ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ian Dunbar - Animal behaviorist
Veterinarian, dog trainer and animal behaviorist Ian Dunbar understands our pets' point of view. By training dog owners in proper conduct (as much as he trains the dogs themselves), he hopes to encourage better relationships with dogs -- not to mention their friends and children, too.

Why you should listen

We may call dogs man's best friend, but according to Dr. Ian Dunbar, humans often fail to reciprocate. Dunbar's decades of research on hierarchical social behavior and aggression in domestic animals truly give him a dog's-eye view of human beings' incomprehensible and spontaneous -- if involuntary -- cruelties.

Dunbar says we might break our unseemly, unflattering habits and usher in an "era of dog-friendly dog training" by coming to understand why dogs do what they do -- Is Fido misbehaving, or just being a dog? -- and the repercussions of our actions toward them. (We might foster better relationships with our fellow humans, too.) His Sirius Dog Training company focuses on training puppies to be playful, yet well-behaved. His second organization, Animalin, promotes games for dogs and puppies at an international level. 

Dunbar has written numerous books, including How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks and The Good Little Dog Book. He has also hosted several award-winning videotapes on puppy and dog training.

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EG 2007

Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly dog training

伊恩.邓巴的“狗性化”训练

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训狗专家伊恩.邓巴在2007年EG会议上倡导我们用“狗眼”看世界。我们可以通过了解狗的想法与狗建立感情和信任。这也是一个超越动物世界,能(在人际关系上)引起广泛共鸣的思维方式。
- Animal behaviorist
Veterinarian, dog trainer and animal behaviorist Ian Dunbar understands our pets' point of view. By training dog owners in proper conduct (as much as he trains the dogs themselves), he hopes to encourage better relationships with dogs -- not to mention their friends and children, too. Full bio

