【美国人物志】格贝尔·威廉姆斯(1/11)

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仅凭声音，冈瑟·格贝尔—威廉斯一次可指挥18只老虎，调动32只大象。他驯过马、豹、美洲狮、斑马，甚至还驯过一头长颈鹿。他是一位杰出的天才驯兽人，一亿多人看过他的表演，为他鼓掌喝彩，他甚至改变了美国人对野生动物马戏表演的看法。
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Gunther Gebel-Williams

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The lights of the circus shone brightly on Gunther Gebel-Williams as he stood in the center ring. Big tigers surrounded him. He spoke quietly to the animals. Then he said a few more words to horses that waited in a line nearby. Thousands of people watched as the wild tigers climbed onto the horses' backs to take a ride. It did not seem like anything that either a tiger or a horse would want to do. But they paraded under the shining lights. Some of the animals even looked pleased with themselves. The crowd under the circus tent in Boston, Massachusetts, shouted its approval. Mr. Gebel-Williams gave the tigers little pieces of meat and offered other food to the horses. "Thank you," he told them.