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Make a summary of the passage below, in which you describe
the writer's experience with the elephants and their ability to swim. Your summary should not be longer than
80 words. Begin your
summary as follows:
When elephants come too close to the camp, we have to ... |
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Elephants are very plentiful in this area. At night, they will sometimes
come so close to the camp that we all have to light fires and beat empty
tins to frighten them away. The noise they make can be terrifying -- not
only their tremendous trumpeting, which starts on a shrill note like a horse
whinnying and goes in one long roar right down the scale to a deep
reverberating growl which seems to set the hole jungle vibrating, but also
the mighty crashing sound as they drag huge creepers bodily off the trees
and pull down fifty-foot bamboos as if they are asparagus stalks. Where
elephants have been feeding, the whole jungle is devastated as if it has
been swept by a tornado. Where they have bathed, the trees and foliage are
plastered with mud to a height of several meters. If we had to follow in
their wake, we ourselves would soon be completely covered with grey mud and
clay. Most elephants appear to be very strong swimmers, the Indian species
in particular. They are able to regulate their buoyancy by swallowing air.
The African forest elephant is also probably a good swimmer, as it spends a
lot of time in large rivers. Both of these elephant species have been seen
walking on the bottom of shallow waters, holding their trunks aloft as
snorkels. The African bush elephant is not known to take to deep water
deliberately, and there is considerable doubt as to whether it knows how to
swim. |
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Points to include:
* elephants have to be frightened
away
* destroy the jungle where they
feed
* good swimmers
* they make terrifying noise
* splash mud all over where they
bathe
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Answer |
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When elephants come too close to the camp, we have to make
loud noise and light fires to frighten them away. They however can make
terrifying noise with their trumpeting, setting the whole jungle vibrating.
While feeding, they also make a lot of noise and destroy the whole jungle in
the process. While bathing in the mud, they splash mud all over. Most of the
elephants are also good swimmers with the ability to regulate their buoyancy
by swallowing air. ( 80 words ) |
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