英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非 喀拉哈里大沙漠(9)

But in 1893, it wasn't the river or the geology that was to be protected, rather the local antelope¹ herds².

但在1893年,它可不是河流或地貌特征,而是是被保护，当地有成群的羚羊。

Policing methods proved adequate though, hunting remain widespread and the antelope population remains³ a fraction of what it once was.

虽然证明投入了足够多的治安管理力度,但狩猎仍然屡见不鲜,而且羚羊的数目仍是曾经的少数。

Today, the entire park is named after its central feature, the massive and thundering waterfall, which the indigenous⁴ people had named Angrabies.

今天,整个公园因为其特点而命名,大规模，雷鸣声般的瀑布,土著居民将其命名为安格拉贝斯。

Angrabies might mean a place of great noise, but this spot is deliciously quiet.

安格拉贝斯可能意思着一个很大噪音的地方,但我现在所处的这个地方却是很安静。

Some 12 kilometers from the Falls, birdsong and a gentle breeze are all that accompanied me along this day's river walk.

距离瀑布12公里处, 鸟鸣声,阵阵微风都陪伴着我这一天沿河行走的旅程。

After wandering through swine grasses, bleached⁵ white by the sun.

稍作徘徊后,这里被太阳染成了白色。

1 antelope   

n.羚羊；羚羊皮

参考例句：

• Choosing the antelope shows that China wants a Green Olympics.选择藏羚羊表示中国需要绿色奥运。
• The tiger was dragging the antelope across the field.老虎拖着羚羊穿过原野。

2 herds   

兽群( herd的名词复数 )； 牧群； 人群； 群众

参考例句：

• Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
• There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

5 bleached   

漂白的，晒白的，颜色变浅的

参考例句：

• His hair was bleached by the sun . 他的头发被太阳晒得发白。
• The sun has bleached her yellow skirt. 阳光把她的黄裙子晒得褪色了。