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LESSON 61 Catching wild elephants in ceylon
第六十一課 在錫蘭捕捉野生大象
In catching wild elephants in Ceylon, the natives choose a place near to the forest, and make a fence round it, each post in the fence being the trunk of a tree. Sometimes the space enclosed is so great that the fence extends for several miles! The space inside the fence is called a corral. There are openings like great door-ways left in it, by which the elephants are to get in when they come rushing towards it.
在錫蘭捕捉野生大象，當地人選擇一個附近的森林，用柵欄圍起來，柵欄全部用樹干做成。有時包圍的空間非常大，柵欄會延伸幾英里！柵欄內的空間稱為圍欄。圍欄有個大的開口，就像大門一樣。當大象沖向柵欄的時候，一定會從大門進入。
When the corral has been made ready, the elephants begin to see blazing lights all around them. These are the fires that the natives have made to frighten the elephants.
當圍欄準備好之后，大象開始看到周圍燈火通明。這些都是當地人用來嚇大象點燃的火把。
The fires seem at first a long way off. But they come nearer and nearer, until the poor elephants are hemmed in by fires on all sides but one. Behind the flames are crowds of men, with white shining sticks and spears in their hands. The men knock these sticks about, and brandish their spears, all the time making a great shouting noise, to frighten the elephants as much as they can.
火把開始時看著挺遠。但是越來越近，直到可憐的大象被四周的大火包圍。在火焰后面藏著一群男人，手里拿著白色閃亮的棍棒和長矛。男人敲打著這些棍子，揮舞長矛，在同一時間制造出巨大的呼喊聲，盡可能地嚇唬大象。
The elephants look about, to see how they can escape. Only one way is left open, and the whole herd sets off down it with a furious rush. That one way leads them to the corral! As soon as they are in the corral, the natives bar up the door-ways, and the poor elephants are penned in, as securely as if they were in a prison.
大象環顧四周，看他們如何能逃脫。只有一個地方是敞開的，整群大象帶著憤怒一個勁的往外沖。這是讓大象進入圍欄的辦法！一旦他們進入圍欄，可憐的大象被擠在柵欄口都出不去，這時就像在監獄里一樣安全了。
One by one they must be got out, and this is done with the help of tame elephants which were once caught in the corral themselves; but since then they have been well taught, and are now quite willing to help to catch their old friends of the forest.
以前被抓進圍欄的大象已經被馴服，并且會幫助其他大象一個接一個的走出去；因為這些大象已經被馴服，他們現在十分樂意幫助森林里的老朋友。
When one of the elephants has been got out, the natives bar the door-way behind him. He rushes about in a great fury; but the tame elephants then come, one on each side of him, and stroke him with their trunks, and seem to talk to him.
當一頭大象被帶出來之后，當地人就關上了他們身后的門。這頭大象很憤怒地沖向柵欄，但是被馴服的兩只大象會站在他的兩旁，用鼻子安慰他，似乎在跟他交流。
He becomes a little quieter while they are with him. By-and-by they entice him to follow them away from the corral. When they come to a good strong tree they stop. The natives keep close behind, and contrive to slip a strong rope round one of his legs, and then to coil it round and round the tree. As soon as he is tied fast, his false friends leave him. He tries to follow them; and when he finds that he cannot, he roars, and struggles as if he would pull the tree down!
在他們的陪伴下，他逐漸安靜下來。由他們誘導著大象一個一個地離開畜欄。當他們來到一顆高大的樹下面時，他們停了下來。當地人緊緊跟在后面，并設法用粗繩子捆住他的一條腿，然后將繩子在樹上纏繞幾圈。當他被捆得很緊的時候，他的朋友就離開了他。他試圖跟隨伙伴們；當他發現自己不能動的時候，他咆哮著，好像他要把樹拽倒！
The natives soon come back, and bring him cocoa-nuts and plenty of green leaves to eat. At first he is too angry to eat, and he tosses the cocoa-nuts about, and tramples them under his feet; but in spite of his rage he cannot help getting hungry. By-and-by he is glad to take all the nuts and good things the natives bring him. In a few days he begins to be tame and gentle; and in a little time he can be made to do anything his master likes. One by one the other elephants in the corral are let out and tamed in the same way.
當地人很快就回來了，并給他很多可可堅果及綠色的葉子吃。起初，他很生氣而吃不下飯，他把可可堅果扔在一旁，用腳將他們踩爛；但是盡管他很憤怒，但是還是慢慢感到很餓。漸漸地，這只大象就很樂意地吃下當地人給他的所有堅果和其他好吃的東西了。幾天之后，他就開始變得馴服溫順了；過不了多久，他就會按照主人的喜好做任何事情了。圍欄中的其他大象，也會用同樣的方法一個接一個地被放出來，并慢慢被馴服。
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What is a corral? Why are openings left in it? Why do the natives make fires round the troop of elephants? Where does the only way left open to them lead to? What is done when they are in the corral? With what help are they taken out? What does an elephant do when taken out of the corral? How do the tamed ones treat him? When do they leave him? What does he then do? What do the natives then give him?
柵欄是什么？為什么他留下一個缺口？為什么當地人用火把圍著大象群？留下的唯一出口誘導他們去了哪里？在柵欄里他們做了什么？什么幫助他們離開了？大象離開圍欄做了什么？被馴服的大象是如何對待他的呢？他們什么時候離開他的？之后他怎么做的？后來當地人給了他什么？
