【美国人物志】格贝尔·威廉姆斯(8/11)

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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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Clyde Beatty
Mr. Beatty
Mr. Gebel-Williams

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For many years Clyde Beatty had been the most famous animal trainer in the United States. Mr. Beatty was an American circus performer known for his "fighting act." In this act he controlled 40 lions and tigers. Mr. Beatty also performed with dangerous mixes of tigers, lions, leopards, pumas, hyenas and bears. His act demonstrated how fierce the animals really were. He used chairs and whips to get the animals to obey his commands. Sometimes he even used guns. Mr. Gebel-Williams had high praise for Clyde Beatty's bravery and skill. But Mr. Gebel-Williams made his own animals perform by being friendly to them. He said he wanted to work with happy animals. He did not believe in making them fear him.