Good News for Elephants
Scientists count Africa's elephants from the sky — and the number is growing.
在非洲，有一个很大很大的公园。In Africa, there is a very, very big park.这个公园在五个国家里。This park is in five countries.很多大象住在那里。Many elephants live there.
科学家想知道：那里有多少大象？Scientists wanted to know: how many elephants are there?大象太多了，怎么数呢？There are so many elephants — how do you count them?他们坐上小飞机，从天上数大象。They got in small planes and counted the elephants from the sky.数大象用了很长时间。Counting the elephants took a long time.
现在他们知道了：有二十二万多头大象！Now they know: there are more than 220,000 elephants!十年前，大象没有这么多。Ten years ago, there weren't this many elephants.现在，大象越来越多了。Now, there are more and more elephants.
这是很好的消息。This is very good news.科学家说：“我们要继续帮助大象。”The scientists say: "We will keep helping the elephants."
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