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Background: 北愛爾蘭的貝爾法斯特動物園正在尋找一位曾在二戰(zhàn)時期照顧過一只動物園大象寶寶的善良姑娘。恰逢該動物園創(chuàng)辦75周年紀念日，動物園方面宣布，正式開始尋找這位曾在自己家花園看養(yǎng)大象的姑娘。
Questions:請在聽下面錄音的時候試著回答這些問題。這是一個用來幫助你提高聽力技能的練習。
1. What was the name of the elephant?
2. How did the elephant get from the zoo to the lady’s garden?
3. How long was the elephant in the lady’s garden?
4. How many years has the zoo been open?
The Elephant Angel 大象天使
The baby elephant, Sheila, was moved out of Belfast Zoo because of fears she might be hit by bombers 轟炸機 during the Belfast Blitz 貝爾法斯特閃電戰(zhàn) of 1941.
She was one of the lucky ones. A lot of the animals were killed because of fears they might escape during the bombing and attack people. They included a tiger, a black bear, a lynx, a hyena, and two polar bears.
But Sheila was walked down the road by zoo-keepers 動物園飼養(yǎng)員 to a nearby house where a woman gave her sanctuary 庇護 in her backyard 后院 for several months until the bombing was over.
The woman has never been identified and the zoo knows her only as "the elephant angel 天使".
As it celebrates its 75th birthday the bosses have decided to try to identify 尋找 her. Mark Challis is the manager of Belfast Zoo. He explained a bit more about Sheila's story.
"Well we know that Sheila, the elephant that was in the zoo at that time spent some time living with a lady relatively near to the zoo and we have one sweet photograph, you can see it on our zoo website.
"We have a photograph of the elephant with the lady and friend, honestly and literally in her back garden and that's roughly all we know.
"So we're just trying to find a little bit more information and maybe, not sure that the lady might be alive, but maybe her relatives 親戚 or somebody will recognise 認出 the back of that house and we can fill in 填寫 some detail on this story."
Once the bombing was over, Sheila went back to the zoo and lived for another quarter of a century 25年. She died of a skin complaint 皮膚疾病 in 1966.
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Answers
1. What was the name of the elephant?
The elephant was called Sheila.
2. How did the elephant get from the zoo to the lady’s garden?
The zoo-keepers walked with the elephant from the zoo to the lady’s house.
3. How long was the elephant in the lady’s garden?
The elephant was in the lady’s garden for several months until the bombing was over.
4. How many years has the zoo been open?
The zoo has been open for 75 years.
