I'll finish my work in no time, and then we're going to have a nice dinner together, OK?
我马上就完成工作了,然后我们一起去好好吃顿饭,怎么样?
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.
沥青坑里积存了水,大象那样的大动物冒险到似乎坚固的水面上去饮水,立即掉进了沥青坑。