alive, the elephant was worth at least a hundred pounds; dead, he would only be worth the value of his tusks, five pounds, possibly.

barnum called one of these animals , " the last mastodon on earth " . the animal was really an elephant called jumbo.

伯纽姆把其中一种动物叫做“地球上最后一头乳齿象”。其实那是一头名叫“大家伙”的大象。

when that elephant was just a baby, and not very strong, it was tied by a huge chain to an iron stake that could not be moved.

大象幼年时，身子骨还不甚强壮，就被一根巨大的铁链拴在牢牢固定的铁桩上。

"because i had never seen an elephant before, and wanted to see what it was like, " said the american.

“因为，以前我从没见过大象，所以我想看看他到底是什么样子的。”美国人回答。

" then the shortest man who was only able to hold the leg of the elephant said: " my king, an elephant is just like the trunk of a tree.

那个矮小的，只能握著象腿的人接著说：陛下，这只象极像一棵树的躯干。

it might be awkward for you to have a nose that touched the ground. (1) but the elephant finds its trunk a very handy tool.

如果你的鼻子能接触到地面，那会令人十分尴尬。但是，大象却发现它的鼻子是一件非常方便的工具。

the birds are a very clever animal, he would elephant and rhinoceros in the animals beating, and to help eliminate them physically garbage.

小鸟是一个很精灵的动物，他会在大象和犀牛这样的动物身上跳动，并且帮他们清除身体上的垃圾。

don't be like the poor elephant and go through your life stuck because of a limiting belief you were given or developed years ago.

别像那只可怜的大象，一辈子受困于一种多年前别人给予你的狭隘观念，又或是多年前养成的桎梏信念。

as he said this, the elephant bent down on his knees and offered up his spectacular silvery-white tusks.

象王一边说着，一边弯下膝盖，献出了他那银白色的巨大象牙。

some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. the man did not believe them, but they took him to a zoo near there.

几个孩子告诉他是一头大象做的，这个人并不相信孩子们的话，那些孩子把他带到了一个动物园附近。

so he introduced the genes of elephants into a cat's embryo. the result was - phooey , a cat that was as big as an elephant!

于是他用大笨象的基因，注入猫的胚胎中，培育出一只大笨象般大的猫儿阿福来！

over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, i never forget anything i have been told!

随着时间的推移，我的记忆能力发展得如此之快，就像一头大象一样，我从来不会忘记告诉我的任何事情！

it's basically like trying to breath, as a doctor said, while having an elephant standing on your chest. so, that idea disappeared.

但那实在是不太可能，基本上就如医生所说，情况如同一头大象踩住你胸口的同时你还非得呼吸一样。这个法子看来也行不通。

if you just read a little here and memorize a few words there, it's like the blind feeling an elephant, you'll never learn english well.

像你这样东读一点，西背一点地记单词，就像盲人摸象，是学不好英语的。

a book that compares the human brain with that of the elephant.

一本比较人脑与象脑的书。

when the old man heard the king's reply, he took his two sons to the royal elephant stables and selected twenty of the best elephants.

老人听到国王的答复后，就带着他的两个儿子赴了皇家象厩，挑选了二十头非常健壮的大象（elephant）。

"what's the matter to do with the creek? " the elephant and the brown bear looked each other , said in a bewildered look.

大象和棕熊互相看着，不解地问：“这和小溪有什么关系？”

"the drill hole is just a pinprick on an elephant's back, " he said.

“钻井对于整个岩浆体来说只不过是大象背上的一个小针孔。”马施说。

an elephant said to a mouse , "no doubt that you are the smallest and most useless thing that i have ever seen . "

一头大象对一只小老鼠说：“你无疑是我见过的最小、最没用的东西。”

over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, l never forget anything have been told!

经过一段时间，我的记忆力提高了很多，就像一只大象，我从没忘记过任何被告知过的事情。

that would be the equivalent of a human lifting around the weight of an african elephant.

这就好比于人类举起一头非洲象。