Wild elephants live in herds of 10 to about 50. The leader is usually a female. A herd can go through a forest quietly. It travels in a single line. It goes about 6 miles an hour. When frightened it may run at about 25 miles an hour. When they reach water, elephants swim across. They are great swimmers.
Elephants eat grass, leaves, small branches, and bark. They particularly like the tender leaves on the top of trees. How do they get these leaves? They use their heads to knock trees down. They can easily knock down a 30-foot tree. Elephants also eat berries, mangoes, coconuts, corn, and sugar cane. They love salt. A wild male adult eats 500 to 600 pounds of food a day.
Many people want to find the graveyards (基地) of elephants. There is a strong belief that such graveyards exist. Here is why. Bones and tusks of dead elephants have almost never been found. Searches have been made in forests. Grassy plains have been searched too. But neither ones nor tusks are found. Elephants don’t live forever. Where are their bones? They don’t just bury themselves. Here is one belief. When an elephant gets sick or old, it instinctively knows death is near. It leaves the herd. It goes off to a secret graveyard. The place is known only to elephants, and perhaps other animals, but not to humans. Obviously, such a graveyard would be filled with tusks. These were once very valuable. The objective of explorers was to find this “gold” mine. This graveyard belief may be a truth or a myth. But it is romantic. It would be nice if it were true.

Wild elephants live in herds of 10 to about 50. The leader is usually a female. A herd can go through a forest quietly. It travels in a single line. It goes about 6 miles an hour. When frightened it may run at about 25 miles an hour. When they reach water, elephants swim across. They are great swimmers.
野生大象群居在一起，数量大约是10到50个。领头象通常是雌性。一群大象可以排成一条直线静静地过河，行进速度大约是每小时6英里。当收到惊吓时，行进速度会增加到每小时25英里。当象群过河时，他们会游过去，他们水性很好。
Elephants eat grass, leaves, small branches, and bark. They particularly like the tender leaves on the top of trees. How do they get these leaves? They use their heads to knock trees down. They can easily knock down a 30-foot tree. Elephants also eat berries, mangoes, coconuts, corn, and sugar cane. They love salt. A wild male adult eats 500 to 600 pounds of food a day.
大象吃草、树叶、小树枝还有树皮，他们更喜欢吃树干顶端的嫩叶。他们如何得到这些嫩叶呢？他们会用头把树撞倒，他们可以轻松地撞倒一颗高达20英尺的树。大象也吃浆果，芒果，玉米杆和甘蔗杆。他们喜欢盐。一个雄性成年大象每天可以吃掉500到600磅的食物。

Many people want to find the graveyards (基地) of elephants. There is a strong belief that such graveyards exist. Here is why. Bones and tusks of dead elephants have almost never been found. Searches have been made in forests. Grassy plains have been searched too. But neither ones nor tusks are found. Elephants don’t live forever. Where are their bones? They don’t just bury themselves. Here is one belief. When an elephant gets sick or old, it instinctively knows death is near. It leaves the herd. It goes off to a secret graveyard. The place is known only to elephants, and perhaps other animals, but not to humans. Obviously, such a graveyard would be filled with tusks. These were once very valuable. The objective of explorers was to find this “gold” mine. This graveyard belief may be a truth or a myth. But it is romantic. It would be nice if it were true.
很多人想找到大象的墓地，他们坚信肯定存在这样的墓地，因为人们在森林中寻找过，从来没有发现过死亡大象的骨骼和象牙。人们也在草原寻找过，依然没有发现骨骼和象牙。大象已经死亡了，他们的骨骼在哪里呢？他们绝不会自己埋葬自己。人们有这样一个想法：当一头大象生病或变老时，它会本能的认为死亡即将来临，它会离开象群到一个秘密的墓地，这个墓地只有大象知道，人和其他动物都不知道。很显然，这样一个墓地里肯定全都是象牙，这些象牙曾经是贵重的东西，探险者的墓地就是找到这个“黄金宝地”。人们关于大象墓地的说法可能是真的也可能是虚构的，但它很浪漫。如果这个想法是真的，那将很好。