1. The elephant´s nose is very long.
    大象的鼻子很长.

2. The second blind grasped one of the elephant´s tusks and felt it.
    第二个瞎子抓住了一个象牙, 摸了摸它.

3. The former method simply consists of setting an elephant to work and beating him until he does what is expected of him.
    强硬法就是驱象去干活，把它打顺从为止。

4. The first essential in elephant training is to assign to the animal a single mahout who will be entirely responsible for the job.
    驯象中至关生要的是指派一名专门的驯象员，全面负责这项工作。

5. 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.
    甚至有这样的故事：训练了一半的小象，由于不可避免的情况与他们的主人分离后，竟拒绝吃食，消瘦至死。

6. The most economical age to capture an elephant for training is between fifteen and twenty years,
    捕捉15至20岁之间年龄的大象进行驯象最为经济。

7. The captive elephant, still roped to a tree, plunges and screams every time a man approaches,
    捕来拴在树上的大象，每当有人走近它时，就会向前猛冲并发出尖叫，

8. The next stage is to get the elephant to the training establishment,
    下一步就是把象带到训练场所，

9. The trainer stands in front of the elephant holding a long stick with a sharp metal point.
    驯练员手持一根有锋利金属尖头的长棒，站在象前。

10. This is supposed to induce pleasurable sensations in the elephant, and its effects are reinforced by the use of endearing epithets,
    据说这是为了使象产生愉快的感觉，为了加强这种效果，