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Dogs小狗 have interests利益.
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狗是有喜好的
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They have interest利益 sniffing嗅探 each other, chasing squirrels松鼠.
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它们喜欢相互嗅探,追逐松鼠。
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And if we don't make that a reward奖励 in training训练, that will be a distraction娱乐.
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要是我们不把它们的喜好作为训练过程中的奖赏,那这些喜好就会让它们分心。
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It's always sort分类 of struck来袭 me as really a scary害怕 thought
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这样的一个想法常使我震撼。
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that if you see a dog in a park公园, and the owner所有者 is calling调用 it,
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如果公园里有一只狗,它的主人在叫它。
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and the owner所有者 says, you know, "Puppy小狗, come here, come here,"
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主人说:“狗狗,过来,来这儿。”
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and the dog thinks, "Hmm, interesting有趣.
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狗心想:“嗯,有意思。
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I'm sniffing嗅探 this other dog's小狗 rear end结束, the owner's拥有者 calling调用."
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我正在嗅另一只狗的屁股,主人也在喊我。
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It's a difficult choice选择, right?
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这真是为难我。”是吧?
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Rear end结束, owner所有者. Rear end结束 wins.
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屁股,主人 —— (当然)屁股赢了。
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I mean, you lose失去.
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是的,你输了。
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You cannot不能 compete竞争 with the environment环境,
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要是你是一只青春期的狗,
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if you have an adolescent青少年 dog's小狗 brain.
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你是没法和环境抗衡的。
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So, when we train培养, we're always trying to take into account帐户
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所以,当我们训练狗的时候,我们一直试图
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the dog's小狗 point of view视图.
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站在狗的角度思考。
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Now, I'm here largely大部分 because
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今天我在这里(演讲)主要是因为
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there's kind of a rift裂痕 in dog training训练 at the moment时刻
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目前对狗的训练方法中存在分歧 ——
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that -- on one side, we have people who think that you train培养 a dog,
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一方面,有这样一些人,认为训练狗
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number one, by making制造 up rules规则, human人的 rules规则.
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首先要制定规矩,人类的规矩。
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We don't take the dog's小狗 point of view视图 into account帐户.
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我们不考虑狗是怎么想的。
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So the human人的 says, "You're going to act法案 this way, damn该死的 it.
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所以这些人会说:“你要这么做,该死的(狗)。
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We're going to force you to act法案 against反对 your will, to bend弯曲 to our will."
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我们要强迫你去做违背你意愿的事情,要屈从于我们的意愿。”
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Then, number two, we keep these rules规则 a secret秘密 from the dog.
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第二,我们这些规矩对狗来说是保密的。
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And then number three, now we can punish惩治 the dog
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第三,我们可以惩罚狗,
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for breaking破坏 rules规则 he didn't even know existed存在.
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如果它违反了它根本就不知道的规矩。
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So you get a little puppy小狗, he comes. His only crime犯罪 is he grew成长.
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如果你有一只小狗,它奔向你 —— 它唯一的错就是它长大了。
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When he was a little puppy小狗, he puts看跌期权 his paws爪子 on your leg --
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当它还是个小狗的时候,它把爪子放到你腿上,
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you know, isn't that nice不错?
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你感觉很好吧?
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And you go, "Oh, there's a good boy男孩."
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你会说:“哦,好孩子。”
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You bend弯曲 down, you pat him -- you reward奖励 him for jumping跳跃 up.
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你弯下腰,轻轻拍它,作为对它跳跃的一种奖励。
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His one mistake错误 is he's a Tibetan mastiff, and a few少数 months个月 later后来,
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它的错误在于它是一只藏獒,几个月后,
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he weighs, you know, 80 pounds英镑.
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它的体重增加到80磅(约73斤)。
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Every一切 time he jumps跳跃 up, he gets得到 all sorts排序 of abuse滥用.
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每次它跳起来,它都会受到责骂。
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I mean, it is really very, very scary害怕 the abuse滥用 that dogs小狗 get.
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对狗来说遭受到这些责骂是非常非常可怕的。
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So, this whole整个 dominance霸主地位 issue问题 -- number one,
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有关(人对狗的)控制的问题,
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what we get in dog training训练 is this Mickey-Mouse米老鼠 interpretation解释
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我们对狗的训练是把(对狗来说)非常复杂的社会性系统
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of a very complicated复杂 social社会 system系统.
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当作米老鼠动画一样来草草对待。
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And they take this stuff东东 seriously认真地.
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但是狗们把这个看的非常重要。
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Male dogs小狗 are very serious严重 about a hierarchy等级制度,
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公狗非常重视等级,
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because it prevents防止 physical物理 fights打架.
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因为可以避免争斗。
