The most economical age to capture an elephant for training is between fifteen and twenty years, for it is then almost ready to undertake heavy work and can begin to earn its keep straight away.

捕象以受驯的最经济年龄为15至20岁,这时它已基本能胜任重活并能立即赚回饲料费用。

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The elephant is not immediately susceptible to such blandishments, however, and usually lashes fiercely with its trunk in all directions.

不过象并不会立刻感受到这种讨好。而是常常会向四面八方猛挥长鼻。

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"""You surely have lost your senses. The elephant is not like a wall, or a spear, or a snake, or a tree, neither is he like a fan. "

大象既不像高墙、长矛、蛇、大树，也不像扇子

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There are even stories of half-trained elephant calves who have refused to feed and pined to death when by some unavoidable circumstance they have been deprived of their own trainer.

当因某种不可避免事件而失去原来的训练者时,曾发生过半驯服幼象绝食憔悴致死的情况。

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"The second felt about the elephant ’s tusk. ""My brother,"" he said, ""you are quite mistaken. "

第二个盲人摸了摸象牙，说道:“老兄，你大错特错了

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The sixth was very blind indeed, and it was some time before he could find the elephant at all.

第六个盲人实在太瞎了，过了好半天才摸到象。

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"The third happened to take hold of the elephant ’s trunk, ""both of you are entirely wrong,"" he said. "

第三个盲人碰巧抓住了大象的鼻子，说道:“你们两位都不对

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"The fourth reached out his arms, and grasped one of the elephant ’s legs. ""Oh, how blind you are!"" he said. "

第四个盲人伸出双臂，抱住了一条象腿，说道:“唉，你们真是有眼无珠

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The fifth, being a very tall man, happened to take hold of the elephant ’s ear.

第五个盲人身材高大，一下子就抓到了大象耳朵。

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"The first happened to put his hand on the elephant ’s side. ""Well,"" he said, ""now I know all about this beast. He is like a wall."""

第一个盲人碰巧摸到了大象的身上，便说道:“噢，我现在完全了解大象了，大象很像一堵高墙。”

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A white elephant ; a useless belonging

花费高却无用之物;累赘

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This if supposed to induce pleasurable sensations in the elephant , and its effects are reinforced by the use of endearing epithets, such as ’ho! my son’, or ’ho! my father’, or ’my mother’, according to the age and sex of the captive.

据说这能引起象的快感。同时视野象的年龄和性别紧诸如:"喂,我的儿子","喂,我的爸爸"或"喂,我的妈妈"之类的亲热称呼来加强效果。

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The captive elephant , still roped to a tree, plunges and screams every time a man approaches, and for several days will probably refuse all food through anger and fear.

每当人走近时,仍绑在树上的俘获象就会暴跳吼叫,可能会几天因恼怒和惧怕而拒绝进食。

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The cloud appeared in the shape of an elephant .

那朵云以大象的形状出现。

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That is an elephant in the moon.

那是一个错觉。

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That is a white elephant .

那是一个无用而累赘的东西。

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The former method simply consists of setting an elephant to work and beating him until he does what is expected of him.

强硬法简单地让象工作,打到它照办为止。

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Sometimes a tame elephant is tethered nearby to give the wild one confidence, and in most cases the captive gradually quietens down and begins to accept its food.

人们有时把一头已驯服的象栓在近旁以给野象以信心,在大多数情况下俘获象会逐渐安静下来,并接受喂食。

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"""Anybody who knows anything can see that this elephant is like a snake."""

稍有常识的人都会知道这头大象像条蛇。”

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"""The blindest man ought to know that this elephant is not like any of the things you name,"" he said. ""He is exactly like a huge fan."""

说道:“再瞎的人也不会不知道，这头大象一点也不像你们说的。它实在就像一把巨大的扇子。”

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Then the driver and the elephant moved on, and the six men sat by the roadside all day quarrelling about the elephant.

随后，赶象的人和大象继续往前走去，这六个盲人一整天都坐在路边为大象的事争吵不休

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He has seen the elephant .

他见过世面

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Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a ’guard of honor’ of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.

他装扮成圣诞老人，由六个漂亮的姑娘组成仪仗队伴送，骑上一头名叫Jumbo的小象从城里的大街上出发了。

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My eyes! Look at the elephant swimming.

天哪!看大象游泳呀!

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The gentle method requires more patience in the early stages, but produces a cheerful, good-tempered elephant who will give many years of loyal service.

温和法在初期需要有更大的忍耐,但驯出的象心甘情愿,脾气好,会为主人忠心服务多年。

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I don’t know how David Copperfield did it. He made an elephant appear out of thin air. How did he hide an elephant? Amazing, absolutely amazing. I wonder how he got hold of an elephant in Guangzhou. The only elephants we have are at the zoo.

我不知道大卫·科波菲尔是如何做的。他使一只大象从空中消失。他是如何藏起一只大象的?惊奇，真是让人惊奇。我想知道他在广州是怎样弄到大象的。我们拥有的大象都在动物园

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My new car turned out to be my white elephant .

我的新车成了我的累赘。

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The next stage is to get the elephant to the training establishment, a ticklish business which is achieved with the aid of two tame elephants roped to the captive on either side.

下一步把野象带往训练场所,这时得将两只驯象分别栓在野象两边才能完成这项棘手的工作。

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The first essential in elephant training is to assign to the animal a single mahout who will be entirely responsible for the job.

驯象首要之事是给它指定一位驯象者,全面负责这项工作。

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The trainer stands in front of the elephant holding a long stick with a sharp metal point.

训练员站在象前面,手拿着锐利金属尖的长棒。

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