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Thai Rescue Worker Saves Baby Elephant Hit by Vehicle
Mana Srivate has performed many attempts to save lives in his 26 years as a rescue worker in Thailand. But he had never tried to do so for an elephant.
That changed when Mana was called into action after a motorcycle hit a baby elephant. The small animal was crossing a road with a group of wild elephants in the eastern area of Chanthaburi.
Mana began trying to save the animal as soon as he could. Someone nearby took a video, which quickly went viral on social media.
During the rescue, Mana gave two-handed compressions to the small elephant, which was lying on its side. His coworkers treated the injured motorcycle rider a few meters away.
Both the rider and elephant are recovering and neither has serious injuries.
"It's my instinct to save lives, but I was worried the whole time because I can hear the mother and other elephants calling for the baby," Mana told Reuters reporters over the phone.
Mana has dealt with several road traffic accidents involving humans. The elephant was the only victim he has been able to save while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.
"When the baby elephant starting to move, I almost cried," he said.
To help the baby elephant live, Mana had to estimate where an elephant's heart would be. He did so based on where the human heart sits in the body and based on a video he had seen online.
The young animal stood up after about 10 minutes and was taken to another area for treatment. Workers then brought the elephant back to the place of the accident in the hope of reuniting it with its mother.
The group of elephants returned, Mana said, when the mother heard her baby calling out.
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重点解析
1.motorcycle n.摩托车
Stefano used a motorcycle to herd the sheep.
斯蒂芬诺骑一辆摩托车驱赶羊群。
2.treatment n.治疗
She is responding well to treatment.
她经过治疗大有起色。
3.online adj.在线的
Online shopping is both cheap and convenient.
网上购物既便宜又方便。
4.accident n.事故
It was just a tragic accident.
这只是一场悲惨的事故。
5.Mana began trying to save the animal as soon as he could.
as soon as 一...就
As soon as relations improve they will be allowed to go.
一旦关系有所改善，他们就可以获准离开。
As soon as the necessity for action is over the troops must be withdrawn.
一旦军事行动的必要性不复存在，军队就必须撤出。
6.Someone nearby took a video, which quickly went viral on social media.
social media 社交媒体
Other social media companies have also run into trouble recently.
其他社交媒体企业最近也麻烦不断。
Social media is often where people take a stand on an issue.
社交媒体通常是人们对某一问题表达自己立场的平台。
参考译文
泰国小象被撞倒接受心肺复苏后幸存
在泰国担任救援工作的26年里，玛纳·斯利瓦特（Mana Srivate）曾多次试图挽救生命。但是他从未对一只大象展开施救。
在一头小象被摩托车撞倒后，玛纳被叫来参与救援行动时，事情开始发生改变。在尖竹汶府的东部地区，这头小象当时正跟一群野生大象一起过马路。
玛纳开始尽快对这头小象进行施救。围观者拍下了一段视频，视频很快在社交媒体上走红。
在救援过程中，玛纳用双手按压着侧躺的小象。他的同事在几米外救治受伤的摩托车骑手。
骑手和大象都在康复中，双方都没有受重伤。
玛纳在电话中对路透社记者表示：“救助生命是我的本能，但我当时一直很担心，因为我能听到附近母象和其它大象在呼唤这头小象。”
玛纳曾处理过几起人类导致的交通事故。这头小象是他做心肺复苏时唯一能救出的受害者。
他说：“当小象开始动弹时，我差点哭出声。”
为了帮助小象存活，玛纳必须判断小象心脏所在的位置。他是根据人类心脏在人体的位置以及网上看过的一段视频判断的。
大约十分钟后，这头小象站了起来，然后被带到另一个地方接受治疗。随后工作人员将它带回事故地点，希望让它与母象团聚。
玛纳表示，当母象听到小象的叫声后，那群大象又返回来了。
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