All About African Elephants

All about African elephants.

关于非洲象的一切

Introduction. This animal has a trunk and tusks. It has wrinkled skin and big ears. It has big feet with pads on the bottom. It lives in Africa. It is an African elephant.

简介：这种动物长着象鼻和象牙，有着皱巴巴的皮肤和大大的耳朵。 它的大脚底部长有肉垫，生活在非洲，它就是非洲象。

Elephants are the biggest animals living on land. They can weigh as much as a truck. The biggest elephants live in Africa.

大象是陆地上现存体型最大的动物。 它们的体重和一辆卡车差不多重。 体型最大的大象就生活在非洲。

An elephant's body. An elephant has a long trunk. The trunk is in an elephant's nose and lip. But an elephant also uses its trunk like a hand. An elephant can pick up a tiny leaf or a big branch with its trunk. Sometimes an elephant uses its trunk to take a shower.

大象的身体构造：大象长着长长的象鼻，象鼻属于大象的鼻子和嘴唇部分。 不过大象还能把象鼻当手来用哦。 大象能用象鼻捡起一片小小的树叶，也能扛起一根粗树枝。 有时候大象还会用象鼻给自己冲澡呢。

All African elephants have tusks. Tusks are long teeth that don't stop growing. These elephants use their tusks to dig holes. They also use them to carry things. An elephant will even rest its trunk on its tusks. African elephants have big ears. On hot days, elephants flap their ears to cool off.

所有非洲象都长有象牙，象牙是会一直生长的长牙齿。 非洲象会用象牙挖洞，也会用象牙搬运东西。 大象甚至会把象鼻搁在象牙上休息。非洲象长着大大的 耳朵，天热的时候，大象会扇动耳朵来给自己降温。

An elephant's skin is wrinkled. It looks very tough, but it is not. Elephants can get bug bites and sunburns. An elephant protects its skin by covering it with mud or dirt. Elephants have big feet with pads on the bottom. The pads let the elephant walk quickly.

大象的皮肤皱巴巴的，看起来非常厚实，其实并不是哦。 大象会被虫子叮咬，也会被太阳晒伤。 大象会在身上抹泥巴或者尘土，以此来保护自己的皮肤。 大象的脚很大，脚底长有肉垫。 这些肉垫能让大象走得非常快。