Although too late to save the calf,虽然对于挽救小象为时已晚

too...to...太...以至于不能...

My lame excuse is that I have too much to do.

我那站不住脚的借口就是我要干的事太多了。

And the elephants in the rains, they all tend to come together,象群聚集在雨下他们喜欢群居生活

tend to倾向，易于

I tend to think that she is right.

我倾向于认为她是对的。

His novels tend to be very samey.

他的小说有非常枯燥乏味的倾向。

you know, they do have incredible capacity to bounce back.他们有令人惊讶的能力反弹重生

bounce back(受挫折后)恢复原状

She thinks I should bounce back.

她认为我应该在遭受打击后迅速恢复。

I bounce back from disappointment.

我很快就能从挫折中恢复过来。