Stranded: unable to leave a place because something prevents you from moving.
Tirelessly: working energetically non-stop.
Floating: being near the surface of the water.
No mean feat: a great achievement.
Mammals: animals which drink milk from their mothers’ bodies when young, like dogs, cows and horses
The video -[is showing] +shows us a rescue of around 70 pilot whales on the sand at Puponga Beach
in New Zealand. The -volunteer +volunteers -hard worked +hard. However, the rescue wasn’t a success -[. Because] +because only 46 pilot whales survive at the moment in the sea.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/01/140122_vwitn_whales.shtml
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