美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第四冊(cè) 第116期：長(zhǎng)頸鹿（02）

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Le Vaillant (the celebrated French traveler and naturalist) was the first who gave us any exact account of the form and habits of the giraffe.

勒.瓦揚(yáng)（法國(guó)著名旅行家和博物學(xué)家）是第一個(gè)為我們精確描述長(zhǎng)頸鹿的外形和生活習(xí)性的人。

While he was traveling in South Africa, he happened one day to discover a hut covered with the skin of one of those animals;

他在南非旅行時(shí)，一天碰巧發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)棚屋上覆蓋著長(zhǎng)頸鹿的鹿皮；

and learned to his surprise that he was now in a part of the country where the creature was found.

他驚訝地了解到這里就是發(fā)現(xiàn)長(zhǎng)頸鹿的地方。

He could not rest contented until he had seen the animal alive, and had secured a specimen.

除非親自看到野生的長(zhǎng)頸鹿，取得標(biāo)本，否則他無(wú)法安心。

Having on several days obtained sight of some of them, he, with his attendants, on horseback and accompaniedwith dogs, gave chase; but they baffled all pursuit.

后來(lái)有幾天他看到了一些長(zhǎng)頸鹿，因此他和助手騎著馬，帶著獵犬，開(kāi)始追蹤；但是沒(méi)有追到。

After a chase of a whole day, which effected nothing but the fatigue of the party, he began to despair of success.

后來(lái)在追了整整一天后，隊(duì)伍疲勞極了卻一無(wú)所獲，他開(kāi)始喪失信心了。

"The next day," says he, "by sunrise, I was in pursuit of game, in the hope of obtaining some provisions formy men.

“第二天，”他說(shuō)，“黎明的時(shí)候，我正在追逐獵物，希望為我們的人弄一些吃的。

After several hours' fatigue, we saw, at the turn of a hill, seven giraffes, which my pack of dogs instantlypursued.

幾個(gè)小時(shí)后，在一個(gè)山丘的拐彎處，我們見(jiàn)到七只長(zhǎng)頸鹿，獵犬立刻追過(guò)去。

Six of them went off together; but the seventh, cut off by my dogs, took another way.

六只長(zhǎng)頸鹿一起奔跑；但是第七只長(zhǎng)頸鹿被獵犬?dāng)r截，向另一個(gè)方向跑去。

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