| 书摘 elephants used to demolish house 拆房高手：大象 【导读】 英语中有个用法叫elephant’s memory，一般人往往将其理解为“极差的记忆力”，而事实刚好相反。看来大象不仅记忆惊人，且还有其他许多“特异功能”。本文就会告诉你，它还是拆房高手。 【正文】 authorities in northeastern india are using elephants as bulldozers(推土机)to demolish illegally built houses。 five elephants have been drafted(挑选)into service to break uo about 1，000，two—room，thatched(用茅草覆盖屋顶的)houses in a protected forest area around guwahati，the main city in the remeote tea-and一oil rich state of assam(阿萨姆邦，印度东 北部的邦)． “elephants can easily destroy thatched houses，”d．hara—prasad，a forest official’told reuters on tuesday． first the elephants，guided by their“mahout”(印度及东印度群岛的看象)or trainer，remove the roofs with their trunks．then they push over the bmboo walls and crush them with their feet． thc pochyderms(厚皮类动物：迟钝的人)，which can weigh several tons，are being employed to clear 200 hectares(公顷，等于1万平方米)(540 acres)occupied by 4，000 people following a court ordcr(法庭 更多 |
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