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Of course课程, female dogs小狗, bitches母狗, on the other hand,
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当然,另一方面,和母狗们
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have several一些 bitch婊子 amendments修订 to male hierarchical分级 rule规则.
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之间的规则是在公狗的等级制度之外的。
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The number one is, "I have it, you don't."
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第一原则是:“我有,你没有”,
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And what you will find is a very, very low-ranking低级别 bitch婊子
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你会发现,一只非常非常低等级的母狗
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will quite相当 easily容易 keep a bone away from a high-ranking高级 male.
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能叼着一块骨头,不让高等级公狗拿到。
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So, we get in dog training训练 this notion概念 of dominances优势度,
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所以,我们在狗的训练中引入这个等级概念,
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or of the alphaα dog. I'm sure that you've heard听说 this.
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或者说阿尔法狗(头号狗),你一定听说过。
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Dogs小狗 get so abused滥用.
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狗被如此虐待。
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Dogs小狗, horses马匹 and humans人类 --
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狗,马和人 ——
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these are the three species种类 which哪一个 are so abused滥用 in life.
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这是三个受虐物种。
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And the reason原因 is built内置 into their behavior行为 --
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原因是在于他们的天生的行为习惯就是
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is to always come back and apologize道歉.
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永远会回头来道歉。
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Like, "Oh, I'm sorry you had to beat击败 me. I'm really sorry, yes, it's my fault故障."
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比如:“哦,抱歉你还得打我,真的很抱歉,这是我的错。”
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They are just so beatable不可战胜的,
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他们这么经打,
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and that's why they get beaten殴打.
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这就是他们挨打的原因。
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The poor较差的 puppy小狗 jumps跳跃 up, you open打开 the dog book, what does it say?
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可怜的小狗跳起来,你打开关于狗的书,看看书里说什么呐?
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"Hold保持 his front面前 paws爪子, squeeze his front面前 paws爪子,
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“抓住它的前爪,使劲捏它的前爪。
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stamp邮票 on his hind feet, squirt喷出 him in the face面对 with lemon柠檬 juice果汁,
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踩住它的后腿,朝它脸上洒柠檬汁,
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hit击中 him on the head with a rolled-up卷起来 newspaper报纸,
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用报纸卷打它的头,
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knee膝盖 him in the chest胸部, flip翻动 him over backwards向后."
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用膝盖压住它的胸部,使它做后转翻。”
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Because he grew成长?
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就是因为它长大了?
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And because he's performing执行 a behavior行为 you've trained熟练 him to do?
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是因为它正在做一个你已经训练过它的动作?
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This is insanity疯狂.
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这真是不讲理。
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I ask owners拥有者, "Well, how would you like the dog to greet迎接 you?"
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我问狗的主人:“你希望这只狗怎么欢迎你(回家)?”
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And people say, "Well, I don't know, to sit, I guess猜测."
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他说:“我不知道,我想应该是坐下吧”。
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I said, "Let's teach him to sit."
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我说:“那让我们教它坐下。”
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And then we give him a reason原因 for sitting坐在.
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然后我们给它一个坐下的理由。
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Because the first stage阶段
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因为第一阶段,
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is basically基本上 teaching教学 a dog ESLESL.
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是教给狗它的第二语言。
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I could speak说话 to you and say, "Laytay-chaiLaytay钗, paiseypaisey, paiseypaisey."
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我可以对你说:“Laytay-chai, paisey, paisey ”(斯瓦希里语言),
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Go on, something should happen发生 now.
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(然后期待)接下来,应该有些反应。
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Why aren't you responding响应? Oh, you don't speak说话 Swahili斯瓦希里.
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你为什么没有反应?哦,你不懂斯瓦希里语。
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Well, I've got news新闻 for you.
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好吧,那我告诉你,
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The dog doesn't speak说话 English英语, or American美国, or Spanish西班牙语, or French法国.
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狗也不懂什么英语,美语,西班牙语或者法语。
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So the first stage阶段 in training训练 is to teach the dog ESLESL,
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所以培训第一阶段是让狗学习“第二语言” ——
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English英语 as a second第二 language语言.
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英语就是它的第二语言。
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And that's how we use the food餐饮 lure in the hand,
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这就关系到我们怎么用手里的食物来引导。
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and we use food餐饮 because we're dealing交易 with owners拥有者.
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我们用食物因为我们和狗主人打交道。
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My wife妻子 doesn't need food餐饮 -- she's a great trainer训练者,
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我妻子不需要食物,她是个好的训狗师,
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much better than I am.
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比我好多了。
