collect an essential element of their diet that lies buried beneath the mud.

收集埋在泥下的对身体有益的微量元素。

And the elephant's trunk is the perfect tool for reaching it.

象鼻可以说是得到它的完美工具。

To get what they seek, the prospecting² elephants must first blow away the covering layer of silt³.

要找到想要的东西，大象首先要驱走覆盖着的沙土。

Satisfaction at last.

最终十分满意。

They're collecting a particular kind of clay that contains vital minerals scarce in their natural diet.

它们在收集一种特殊的矿物质，而这种矿物质很难从自然食物中获取。

It may be mud but there's just nothing quite like it for enriching⁴ the blood.

虽然有些牙碜，不过到了血液里也就没什么了。

The clay also helps to absorb the toxins⁵ found in many leaves that the elephants eat.

粘土也可以吸收中和吃的叶子中的毒素。

There are other benefits to coming here.

到这里还有个好处。

These clearings are the only places where the forest elephants can get together in such numbers.

这块空地是唯一可以聚集并展现象群数量的地方。

When they return to the forest, they will have to go their separate ways once more.

当它们返回树林时，它们将再一次分开。

1 hogs   

n.（尤指喂肥供食用的）猪( hog的名词复数 )；（供食用的）阉公猪；彻底地做某事；自私的或贪婪的人

参考例句：

• 'sounds like -- like hogs grunting. “像——像是猪发出的声音。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• I hate the way he hogs down his food. 我讨厌他那副狼吞虎咽的吃相。 来自辞典例句

2 prospecting   

n.探矿

参考例句：

• The prospecting team ploughed their way through the snow. 探险队排雪前进。
• The prospecting team has traversed the length and breadth of the land. 勘探队踏遍了祖国的山山水水。

3 silt   

n.淤泥，淤沙，粉砂层，泥沙层；vt.使淤塞；vi.被淤塞

参考例句：

• The lake was almost solid with silt and vegetation.湖里几乎快被淤泥和植物填满了。
• During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.每年河水泛滥时都会在田野上沉积一层淤泥。

4 enriching   

使富有( enrich的现在分词 )； 使富裕； 充实； 使丰富

参考例句：

• It was a dark enriching influence she had not known before. 这是一种她从来未感受到的朦胧而又不断丰美的感化力量。
• His hopes of enriching me perished now. 他想让我做个富家子的打算，如今已经化为泡影了。

5 toxins   

n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
• Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》