两极之间 14-英语听力

[00:00.54]The storm is now subsiding, but not all the elephants have been so lucky.
这时沙尘暴减弱了。但并不是所有的大象同样幸运。 [00:06.77]One youngster has got lost. Thirsty and exhausted, it follows the tracks of its mother, but sadly in the wrong direction.
一只小象迷路了。它又渴又累，极力沿着妈妈的脚印往前走，可惜它走错了方向。 [00:20.95]At the peak of the dry season in the Kalahari water arrives in the Okavango.
卡拉哈里沙漠旱季最严重的时候，奥卡万戈三角洲有了水。 [00:27.61]It fell as rain 1,000 miles away in the highlands of Angola and has taken nearly five months to reach here.
它来自一千多公里之外的安哥拉高原的降雨，经过近5个月才流到这里。 [00:35.70]The water drives out insects from the parched ground, which are snapped up by plovers.
水把昆虫从焦干的土地上驱赶出来，成了灰鸻鸟的美餐。 [00:43.80]Catfish, travelling with the flood, collect any drowning creatures the birds have missed.
鲇鱼随洪水而来，抢食被水冲淹但被鸟儿错过的昆虫。 [00:50.54]It's a seasonal feast for animals of all kinds.
这是各种动物的季节性盛宴。 [00:55.98]Birds are the first to arrive in any numbers - wattled cranes, then black storks.
数量不等的鸟群最先到达。先是肉垂鹤，接着是黑鹳。 [01:05.86]Behind the birds come buffalo.
紧跟鸟类而来的是非洲水牛。 [01:09.06]After weeks of marching their trek is coming to an end.
经过几周跋涉，它们的行程结束了。