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[00:02.69]训练大象

[00:05.38]First listen and then answer the following question.

[00:07.86]听录音,然后回答以下问题.

[00:10.34]At what point does the training of a captive wild elephant begin?

[00:13.57]到什么情况下,才能开始对捕来的野象进行训练?

[00:16.80]Two main techniques have been used for training elephants,

[00:19.44]驯象有两种主要的方法,

[00:22.07]which we may call respectively the tough and the gentle.

[00:24.95]我们分别称之为强硬法和温柔法.

[00:27.82]The former method simply consists of setting an elephant to work

[00:30.85]强硬法就是驱使象去干活,

[00:33.88]and beating him until he does what is expected of him.

[00:36.61]把它打到顺从为止.

[00:39.34]Apart from any moral considerations this is a stupid method of training,

[00:42.97]且不说道义问题,这本身就是一种愚蠢的训练方法,

[00:46.60]for it produces a resentful animal

[00:48.78]因为这种方法训练会使动物反感,

[00:50.96]who at a later stage may well turn man-killer.

[00:53.54]在以后某个时期可能会变成伤人的动物.

[00:56.11]The gentle method requires more patience in the early stages,

[00:58.89]温柔法要求在最初阶段保持较大的耐心,

[01:01.68]but produce a cheerful good-tempered elephant