World’s Loneliest1 Elephant Now Has Friends世界上 最孤獨的大象 如今有了朋友

蔣嘉伊楊

Kaavan the elephant is described as“the worlds loneliest elephant”. After spending years alone2 in a zoo in Pakistan， Kaavan arrived in Cambodia. He will have lots of elephant friends.

大象卡萬被稱作“世界上最孤獨的大象”。在巴基斯坦一所動物園獨自生活多年之后，卡萬抵達了柬埔寨。以后它將擁有許多大象朋友。

Kaavan was the only Asian3 elephant in Pakistan. He was given to Pakistan in 1986， and later went to Islamabads Marghazar Zoo.

卡萬曾經(jīng)是巴基斯坦唯一的一頭亞洲象。它在1986年被贈送給巴基斯坦，后來去了伊斯蘭堡的瑪格扎爾動物園。

Life was hard for Kaavan. The conditions4 at the zoo werent good. In those days， people there ordered him to use his nose to beg5 for money from zoo visitors. In 1990， a cow elephant named Saheli came to the zoo. The two spent over twenty years together.

生活對卡萬而言很艱難。那家動物園的條件并不好。在那些日子里，人們命令它用鼻子從游客那兒討錢。在1990年，母象薩希莉來到了這家動物園。它們一起度過了二十多年的時間。

But in 2012， Saheli died6. Kaavan was alone again. He became sad7 and unhealthy8.

但是2012年薩希莉去世了，卡萬再度陷入孤獨中，它變得很憂傷，身體也不好。

He sometimes became violent9. He was very heavy， and his health10 got too bad.

它有時會發(fā)狂，體重過重，而且健康情況變得非常差。

In 2015， a student started a petition11 to save Kaavan. In 2016， reporters12 wrote about Kaavans conditions. Many people worked to save him. In June， 2020， the zoo closed.

2015年，一個學生發(fā)起了一個救助卡萬的請愿活動。2016年，記者們撰寫了有關(guān)卡萬健康狀況的文章，許多人努力救助它。2020年6月，該動物園關(guān)閉了。

Kaavan would go to Cambodia， but there were two problems. Kaavan was too heavy. And he could be violent.

卡萬要去柬埔寨，但有兩個問題，它太重了，而且它可能會發(fā)狂。

But finally， Kaavan made his flight13 to Cambodia.

但是最后，卡萬成功飛往了柬埔寨。

In December， 2020， he came to his new home. Kaavan is now in a protected area14 in Oddar Meanchey， Cambodia. There are 600 elephants. Hell never be alone again.

2020年12月，它來到了新家。卡萬現(xiàn)在住在柬埔寨奧多棉吉省的保護區(qū)內(nèi)。這里有六百多頭大象，它再也不會孤單了。

（英語原文選自：newsforkids.cn）

【Notes】

1. loneliest [] adj. 最孤獨的

2. alone [? ? ? ?] adj. 獨自的，孤單的

3. Asian [? ? ? ] adj. 亞洲的

4. condition [] n. 情況，條件

5. beg [? ? ] v. 乞求;討要

6. die [? ? ] v. 死亡

7. sad [? ? ?] adj. 傷心的，難過的

8. unhealthy [? ? ? ? ? ] adj. 不健康的

9. violent [? ? ? ? ? ] adj. 狂暴的

10. health [? ? ?] n. 健康

11. petition [? ? ? ? ] n. （向政府或組織）請愿，請求

12. reporter [] n. 記者

13. flight [? ? ?] n. 航班

14. protected area 保護區(qū)