VOA慢速英语:Elephants in Cameroon Fall Victim to Killings

1. Today we tell about the issue, and about some efforts to help theanimals.

tell about 讲述
例句：We were instructed not to tell about it. 
我们受到指示不得说出那件事。 

2. the substance that makes up their tusks.

make up 组成
例句：The medical team was made up of twelve doctors.
医疗队由十二名医生组成。

3. The CITES chief said the incident shows that a new poaching problem isaking place.

take place 发生;举行
例句：When will the basketball game take place?
篮球赛何时举行?

4. The government in Cameroon also has attempted to help elephants.

attempt to 试图，企图
例句：He cut desperately at the rope in an attempt to free his foot. 
他拼命砍绳子,试图把自己的脚解脱开。 

5. On March first, it sent as many as one hundred fifty soldiers to theBouba Ndjida National Park.

as many as 和...一样多
例句：They drew as many as four times that year. 
他们那一年四次打成平局。 

6. The losses include both white rhinoceros and the smaller, blackrhinoceros. Strangely, both animals are a gray-brown color instead of whiteor black, as their names suggest.

instead of 代替
例句：He will go instead of you.
他将代你去。

7. The hunters cut off the rhino’s horn while a drug makes the animalunable to move.

cut off 切断;中断
例句：Fail to pay and they'll cut off the electricity. 
你（如果）不付款，他们就要断电。 

8. Tom Milliken studies international trade in wildlife products for theorganization Traffic International.

trade in 以旧换新,买卖
例句：They trade in their car every three years. 
他们每隔三年就以旧汽车贴换新车。 

9. he said it can be ground and mixed with water and drunk as a liquid.

mix with 与…混合
例句：Oil does not mix with water. 
油不能与水混合。

10. One idea being tried is removing a rhino’s horn to prevent the animalfrom being killed illegally.

prevent from 阻止;制止
例句：Nothing can prevent him from going.
什么都不能阻止他前往。