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A quarter of a million wildebeest will die in their yearly odyssey1.
In the sun burnt Serengeti, hunger keeps the wildebeests thundering northward2, following the rain. A collective intelligence keeps the herd3 on track, neighbor leading neighbor, along ancestral paths.
Testosterone drives young males to flaunt4 their strength, fleetness and stamina5. The plain is awash in hormones6. And young male ostriches7 gyrate in outlandish displays. But most of the march is a blistering8 slog, with patient scavengers and predators9 knowing some will falter10.
One of the last born, his young body exhausted11 beyond measure, simply can not carry on. His mother, caught between the pull of maternity12 and the need to survive, waits, urges.
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1 odyssey | |
n.长途冒险旅行;一连串的冒险 | |
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2 northward | |
adv.向北;n.北方的地区 | |
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3 herd | |
n.兽群,牧群;vt.使集中,把…赶在一起 | |
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4 flaunt | |
vt.夸耀,夸饰 | |
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5 stamina | |
n.体力;精力;耐力 | |
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6 hormones | |
n. 荷尔蒙,激素 名词hormone的复数形式 | |
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7 ostriches | |
n.鸵鸟( ostrich的名词复数 );逃避现实的人,不愿正视现实者 | |
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8 blistering | |
adj.酷热的;猛烈的;使起疱的;可恶的v.起水疱;起气泡;使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡 | |
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9 predators | |
n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 );奴役他人者(尤指在财务或性关系方面) | |
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10 falter | |
vi.(嗓音)颤抖,结巴地说;犹豫;蹒跚 | |
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11 exhausted | |
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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12 maternity | |
n.母性,母道,妇产科病房;adj.孕妇的,母性的 | |
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