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I don't need food餐饮, but the average平均 owner所有者 says,
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我不需要食物。但是一般水平的狗主人说,
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"Puppy小狗, sit."
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“狗狗,坐下。”
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Or they go, "Sit, sit, sit."
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或者一边说:“坐下,坐下,坐下。”
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They're making制造 a hand signal信号 in front面前 of the dog's小狗 rectum直肠 for some reason原因,
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同时他们在狗屁股前用手势大打出信号
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like the dog has a third第三 eye there -- it's insane.
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好像狗那里有第三只眼睛,这没用。
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You know, "Sit, sit."
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(光说)“坐下,坐下”没用。
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No, we go, "Puppy小狗, sit" -- boom繁荣, it's got it in six to 10 trials试验.
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我们说 “狗狗,坐”,(然后给点吃的,) 狗狗6-10次之后就学会了。
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Then we phase out the food餐饮 as a lure,
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然后我们再逐步取消食物的引导。
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and now the dog knows知道 that "sit" means手段 sit,
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现在狗知道了,“坐下”的意思是坐下。
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and you can actually其实 communicate通信 to a dog
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你甚至可以用完美的英语句子
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in a perfectly完美 constructed English英语 sentence句子.
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跟狗沟通。
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"Phoenix凤凰, come here, take this, and go to Jamie杰米, please."
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“Phoenix,过来这儿,请把这个拿过去给Jamie。”
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And I've taught her "Phoenix凤凰," "come here," "take this," "go to"
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如果我已经教会了它“Phoenix”(狗的名字), "过来","拿这个","去”,
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and the name名称 of my son儿子, "Jamie杰米."
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以及我儿子的名字“Jamie”,
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And the dog can take a note注意,
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狗会记住这些,
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and I've got my own拥有 little search-and-rescue搜寻及救援 dog.
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它能成为我的小搜救犬。
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He'll地狱 find Jamie杰米 wherever哪里 he is, you know,
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它可以找到Jamie,不论Jamie在哪里,
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wherever哪里 kids孩子 are, crushing破碎 rocks岩石 by a stream or something,
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不论孩子是在溪边玩石头还是什么的,
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and take him a little message信息 that says,
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还能带信息给他,比如
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"Hey, dinner's晚餐的 ready准备. Come in for dinner晚餐."
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“嘿,晚饭好了,进来吃饭了”之类的。
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So, at this point, the dog knows知道 what we want it to do.
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所以,在这个角度上,狗能理解我们想要它做什么。
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Will it do it?
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(问题是)它愿意做么?
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Not necessarily一定, no.
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不一定。
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As I said, if he's in the park公园 and there's a rear end结束 to sniff吸气,
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像我前面说的,如果它在公园里,有其他的狗屁股可以嗅,
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why come to the owner所有者?
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它为什么要到主人这里来?
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The dog lives生活 with you, the dog can get you any time.
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狗跟你住在一起,它随时可以来找你。
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The dog can sniff吸气 your butt屁股, if you like, when he wants to.
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如果你愿意,狗想嗅你的时候也可以嗅你的屁股。
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At the moment时刻, he's in the park公园, and you are competing竞争
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在这一刻,它在公园里,而你在和
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with smells气味, and other dogs小狗, and squirrels松鼠.
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其他气味,其他狗,和松鼠们竞争。(你肯定赢不了。)
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So the second第二 stage阶段 in training训练 is to teach the dog to want to do
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所以训练第二阶段就是教给狗去自愿地做
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what we want him to do, and this is very easy简单.
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那些我们想要它去做的事情。这其实很简单。
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We use the Premack普雷马克 principle原理.
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我们采用普雷马克原理(用喜欢的行为作为不喜欢的行为,来有效地强化原本不喜欢的行为)。
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Basically基本上, we follow跟随 a low-frequency低频 behavior行为 --
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简单说,当狗作一个一个低频行为 ——
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one the dog doesn't want to do --
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一个狗通常不会做的行为 ——
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by a high-frequency高频 behavior行为, commonly常用 known已知 as a behavior行为 problem问题,
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我们马上让它作一个高频行为,通常被称做“行为问题”
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or a dog hobby爱好 -- something the dog does like to do.
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或者“狗的爱好” --狗确实喜欢做的事情。
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That will then become成为 a reward奖励 for the lower-frequency较低频率 behavior行为.
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这是让狗做这个低频行为的奖励。
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So we go, "sit," on the couch长椅; "sit," tummy-rub趴着擦; "sit,"
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比如说(我们让它)“坐”,(它照作了,就可以允许它)到沙发上来;“坐”,它照作了,就可以)挠挠它的肚皮;“坐”,
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look, I throw a tennis网球 ball; "sit," say hello你好 to that other dog.
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(它照作了,就可以)让一个球给它;“坐”, (它照作了,就可以)让它跟其它狗打个招呼。
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Yes, we put "sniff吸气 butt屁股" on queue队列.
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是的,我们把让狗“嗅屁股”也作为一个奖励。
