In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand，there is an unusual group of musicians．They play many different （81）k

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of music-everything from traditional Thai songs to music by Beethoven．Both children and adults love this group．What makes them so （82）p

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？Is it their music？Their looks？Yes，it's both of the things，but it's （83）a

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something else：they're elephants．
These musical elephants started at the TECC（泰國大象保護中心）in Lampang．The TECC protects elephants．It teaches people to understand and love them．And，like many zoos （84）a

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the world，the TECC encourages elephants to paint．
Richard Lair（85）w

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for the TECC．He loves his job there and knows a lot about elephants．He says some of the animals' paintings are very good．But，in fact，elephants（86）h

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better than they see．And so he had an idea：if elephants are（87）s

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and they have good hearing，maybe they can play music．To test his idea，Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra．During a performance（表演），the elephants play a number of（88）i

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，including the drums and the xylophone（木琴）．
But can elephants really make music properly？Yes，says Lair．They are very creative．Human （89）e

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the animals to play，but the elephants make their own songs； they don't just copy their trainers（90）o

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other people．There are now CDs of the group's music which make money for the TECC．And the music these artists create is pretty amazing．