广播电视英语短句 第 29 课：印度的骆驼-1

India had more than one million camels during the middle of the nineteen nineties. 印度在19世纪90年代中期拥有5，000，000多头骆驼。

But the population of the animals known for their ability to travel far without much water has fallen sharply. 但是这种因能在缺水情况下长途旅行而闻名的动物，其数量已经大大锐减了。

A group in Rajasthan state says India had only six hundred thousand camels by two thousand five. 拉贾斯坦邦的一家组织称印度到2005年就已仅有600,000头骆驼了。

Rajasthan has traditionally been the area of the country with the most camels. 拉贾斯坦邦历来是该国家骆驼数最多的区域。

Experts say there are different reasons for the decrease. 专家称骆驼数量减少是由不同的原因引起的。