- sucking up the water as soon as it appears.
水一边流淌一边被它吸去
- But every square metre of soil moistened by this river
这里的每一寸土壤都已被河水润湿
- will increase the chances of survival for those that live here.
为生活在这里的动物们带来了生机
- Waterholes are filled temprorarily.
水坑里暂时填满了水
- Elsewhere in Africa elephants drink every day,
非洲其它地方的大象每天都会喝水
- but the lack of water here
但这里缺水的现状
- means that desert elephants can only refill their tanks once every four or five days.
意味着沙漠里的大象 只能每隔四五天喝饱一回
来自《行星地球 第一季 第五集 Planet Earth S01E05 沙漠》第 282 行