国家地理 动物星球: 狮

On the southern edge of Ngorongoro Swamp, the lake cats have a new opportunity to make a big kill.

恩戈罗恩戈罗保护区沼泽地南端，湖边的大猫们获得了一次捕杀的机会。

Buffalo¹ have poor vision. They are only 30 meters away, but in the dim morning light, they can't see the pride.

水牛的视力不好。它们位于仅30米之外的地方，但是在清晨昏暗的光线中，它们看不见狮群。

While they don't see very well, buffalo can smell predators² over 150 meters away. This time, luck is on the lions' side. They are downwind.

虽然它们看不清楚，但是水牛可以在150米开外闻到捕猎者的气味。这一次，幸运之神光顾了狮群。水牛处于劣势。

The lake cats fail again. The other two buffalo take cover in the swamp. They'll simply wait for the pride to move on.

狮群又失败了。其他两只水牛藏在了沼泽地里。它们只用等待着狮群离开。

The pride is still adjusting to hunting without Moj and now Kea has now become too slow to help in the chase.

狮群仍在调整捕猎，现在没有了Moj，Kea也无法在追逐猎物时提供帮助。

But hunger isn't their only problem now. There are enemies just outside their territory.

但现在饥饿并非它们唯一的问题。敌人已经到达了它们的领土范围外。

Four powerful male lions lurk³ on the borders of Kea and Moran's home.

四只强壮的雄性狮子潜伏在Kea和Moran的领土边界。

Now that they are over three years old, these nomadic⁴ lions have been chased out of their own pride to the crater⁵.

现在它们已经超过三岁了，这些流浪的狮子已经被驱逐除了自己的狮群。

Today they set their sights on a big prize-the lake cat lionesses. The nomads⁶ are now sexually mature, and they want to mate.

今天它们想要获得更大的战利品—雌狮。现在，这些流浪的狮子已经成熟，它们想要交配。

But to win control of the pride, these young males would first have to get past Moran.

但是为了获得狮群的掌控权，这些年轻的狮子首先需要击败Moran。

1 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

2 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 lurk   

n.潜伏，潜行；v.潜藏，潜伏，埋伏

参考例句：

• Dangers lurk in the path of wilderness.在这条荒野的小路上隐伏着危险。
• He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.他觉得自己看见有人在演讲时潜藏在会议厅顶上。

4 nomadic   

adj.流浪的；游牧的

参考例句：

• This tribe still live a nomadic life.这个民族仍然过着游牧生活。
• The plowing culture and the nomadic culture are two traditional principal cultures in China.农耕文化与游牧文化是我国传统的两大主体文化。

5 crater   

n.火山口，弹坑

参考例句：

• With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
• They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。

6 nomads   

n.游牧部落的一员( nomad的名词复数 )；流浪者；游牧生活；流浪生活

参考例句：

• For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America. 她在北美游牧民中生活了十年。
• Nomads have inhabited this region for thousands of years. 游牧民族在这地区居住已有数千年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》