nothing would convey the cruel power of the drought more than this mother's struggle to keep her baby alive.但没什么比这更能展现干旱的残酷一位母亲竭力想要保住孩子的性命

keep alive保持活动；使继续

In those days they could hardly keep alive.

那时候，他们简直没法活下去。

Premature babies are kept alive in incubators.

早产婴儿放在保温箱里保育。

you're so caught up in the moment.会被那一幕深深震撼

catch up缠住

Old age and infirmity had begun to catch up with him.

他开始显出年老体衰的样子了。

If we'd gone in there and tried to...to take the calf away,如果我们真的介入去救走小象

take away拿走

He wants to know who have take away his dictionary.

他想知道谁拿走了他的词典。

Nothing can take away the anguish of lose a child.

什么都不能解除失去孩子的巨大悲痛。