一屍兩命的悲劇
A female elephant, aged 15, died in Kerala’s Silent Valley Forest on May 27. To be specific, two deaths were involved in this tragic incident because she was one-month pregnant.
一隻年約十五歲的母象在5月27日死於喀拉拉邦的寧靜谷國家公園。具體而言是兩個生命的死亡，因為當時她已懷有一個月的身孕。
to be specific=specifically具體來說death(n.)死亡be involved in…涉及;受影響;參與tragic(adj.)悲慘的tragedy(n.)悲劇accident(n.)意外historical incident(n.)歷史事件pregnant(adj.)懷孕
The elephant was severely injured after eating a pineapple filled with firecrackers that later exploded in her mouth and damaged her jaw. Unable to eat, she stood in a river with her head dipped in the water, trying to cool the wound.
母象吃了塞有炸藥的鳳梨後造成下顎嚴重被炸傷。母象無法進食，為了減輕疼痛她站在河裡並把頭部泡在水裡。
severely(adv.)嚴重地injured(adj.)受傷(be) filled with填滿;充滿damaged(v.)破壞;損害;受傷be unable to do sth無法做某件事be able to有能力dip(v.)浸泡cool(v.)冷卻;舒緩wound(n.)傷口cool the wound減輕疼痛
Two trained elephants were brought to lead her out of the water, but she refused to move.
兩隻大象試著引導母象走上陸地，但她一直待在水裡不肯上岸。
trained(adj.)訓練過lead(v.)引導;帶領refuse to do sth拒絕做某件事
A veterinarian said they could not immobilize the elephant with a tranquilizer to give treatment because it might have drowned. The elephant died before it got pulled out of the water.
一位獸醫表示，他們原本想給母象注射鎮定劑再把她帶上岸治療，但擔心母象會因為無法動彈而溺斃在水裡。母象在被帶上岸前便已死去。
veterinarian(n.)獸醫=vetmobile phone手機immobilize(v.)使…無法行動tranquil(adj.)平靜tranquilizer(n.)鎮定劑treatment(n.)治療drown(v.)淹沒;溺斃
One report claimed that someone purposely fed a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers to the elephant, but forest officials said this tragedy could also be an accident.
早前懷疑有人蓄意給母象餵食塞了炸藥的鳳梨。但官方表示，這場悲劇很有可能是場意外。
claim(v.)聲稱;宣稱purposely(adv.)故意地stuffed with填充;填滿
In India, placing explosives in fruits and laying them around fields is a common practice to ward off wild boars. The elephant might have eaten one of those fruits.
印度當地農田周圍常擺放塞了炸藥的水果，用以驅趕野豬，而母象可能誤食了那些水果。
place(v.)放置lay(v.)擺放practice(v.)(n.)練習common practice常見的做法ward off驅離;阻擋
In fact, this is not the first case of wild animals being killed by man-made explosives. The pregnant elephant’s death has drawn people’s attention to the dangerous use of explosives, as it might cause injury or death toward other animals.
事實上，這已不是野生動物被「炸死」的首例，母象的死亡引起大眾對於使用危險性炸藥的關注，因為這可能對野生動物造成傷害甚至死亡。
man-made(adj.)人造的draw someone’s attention to sth引起某人對某件事的注意cause(v.)導致injury(n.)受傷;傷勢