大象

Phileas Fogg and Sir Francis Cromarty plunged to the neck in the peculiar howdahs provided for theme were horribly jostled by the swift trotting of the elephant, spurred on as he was by the skilful Parsee; but they endured the discomfort with true British phlegm, talking little, and scarcely able to catch a glimpse of each other.

福克先生和柯罗马蒂分别坐在两个鞍椅里，只有两个脑袋露在外面。象童驾着大象，叫它快步奔走。大象迈起快步，把鞍椅里的人颠得不亦乐乎。但是，他们以英国人惯有的沉着忍受着这种颠簸。有时候他们谈上一两句，有时候只是相互看看。

Phileas Fogg and Sir Francis Cromarty plunged to the neck in the peculiar howdahs provided for theme were horribly jostled by the swift trot ting of the elephant, spurred on as he was by the skilful Parsee

福克先生和柯罗马蒂分别坐在两个鞍椅里，只有两个脑袋露在外面。象童驾着大象，叫它快步奔走。大象迈起快步，把鞍椅里的人颠得不亦乐乎。

How is it? Do you know more about elephants and do you want to go to Thailand to have a look at the elephants and their mahouts?

怎么样？你是不是对大象有了更多的了解而且很想去泰国亲眼目睹一下大象和它们的象夫？

Currently 31 elephants of all ages live in the camp, with their mahouts -- or elephant drivers -- and their families. The goal is to let the animals live as close to nature as possible, and preserve the traditional mahout lifestyle.

现在有31只各年龄层的大象住在这里，它们有象夫或大象骑士，和其家人的陪伴，这个目的是要让这些动物，尽可能贴近大自然，保存传统的象夫生活模式。

The mahouts, or elephant keepers, feed the elephants and take them twice a day to a nearby river for bathing and drinking water.

的夫，或大象饲养，饲料的大象和他们每天两次到了附近的河里洗澡和饮用水。

Since elephant logging was banned in Thailand, many mahouts rely on the little income they get from tourists to make ends meet. A local resort has come up with a way to take some elephants and their mahouts off the streets for a chance of a better future.

当泰国禁止大象砍伐后，许多的象夫只能仰赖观光客赚取微薄的薪水，位在泰北一间山顶度假胜地，就为了这些大象和象夫有更好的未来，找到解决的办法。

Every morning at the resort, mahouts give guests a crash course in guiding an elephant, teaching them key words like 'stop' and 'go backwards'. Altogether, a skilled mahout shares with his elephant around 70 soft commands, both voice calls and gentle touches.

渡假村的每个早晨，象夫会给予游客速成课，学习引导大象，教导游客像&停&&向前走&的语汇，有经验的象夫，会教导大象约70个软性指令，有口令和肤慰的动作。

Nothing occurred during the night to disturb the slumberers, although occasional growls from panthers and chatterings of monkeys broke the silence; the more formidable beasts made no cries or hostile demonstration against the occupants of the bungalow.

向导守在大象旁边。这时大象也紧靠着一棵大树站着睡着了。一夜平安无事，只是偶尔有几声山豹的呼啸和野猿的哀啼冲破这黑夜的寂静。

Someone gave me some money to thatch the house with palm leaves.

有人给我一些钱去买椰子树叶，当作屋顶，大象会弄坏树木和农作物，如果我们在睡觉大象就会弄坏屋顶。

Researchers also suspected that these rumblings generate seismic waves that travel through the ground.

原理是，大象的声音可以产生像地震波一样的东西，这样远处的大象就可以通过敏感的脚来接受信号。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。