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"Sit," sniff吸气 butt屁股.
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“坐”,(它照作了,就可以跑去) 嗅屁股。
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So now all of these distractions分心 that worked工作 against反对 training训练
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所有这些跟我们训练目标相反的,分散狗注意力的事情
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now become成为 rewards奖励 that work for training训练.
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都成为了对狗训练中的奖励。
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And what we're doing, in essence本质, is we're teaching教学 the dog, kind of like --
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我们现在做的,本质上说,是在教狗,也有点像 ——
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we're letting出租 the dog think that the dog is training训练 us.
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我们让狗认为,狗在训练我们。
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And I can imagine想像 this dog, you know,
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我能想象的出,这只狗,
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speaking请讲 through通过 the fence篱笆 to, say, an Akita秋田,
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透过围栏给它的Akita狗朋友(日本秋田犬)说,
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saying, "Wow, my owners拥有者, they are so incredibly令人难以置信 easy简单 to train培养.
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“哇,训练我的主人太容易了!
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They're like Golden金色 Retrievers猎犬.
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他们就像金毛寻猎犬。
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All I have to do is sit, and they do everything.
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我只需要坐下来,他们就会(为我)做事情。
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They open打开 doors, they drive驾驶 my car汽车, they massage按摩 me,
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他们(为我)开门,开车带我出去,给我做按摩,
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they will throw tennis网球 balls,
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他们会扔网球给我,
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they will cook厨师 for me and serve服务 the food餐饮.
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他们会给我做饭,然后还把食物端过来。
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It's like, if I just sit, that's my command命令.
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就像这样,我只要一坐下,我就在发号施令了。
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Then I have my own拥有 personal个人 doorman看门人,
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然后,我就有了私人门卫,
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chauffeur司机, masseuse按摩师, chef厨师 and waiter服务员."
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私人司机,按摩师,厨师和侍者。”
06:47
And now the dog's小狗 really happy快乐.
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现在狗也真的很开心。
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And this, to me, is always what training训练 is.
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这就是我说的训练。
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So we really motivate刺激 the dog to want to do it,
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我们在激励狗去做想做的,
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such这样 that the need for punishment惩罚 seldom很少 comes up.
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这样就不怎么需要惩罚。
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Now we move移动 to phase three, when now --
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现在我们开始第三阶段,
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there's times, you know, when daddy knows知道 best最好.
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总会有些时候(你希望狗无条件地服从),你明白,那种“爸爸最知道”的时候。(美俚,意思是别问为什么,照我说的做就对了。)
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And I have a little sign标志 on my fridge冰箱, and it says,
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我的冰箱上有个小标签写着:
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"Because I'm the daddy, that's why."
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“因为我是老爸,这就是原因。”
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Sorry, no more explanation说明. "I'm the daddy, you're not. Sit."
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抱歉,不做过多解释 —— “我是老爸,你不是,坐下。”
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And there's times, for example,
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或者有些时候 —— 比如
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if my son's儿子 friends朋友 leave离开 the door open打开,
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我儿子的朋友没有随手关门,
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the dogs小狗 have to know you don't step across横过 this line线.
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狗必须知道“你不能跨出门去”。
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This is a life-or-death生或死 thing.
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这是生死攸关的事情。
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You leave离开 this, the sanctity尊严 of your house,
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你离了这不可侵犯的房子,
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and you could be hit击中 on the street.
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你在大街上可能被车撞。
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So some things we have to let the dog know,
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所以有些事情我们必须让狗知道,
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"You mustn't不得 do this."
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“你绝对不能这么做。”
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And so we have to enforce执行, but without force.
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所以我们必须强迫,但是不能用暴力。
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People here get very confused困惑 about what a punishment惩罚 is.
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人们对什么是惩罚很糊涂。
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They think a punishment惩罚 is something nasty讨厌.
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他们认为惩罚必须非常暴力。
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I bet赌注 a lot of you do, right?
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我打赌你也是这样想的,对吗?
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You think it's something painful痛苦, or scary害怕, or nasty讨厌.
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你认为惩罚是痛苦的,可怕的或者暴力的。
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It doesn't have to be.
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其实不一定。
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There's several一些 definitions定义 of what a punishment惩罚 is,
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惩罚有几种定义,
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but one definition定义, the most popular流行, is:
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但是最常见的一种定义是,
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a punishment惩罚 is a stimulus刺激物 that reduces减少 the immediately立即 preceding behavior行为,
