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大象离开阿拉斯加州寻找更温暖的家

Source: VOA    2011-12-28  我要投稿   论坛   Favorite  

短语讲解:

1. Meanwhile, Maggie the Elephant is strolling about the 12-hectare grounds she shares with nine other pachyderms at an animal-rescue society’s compound in California’s Sierra Mountains, where it’s also chilly at the moment, but a degree or two above freezing at least.

share with与…分享〔合用〕
例句:I have to share the bathroom with the other tenants.
我只得和别的房客共用浴室。

2. The Alaska Zoo was pressured to send Maggie to a facility in warmer climes.

send to传送到 发送
例句:Please have this note sent to Mr. Harrison.
请派人把这张条子送给哈里森先生。

3. Finally in 2007, after TV game-show host Bob Barker donated $750,000 to help pay for her transfer and future care, the Alaska Zoo Board relented, and Maggie took a flight on a cargo plane to her new home in California.

pay for为…付钱
例句:I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

4. Other northern zoos have also given up their elephants.

give up放弃;投降
例句:She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。


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