Elephant Fight Caught on Camera in India
印度大象打架被录像

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【新闻关键字】
1. rare: [rɛr] adj. 罕见的
2. square off: v.phr.摆出自卫或攻击的架式
3. spectacle :[ˋspɛktək!] n. 场面
4. brawl: [brɔl] n. 争吵
5. fare: [fɛr] v. 遭遇
6. shrinking: [ʃrɪŋk] n. 缩减
7. habitat: [ˋhæbə͵tæt] n.栖息地
8. conflict: [ˋkɑnflɪkt] n.冲突

A rare sight in northeastern India.
一幕罕见的场景，出现在印度东北部。

Two elephants square off in a two-hour-long battle.
两只大象在长达两小时的战斗中，摆出打架的架势。

Hundreds of people from a nearby town gather to watch the spectacle.
来自附近城镇数百人，闻风聚集观看这场面。

One is not so lucky -- the driver of a public bus was injured during the elephants' brawl.
有个人就不是很幸运了─ ─一位公车驾驶在大象的争执中受伤。

His bus didn't fare very well either.
他的巴士的遭遇也没有很好。

The shrinking of elephant forest habitats and food sources has increased the animal's contact with humans.
大象所居住的森林以及食物的缩减，增加大象这种动物与人类的接触。

Such contact often results in some kind of conflict.
像这样的接触常会造成某种程度上的冲突。
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