The sun seemed to shoot up in the sky, and its heat poured out on us as if a door had been opened from a furnace. 太阳似乎发出耀眼的光芒,热量洒向我们,似乎一个大熔炉突然开了门。 We stood still there, motionless, stari...
The land was ghostly with the first signs of morning, 清晨第一缕阳光让大地变得十分诡异。 and through the grayness the giant pines rose darkly like columns in some dim underground vault. 在灰暗中,一棵棵巨松在黑暗中耸立,...
Tiger, terror of the jungle. By Mary Hastings Bradley 老虎,森林恐怖之王,马里哈斯丁布莱德利 To us in America the tiger is an interesting animal; but to the people of the jungle he is a constant terror, 对于美国人,老虎是一...
We had scarcely gone to bed when we heard a boom. We dashed out only to find that she had disappeared. 听到巨响之后我们无法入眠,冲出去发现它不见了。 We were too excited to wait till morning to develop the plates; so we rushed...
Boculy found so many elephants for us that we gradually became accustomed to the big beasts 鲍克里为我们找到了许多头大象,我们逐渐适应了大型动物, and set our cameras many times for them without fear. 多次在准备摄像机...
Camera hunting 照相机狩猎 Hunting with the camera has become more important to the study of wild life than hunting with the rifle. 相比于枪支狩猎,照相机狩猎对于研究野生动物更加重要。 Osa and I seldom shoot except for f...
As for simba, the lion, he leaves little trace of his weight. One rarely finds his footprints. 至于辛巴,也就是狮子,它留下的痕迹根本看不出它的实际重量,因此很少能够找到它们的足迹。 Swiftly and silently he s...
Elephants are his strong point. We call Boculy little half-brother of the elephants. 这一点在大象身上表现得尤为明显。我们称鲍可利为大象的兄弟。 If he told me I'd find elephants in front of the New York Public Library, 就算...
With most game, the larger the herd the less chance there is of getting a good picture, for they stampede too easily. 对于大多数动物而言,群体越庞大,获得好图像的概率就越小,因为它们很容易因受惊而集体奔逃。...
When it was all over, Osa sat down. And I must confess that my own knees felt a trifle wobbly. 当一切都结束的时候,奥萨坐了下来。我必须承认,现在我有些站立不稳。 It had been a close call, and I would probably not have...