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惩罚是能减少前面刚刚发生的行为的一种刺激,
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such这样 that it's less likely容易 to occur发生 in the future未来.
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使得未来减少这种行为发生的可能性。
08:05
It does not have to be nasty讨厌, scary害怕 or painful痛苦.
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惩罚不一定是暴力的,令人害怕的或者痛苦的。
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And I would say, if it doesn't have to be, then maybe it shouldn't不能 be.
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要我说,如果惩罚不是一定要这样,那么惩罚就不应该是这样。
08:15
I was working加工 with a very dangerous危险 dog about a year ago.
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一年前我曾经接触过一只非常危险的狗——
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And this was a dog that put both his owners拥有者 in hospital醫院,
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这只狗把它的两个主人“送”进了医院,
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plus the brother-in-law长者的意思是铁则, plus the child儿童.
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还伤了主人的姐夫和孩子。
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And I only agreed同意 to work with it if they promised许诺 it would stay in their house,
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狗主人保证让它只呆在他们的房子里,不会带出来,
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and they never took it outside.
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我才答应训练这只狗。
08:28
The dog is actually其实 euthanized安乐死 now,
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这只狗现在已经被安乐死了,
08:30
but this was a dog I worked工作 with for a while.
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但是我曾经训练这只狗相当一段时间。
08:32
A lot of the aggression侵略 happened发生 around the kitchen厨房,
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在厨房里这只狗常表现出很多攻击性行为。
08:35
so while I was there -- this was on the fourth第四 visit访问 --
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所以当我在那里的时候-那是我第四次去拜访-
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we did a four and a half hour小时 down-stay下留, with the dog on his mat.
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我们整整四个半小时坐着不动,狗就坐在(厨房里)它的垫子上。
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And he was kept不停 there by the owner's拥有者 calm冷静 insistence坚持.
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狗主人命令狗保持不能动,
08:46
When the dog would try to leave离开 the mat,
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每当狗试图离开垫子,
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she would say, "Rover流浪者, on the mat, on the mat, on the mat."
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她就说:“Rover,呆在垫子上,呆在垫子上,呆在垫子上。”
08:52
The dog broke打破 his down-stay下留 22 times in four and a half hours小时, while she cooked dinner晚餐,
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她做晚饭的时候,在这4个半小时里,狗曾22次打破“坐等”的命令。
08:57
because we had a lot of aggression侵略 related有关 towards food餐饮.
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因为它对食物一直有“攻击性行为”。
09:01
The breaks休息 got fewer and fewer.
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(当我们训练时)狗违背命令次数越来越少,
09:03
You see, the punishment惩罚 was working加工.
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你看,惩罚正在发挥作用。
09:06
The behavior行为 problem问题 was going away.
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行为问题已经不见了。
09:08
She never raised上调 her voice语音.
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她并没有提高嗓门。
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If she did, she would have got bitten被咬.
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如果她大声命令,狗就可能咬她。
09:13
It's not a good dog you shout at.
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这并不是一个你可以朝它大喊的好狗。
09:15
And a lot of my friends朋友 train培养 really neat整齐 animals动物,
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我很多朋友训练过很好的狗—
09:18
grizzly灰熊 bears -- if you've ever seen看到 a grizzly灰熊 bear
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比如灰熊,如果你曾经在电视或电影看到过灰熊,
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on the telly电视中 or in film电影, then it's a friend朋友 of mine who's谁是 trained熟练 it --
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它是我一个朋友训练的。
09:23
killer凶手 whales鲸鱼. I love it because it wires电线 you up.
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虎鲸—我爱极了它。
09:26
How are you going to reprimand惩戒 a grizzly灰熊 bear?
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你准备怎样去惩戒一只灰熊?
09:28
"Bad bear, bad bear!" VoomVOOM!
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“坏熊,坏熊!”轰!
09:30
Your head now is 100 yards away, sailing帆船 through通过 the air空气, OK?
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你的头颅,划过长空,落在百米开外,对吧?
09:35
This is crazy.
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这是疯狂的。
09:37
So, where do we go from here?
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那么,我们怎么办?
09:39
We want a better way.
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我们想要一个更好的方法。
09:41
Dogs小狗 deserve值得 better.
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我们应该对狗们更好些。
09:43
But for me, the reason原因 for this actually其实 has to do with dogs小狗.
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但是对我来说,这么做是为了狗。
09:47
It has to do with watching观看 people train培养 puppies小狗,
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这是在驯狗课上看人们训练小狗时,
09:50
and realizing实现 they have horrendous可怕的 interaction相互作用 skills技能,
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在意识到它们和主人间不得了的互动能力,
09:55
horrendous可怕的 relationship关系 skills技能.
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和主人间不得了的亲密联系时有感而生的。
09:57
Not just with their puppy小狗, but with the rest休息 of the family家庭 at class.
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狗不光是和主人(有这种互动和亲密联系),和主人的家庭成员也一样(有)。
10:01
I mean, my all-time整天 classic经典 is another另一个 "come here" one.
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我的意思是,我常用的的是另一种意义上的“过来”的命令。
10:04
You see someone有人 in the park公园 -- and I'll cover my micMIC when I say this,
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你看到公园里某个狗的主人-我会掩上我的麦克风说,
10:07
because I don't want to wake唤醒 you up -- and there's the owner所有者 in the park公园,
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因为我不想惊扰你 -- 主人在公园里
10:10
and their dog's小狗 over here, and they say, "Rover流浪者, come here.
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他们的狗在那边,他们喊:“Rover, 过来,
10:12
Rover流浪者, come here. Rover流浪者, come here, you son儿子 of a bitch婊子."
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Rover 过来,Rover 过来,你个狗娘养的。”
10:16
The dog says, "I don't think so."
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而狗说:“我不这么认为。”
10:18
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑)
10:19
I mean, who in their right mind心神
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我的意思是,哪些正常人
10:22
would think that a dog would want to approach途径 them
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会认为当他们那样怒吼时
10:25
when they're screaming尖叫 like that?
