象夫

This is what the mahout did, they were skilled warriors.

这就是象夫所做的，他们也是具有经验的战士。

The elephant remembered the mahout's voice and smell. It understood its mahout's instructions.

大象对子的象夫很服从，但是它不会听从其他的象夫的指令。

It trained everyday for six hours in the morning. The elephant got used to the mahout.

大象和象夫熟悉后，能辨别出象夫的声音和气味，还能听懂他的指示。

At the first sign of the animal turning violent, the mahout or elephant driver can activate the battery-operated device by remote control, sending a nylon belt contained inside to wrap around the tusker's other hind leg.

大象一出现情绪猛烈的迹象时，象夫就可以用遥控器启动这个由电池供电的装置，送出装置内的尼龙束带，绑住象的另一只后腿。

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。

Mahouts bought baby elephants for their sons.

象夫为他们的儿子买回幼象。

Along with providing an important source of income, the work gives the elephants much-needed stimulation and pushes the skills of their mahouts.

象战表演不仅一项重要收入来源，而且还可增进大象极需的活力和提升象夫的技能。

The giant bull elephants have been specially trained by their skilled mahouts to fight - but the real battle is in training the elephants to know the difference between a mock clash and a real one.

体型庞大的公象接受过经验丰富的象夫的专业训练，可以参与&象战&。但真正的战斗则是大象要知道表演性质的冲突和真实版象战的区别。

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。

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。