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We had scarcely gone to bed when we heard a boom. We dashed out only to find that she had disappeared.
聽(tīng)到巨響之后我們無(wú)法入眠，沖出去發(fā)現(xiàn)它不見(jiàn)了。
We were too excited to wait till morning to develop the plates; so we rushed to do this task at once.
我們都非常興奮，沒(méi)等到天亮就沖洗了相片，我們立馬操作起來(lái)。
The pictures were wonderfully clear. What a thrill we camera hunters got from every good picture,
照片非常清晰，每一張絕妙照片都會(huì)讓我們攝影捕獵者非常激動(dòng)，
a greater thrill than any mere game-hunter can know.
狩獵者是無(wú)法體會(huì)這種興奮的。
Although we doubted that she would return, we set up the apparatus again the following night.
盡管我們懷疑它會(huì)回來(lái)，第二天晚上，我們?cè)俅渭芎迷O(shè)備。
Again we heard the flashlight boom and again we rushed to develop the film.
我們?cè)僖淮温?tīng)到閃光燈的聲響，之后再一次匆忙沖洗相片。
The third night we heard the crashing of branches on the edge of the forest.
第三個(gè)晚上，我們聽(tīng)到森林邊有沖撞樹(shù)枝的聲音。
There was the old lady contentedly feeding. When she had finished her meal,
一只老母象在覓食，看起來(lái)很滿(mǎn)足，當(dāng)她覓食結(jié)束后，
she strolled slowly down the line of houses where my gun bearers and camera boys slept,
她慢慢地走向一排排房屋，槍支搬運(yùn)工和看管攝像機(jī)的男孩在屋內(nèi)睡覺(jué)，
quietly ripping off the thatched roofs as she went.
她一邊走一邊掀起茅草屋房頂。
In a moment the natives came tumbling out of their huts, greatly frightened. The old tembo disappeared.
不一會(huì)，這些當(dāng)?shù)啬泻⒌沧驳爻隽嗣┎菸荩@得非常害怕，這只老象消失了。
One astonishing thing about elephants is the way they can vanish so noiselessly into the forest, in spite of their great size.
最讓人們覺(jué)得不可思議的是，大象可以安安靜靜地消失在叢林深處，盡管它們體型龐大。
I have seen them melt out of sight with little or no movement that could be noticed.
我看到過(guò)大象消失的場(chǎng)景，我?guī)缀鹾翢o(wú)察覺(jué)。
I say again that I like elephants. The majority of them are kind;
我要在重復(fù)一遍，我喜歡大象，多數(shù)大象都很友善，
they know their place in life and are content to keep it.
它們知道自己的位置，并滿(mǎn)足于保護(hù)它。