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狗会愿意接近他们?
10:27
Instead代替, the dog says, "I know that tone. I know that tone.
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相反的,狗会说:“我知道那个语调,我知道那个语调。
10:30
Previously先前, when I've approached接近, I've gotten得到 punished处罚 there."
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上次(他用那个语调)而我过去的时候,我受到了惩罚。” (所以狗就更加不愿意过来。)
10:33
I was walking步行 onto a plane平面 --
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(这对于人类之间的关系也适用。)有一回我正在登机 ——
10:35
this, for me, was a pivotal关键的 moment时刻 in my career事业,
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对我来说,那是我职业生涯的重要时刻,
10:38
and it really cemented凝成 what I wanted to do
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因为那一刻我决定了在驯狗这件事上
10:40
with this whole整个 puppy-training小狗训练 thing,
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我的宗旨 ——
10:42
the notion概念 of how to teach puppies小狗 in a dog-friendly狗友好 way
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这个“如何用友善的方式来训练狗做我们希望的事”的概念,
10:46
to want to do what we want to do, so we don't have to force them.
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这样我们就不需要强迫狗。
10:49
You know, I puppy-train小狗列车 my child儿童.
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你知道,我用驯狗的方式“驯”我的孩子。
10:52
And the seminal moment时刻 was, I was getting得到 on a plane平面 in Dallas达拉斯,
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在那个开创性的时刻,我在飞往达拉斯的飞机上,
10:55
and in row two was a father父亲, I presume假设, and a young年轻 boy男孩 about five,
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在第二排坐着一位父亲,和一个大约五岁的男孩,
10:59
kicking the back of the chair椅子.
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男孩踢椅子背,
11:01
"Johnny约翰尼, don't do that."
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(那个父亲说:)“Jonny,不要这样。”
11:03
Kick, kick, kick.
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(孩子还是)踢,踢,踢。
11:04
"Johnny约翰尼, don't do that." Kick, kick, kick.
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“Jonny,不许踢。”(孩子还是)踢,踢,踢。
11:06
I'm standing常设 right here with my bag.
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我就带着我的行李站在那里。
11:08
The father父亲 leans斜靠 over, grabs争夺 him like this and gives him ugly丑陋 face面对.
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那个父亲俯下身,这样抓住男孩,面色难看。
11:12
And ugly丑陋 face面对 is this --
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脸色难看是这样的 ——
11:14
when you go face-to-face面对面 with a puppy小狗 or a child儿童,
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当你和一只狗或者一个孩子面对面,
11:17
you say, "What are you doing! Now stop it, stop it, stop it!"
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你说:“你在干什么!现在就停下来,停,停!”
11:20
And I went, "Oh my God, do I do something?"
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然后我走过去:“哦,天呢,我能做点什么?”
11:23
That child儿童 has lost丢失 everything --
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那个男孩已经懵了——
11:26
that one of the two people he can trust相信 in this world世界
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这个世界上他能信任的两人中之一(指他父亲)
11:29
has absolutely绝对 pulled the rug地毯 from under his feet.
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已经彻底”抛弃“他了。
11:32
And I thought, "Do I tell this jerk混蛋 to quit放弃 it?"
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我在想:“我要告诉这个蠢人不要这样做吗?”
11:34
I thought, "Ian伊恩, stay out of it, stay out of it, you know, walk步行 on."
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我想:“甭管了,不管了,走吧。”
11:37
I walked to the back of the plane平面,
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我走到飞机后舱,
11:39
I satSAT down, and a thought came来了 to me.
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我坐下来,忽然想到,
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If that had been a dog, I would have laid铺设 him out.
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如果刚才那个场面是对一只狗,我会去把他撂倒。
11:44
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑)
11:45
If he had kicked a dog, I would have punched him out.
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如果他踢了一只狗,我会给他一拳。
11:49
He kicked a child儿童, grabs争夺 the child儿童 like this and I let it go.
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他吓了一个孩子,这样抓住孩子,我却放任不管。
11:54
And this is what it's all about.
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这就是我想说的。
11:57
These relationship关系 skills技能 are so easy简单.
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这些人际关系的技巧非常简单。(对狗和人都一样。)
11:59
I mean, we as humans人类, our shallowness浅薄 when we choose选择 a life-mate生活伴侣
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我们作为人,我们寻找人生伴侣是浅薄的,就基于三点,
12:04
based基于 on the three Cs -- coat涂层 color颜色, conformation结构, cuteness可爱.
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肤色,体型和外貌。
12:08
You know, kind of like a little robot机器人.
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你看,有点像小机器人。
12:10
This is how we go into a relationship关系, and it's hunky-dory没说的 for a year.
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我们就这样开始了我们的爱情,很棒的过了大概一年,
12:13
And then, a little behavior行为 problem问题 comes up.
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接下来行为问题就出现了。
12:15
No different不同 from the dog barking叫声.
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跟狗长大了开始叫没什么不同。
12:17
The husband丈夫 won't惯于 clear明确 up his clothes衣服,
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丈夫不清理衣物,
12:19
or the wife's妻子 always late晚了 for meetings会议, whatever随你 it is, OK?
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妻子约会总迟到,诸如此类的,对吧?
12:23
And it then starts启动, and we get into this thing,
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这就开始啦,我们就开始(有反应)了,
12:27
and our personal个人 feedback反馈 -- there's two things about it.
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我们主观的个人反馈 —— 这个问题有两方面。
12:29
When you watch people interacting互动 with animals动物 or other people,
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当你观察人和狗或者人和人之间的互动,
12:32
there is very little feedback反馈, it's too infrequent罕见的.
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一个是太少反馈,太少了。
12:36
And when it happens发生, it's bad, it's nasty讨厌.
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(第二个是)当一旦有反馈时,(这些反馈又是)非常糟糕的,非常暴力的。
12:39
You see it's especially特别 in families家庭, especially特别 with spouses配偶,
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尤其是发生在家庭中,发生在配偶之间,
12:44
especially特别 with children孩子, especially特别 with parents父母.
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发生在孩子和父母之间。
12:47
You see it especially特别 in the workplace职场,
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在工作场合你也能看到这种情况,
12:49
especially特别 from boss老板 to employee雇员.
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特别是老板对待员工。
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It's as if there's some schadenfreude幸灾乐祸 there,
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说起来有点幸灾乐祸的味道 ——
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that we actually其实 take delight in people getting得到 things wrong错误,
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我们实际上以别人犯错为乐,
12:57
