My doctor advised me to give up smoking without delay.
医生劝我立即戒烟。
You have also made some readjustment in your import and export business, have you?
你们的进出口贸易也有一些调整,对吗?
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.