Swimming Elephant Takes Man for a Dip

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Perched between the tusks, an Indian 'mahout' or elephant driver is photographed on his steed in this arresting image.

 It was taken in the Andaman Islands, a remote archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, where Rajan, a 60-year-old elephant, lives.

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The six-ton elephant learnt to swim 40 years ago to help work for logging companies there.

 For years the elephant felled trees with Nasru, his 58-year-old driver.

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But in 2002 logging was banned in the islands and most of the 200 elephants were sent back to the Indian mainland.

However, Rajan was kept on by a wealthy owner who had no desire to see him leave Havelock Island, and enjoyed a blissful existence eating bananas and swimming in the crystal clear water.

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Two years ago a Kerala temple offered £40,000 for the elephant and Rajan almost had to leave, before a tourist lodge launched a campaign to raise the funds to keep him. Since then Rajan and Nasru have become something of an attraction.

The photograph, taken by Italy-based Cesare Naldi, won first prize in the National Geographic International Photography contest last December.

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Naldi told National Geographic: "When I was in the water with Rajan, I was really surprised by how fast he could move his legs to swim. Most of the time he had his head under the water and used his long nose to breathe, like a submarine uses its periscope." 

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ИСТОЧНИК: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/7756651/Swimming-elephant-takes-man-for-a-dip.html

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УПРАЖНЕНИЯ

Найдите в тексте перевод следующих выражений:

a)  валить деревья;

b)  кристально чистая вода;

c)  начать кампанию;

d)  собирать деньги, привлекать финансовые средства.

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Найдите в тексте слова, соответствующие определениям:

a)  a pair of very long pointed teeth, that stick out of the mouth of animals such as elephants;

b)  the main area of land that forms a country, as compared to islands near it that are also part of that country;

c)  a building where people go to worship;

d)  something interesting or enjoyable to see or do;

e)  a ship, especially a military one, that can stay under water.

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Переведите на английский язык:

a)  Фотография была сделана на Андаманских островах, где живет Раджан.

b)  Слон весом шесть тонн научился плавать 40 лет назад.

c)  Многие годы слон вместе со своим погонщиком валил деревья.

d)  В 2002 году заготовка леса на островах была запрещена и большинство слонов отправили обратно в Индию.

e)  Богатый хозяин не хотел, чтобы Раджан покидал остров.

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