so that we can then moan呻吟 and groan呻吟 and bitch婊子 at them.
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这样我们才能悲叹,抱怨和辱骂他们。
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And this, I would say, is the biggest最大 human人的 foible怪癖 that we have.
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这个,依我看,是我们人类最大的弱点。
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It really is.
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真的是这样。
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We take the good for granted理所当然, and we moan呻吟 and groan呻吟 at the bad.
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我们认为好的是理所当然,悲叹和抱怨不好的。
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And I think this whole整个 notion概念 of these skills技能 should be taught.
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我认为这个(奖励好的行为的)概念,这个处理所有人际关系的技巧,应该(在学校里)教 ——
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You know, calculus结石 is wonderful精彩.
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当然,(通常在学校里教的那些课,比如)微积分是非常棒的。
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When I was a kid孩子, I was a calculus结石 whiz呼啸.
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我是个算数神童。
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I don't understand理解 a thing about it now, but I could do it as a kid孩子.
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我现在不行了,但是我小时候可以做得很好。
13:22
Geometry几何, fantastic奇妙. You know, quantum量子 mechanics机械学 --
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(再比如)几何,棒极了,量子力学 ——
13:25
these are cool things.
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这些都很酷。
13:27
But they don't save保存 marriages婚姻 and they don't raise提高 children孩子.
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但是这些课不能(帮你)挽救婚姻,不能培养孩子。
13:31
And my look to the future未来 is,
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我对未来的展望是,
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and what I want to do with this doggy stuff东东, is to teach people
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我想做的整个“狗事情”就是要告诉大家,
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that you know, your husband's丈夫 just as easy简单 to train培养.
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驯夫其实很容易。
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Probably大概 easier更轻松 -- if you got a RottieRottie -- much easier更轻松 to train培养.
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可能更容易些 —— 要是你有一只狗像Rotty(上面提到的难驯的狗)那样,(你的丈夫)驯起来要容易得多。
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Your kids孩子 are easy简单 to train培养.
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你的孩子们也容易驯。
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All you've got to do is to watch them,
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你所要做的就是观察他们,
13:48
to time-sample时间样本 the behavior行为, and say, every一切 five minutes分钟,
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定时观察(他们的)行为,比如,每隔五分钟,
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you ask the question, "Is it good, or is it bad?"
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你问自己:“(他们的表现)是好, 还是坏?”
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If it's good, say, "That was really neat整齐, thank you."
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如果他们表现好,你就(对他们)说:“(你做的)非常好,谢谢。”
13:56
That is such这样 a powerful强大 training训练 technique技术.
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这是一个非常强大的训练技巧。
13:58
This should be taught in schools学校.
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我们应该在学校里教(学生这个技巧)。
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Relationships关系 -- how do you negotiate谈判?
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人际关系 —— 你如何沟通?
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How you do negotiate谈判 with your friend朋友 who wants your toy玩具?
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你该如何跟一个想要你的玩具的朋友沟通?
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You know, how to prepare准备 you for your first relationship关系?
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你该怎么准备你的第一段感情?
14:08
How on earth地球 about raising提高 children孩子?
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究竟应该如何抚养孩子?
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We think how we do it -- one night in bed, we're pregnant,
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我们觉得我们知道怎么做 —— 结果有一晚上, 我们怀孕了,
14:12
and then we're raising提高 the most important重要 thing in life, a child儿童.
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然后我们就要抚养生命中最重要的东西 —— 孩子。
14:15
No, this is what should be taught -- the good living活的, the good habits习惯,
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这种(用奖励来加强好的习惯的)沟通技巧大家都应该学 —— 好的生活方式,好的习惯,
14:20
which哪一个 are just as hard to break打破 as bad habits习惯.
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就像坏习惯一样难以改变。
14:24
So, that would be my wish希望 to the future未来.
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这,就是我对未来的希望。
14:26
Ah, damn该死的, I wanted to end结束 exactly究竟 on time,
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啊,见鬼,我想要准时结束(我的演讲)。
14:28
but I got eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two --
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但我还有8秒,7,6,5,4,3,2 ——
14:34
so thank you very much. That's my talk, thank you.
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谢谢大家,我的演讲到此结束,谢谢。
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(Applause掌声)
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掌声。
Translated by Lawrence Wang
Reviewed by Alison Xiaoqiao Xie

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ian Dunbar - Animal behaviorist
Veterinarian, dog trainer and animal behaviorist Ian Dunbar understands our pets' point of view. By training dog owners in proper conduct (as much as he trains the dogs themselves), he hopes to encourage better relationships with dogs -- not to mention their friends and children, too.

Why you should listen

We may call dogs man's best friend, but according to Dr. Ian Dunbar, humans often fail to reciprocate. Dunbar's decades of research on hierarchical social behavior and aggression in domestic animals truly give him a dog's-eye view of human beings' incomprehensible and spontaneous -- if involuntary -- cruelties.

Dunbar says we might break our unseemly, unflattering habits and usher in an "era of dog-friendly dog training" by coming to understand why dogs do what they do -- Is Fido misbehaving, or just being a dog? -- and the repercussions of our actions toward them. (We might foster better relationships with our fellow humans, too.) His Sirius Dog Training company focuses on training puppies to be playful, yet well-behaved. His second organization, Animalin, promotes games for dogs and puppies at an international level. 

Dunbar has written numerous books, including How to Teach a New Dog Old Tricks and The Good Little Dog Book. He has also hosted several award-winning videotapes on puppy and dog training.

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Ian Dunbar | Speaker | TED.com