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Arabian camels and nomadic1 people are the most recent in a long line of Saharan pioneers. The history of this great region is told in ancient rock art, glimpses of a vanished world. Just a few thousand years ago, this desert was still wet enough to support great herds2 of cattle and goats. Prey3 was abundant, and people used horse-drawn chariots, dogs, bows and arrows in the hunt for food. Giraffes, elephants, buffalo4, lions and rhino5 roamed across the Sahara. There are rivers full of fish, even crocodiles.
Today at Ennidi Gorge6, there are living reminders7 of that once green Sahara. In a few isolated8 oasises, there are still an abundance of aquatic9 life. Even more surprising is that these communities of fish still support a dwindling10 number of Nile crocodiles. They are the last survivors11 of a once healthy population which over thousands of years has been left high and dry by the changing climate. Today, just three crocodiles remain, too few to continue the line marooned12 by hundreds of miles of sand, right in the middle of the mightiest13 desert on earth.
Africa's deserts are more than just barren expanses, they are dynamic worlds, each with its own unique character. They are also places of great opportunity, where given enough time, a steady climate and a sprinkle of water, life can flourish, and it has done so in some of the most extraordinary ways imaginable.
chariot: a two-wheeled vehicle that was used in ancient times for racing14 and fighting and was pulled by a horse 古时双轮战车;四轮马车,四轮轿车
aquatic : living or growing in, happening in, or connected with water 水生的, 水栖的
marooned:left in a place from which you cannot escape 使...处于孤独无助之境
high and dry: 搁浅
dynamic:动力的, 动力学的, 动态的
1 nomadic | |
adj.流浪的;游牧的 | |
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兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众 | |
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3 prey | |
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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4 buffalo | |
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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5 rhino | |
n.犀牛,钱, 现金 | |
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6 gorge | |
n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃 | |
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7 reminders | |
n.令人回忆起…的东西( reminder的名词复数 );提醒…的东西;(告知该做某事的)通知单;提示信 | |
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8 isolated | |
adj.与世隔绝的 | |
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9 aquatic | |
adj.水生的,水栖的 | |
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10 dwindling | |
adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 ) | |
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11 survivors | |
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 ) | |
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12 marooned | |
adj.被围困的;孤立无援的;无法脱身的 | |
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13 mightiest | |
adj.趾高气扬( mighty的最高级 );巨大的;强有力的;浩瀚的 | |
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14 racing | |
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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