Schools of fish swim together, packs of wolves hunt together, flocks of geese migrate together. Armies of ants can build whole civilisations underground, gathering food for all to eat. Prides of lions can take down full grown elephants if they so wish, and herds of elephants can fend off any lion attacks that so dare to challenge them.
成群结队的鱼一起游泳，成群结队的狼一起打猎，成群结队的鹅一起迁徙。 蚂蚁大军可以在地下建立整个文明，收集食物供所有人食用。 如果獅子的驕傲願意，他們可以擊倒成年大象，而大象群可以抵禦任何敢於挑戰它們的獅子的攻擊。
But perhaps these are just survival instincts engraved in their DNA. It’s not like these animals share a language with each other granting them the ability to organise positions and roles, and if they can’t communicate, can one truly say they are team working? Perhaps they share a growl, a snarl, but in no way can a geese squawking be classified at the same level as human communication.
但也许这些只是刻在他们DNA中的生存本能。 这不像这些动物彼此共享一种语言，赋予它们组织职位和角色的能力，如果它们不能沟通，人们能真正说它们是团队合作吗？ 也许它们共享咆哮、咆哮，但鹅的叫声不能与人类交流相等。
Even so, isn’t teamwork the cooperation of a group of like-minded individuals, working together to achieve a common goal? So can one truly say a herd of elephants working towards the same goal, to survive, is not an example of teamwork?
即便如此，团队合作不是一群志同道合的人的合作，共同努力实现共同的目标吗？ 那么，人们真的可以说，一群大象朝着同一个目标努力，为了生存，不是团队合作的一个例子吗？
Consider for a moment the oxpecker. About the length of a fork, the weight of a light bulb. It’s best friend? The oxen, an animal almost 20,000 times its own body weight.
考虑一下啄木鸟。 大约是叉子的长度，灯泡的重量。 这是最好的朋友吗？ 牛，一种几乎是自身体重的20,000倍的动物。
Again, not a single squeak or growl is shared among them, let alone a common language. Still, everyday they carry out their meet.
同样，他们之间没有一个吱吱或咆哮，更不用说共同的语言了。 尽管如此，他们每天都会举行会议。
The oxpecker cleans out the wounds of the oxen, feeding off the parasites trying to infect their best buddy; in turn, the oxen gives the little bird protection from larger predators, including the lion pride patrolling their territory. Not a word is spoken throughout, yet can one really argue that this mutualism relationship is not an example of cross-species teamwork?
啄木鸟清理了牛的伤口，以试图感染它们最好的朋友的寄生虫为食；反过来，牛为小鸟提供了保护，使其免受大型捕食者的侵害，包括在它们领地巡逻的骄傲的狮子。 始终没有说一个字，但人们真的能争辩说这种互生关系不是跨物种团队合作的例子吗？
Consider again the remora fish and the great white shark. In similar fashion to the oxen-oxpecker relationship, the great white shark gets a nice clean set of 300 teeth; the remora avaials itself of free transport through the vast sea by hitchhiking onto the shark, and a great status boost by befriending such a formidable beast.
再次考虑雷莫拉鱼和大白鲨。 与牛-牛啄木鸟关系类似，大白鲨拥有一套干净的300颗牙齿；雷莫拉通过搭便车在广阔的海上自由运输，并通过与如此强大的野兽交朋友来获得巨大的地位提升。
Just as the Coke-McDonald’s partnership can be considered teamwork between two colossal brands, the unspoken contract between the remora and the shark must also be considered as such.
就像可口可樂-麥當勞的合作可以被視為兩個巨大品牌之間的團隊合作一樣，雷莫拉和鯊魚之間的不言而喻的合同也必須被視為如此。
What about ivy and the trees on which it grows? The ivy is given a stable structure to grow on, encouraged to strive for the canopy it so seeks to reach. But the tree, it doesn’t gain anything. Giving up its own capacity to grow larger, providing the ivy strength to climb to greater heights. It doesn’t expect anything in return from the ivy, as long as the ivy is given a chance to accomplish its dreams, whether it actually does or not, the tree can proudly say that it has fulfilled its own purpose. Is this also, in a certain sense, a form of teamwork?
常春藤和它生长的树木呢？ 常春藤被赋予了稳定的生长结构，被鼓励为它所寻求的树冠而奋斗。 但这棵树，它一无所获。 放弃自己变大的能力，为爬到更高的高度提供常春藤的力量。 它不期望从常春藤那里得到任何回报，只要常春藤有机会实现它的梦想，无论它是否真的实现了，这棵树都可以自豪地说它已经实现了自己的目的。 从某种意义上说，这也是一种团队合作的形式吗？
What about the barnacle riding freely on the skin of a blue whale? What about the spider weaving its web on a canvas of leaves? The fish living rent-free in sea urchins? The birds building their nests on the tops of trees?
蓝鲸的皮肤上自由骑行的巴纳克怎么样？ 蜘蛛在树叶的画布上织网呢？ 鱼住在海胆里免租金吗？ 鸟儿在树梢筑巢？
Then there is us. What about the parents working restlessly throughout the day and night, never expecting any return on the endless hours they’ve put in? “Time is money”, but never has the time invested generated a return on profit of more time given back. Yet, these parents are willing to make this investment thousands of times over, with the same passion and determination as they had the first time. A child really is a family’s greatest investment.
然后就是我们。 父母日夜不安分地工作，从未期望他们投入的无尽时间有任何回报呢？ “时间就是金钱”，但投资的时间从未产生过更多时间回报的利润。 然而，这些父母愿意以和第一次一样的热情和决心进行数千次的投资。 孩子确实是一个家庭最大的投资。
Goodness forbid the child find out just how hard they are working either, no, the parent’s work is always behind the scenes. In front of the curtains, the parent always seems strong to the child.
天哪，禁止孩子发现他们工作有多努力，不，父母的工作总是在幕后。 在窗帘前，父母对孩子来说总是很坚强。
For it is not the chick’s job to worry whether the nest is well, it’s only job is to fly off further and further each day. The chick does not fear the many times it will certainly fall, because no matter how many times they do, they know their parent is always there to pick them back up and send them off into the sky again. The chick does not fear the many times it will certainly fly off course, because no matter how many times they get lost, there will always be a well-made nest waiting for them to fly back to.
因为小鸡的工作不是担心巢穴是否好，它唯一的工作就是每天飞得越来越远。 小鸡不怕它肯定会掉下来很多次，因为无论它们掉多少次，它们都知道它们的父母总是在那里把它们捡起来，然后把它们送回天空。 小鸡不怕很多次肯定会偏离航线，因为无论它们迷路多少次，总会有一个精心制作的巢穴等着它们飞回来。
Until one day, it is time for it to soar off into the world and build its own nest, in its own tree; a tree which will give it selfless support as long as it needs it, just as its family once did.
直到有一天，是时候让它翱翔到世界，在自己的树上建造自己的巢穴了；只要它需要它，一棵树就会给予它无私的支持，就像它的家人曾经所做的那样。
Only once you become a parent can you truly understand the joy of being one. The joy of working behind the scenes, so your child can shine in the spotlight. This, is love. Love is patient, love is kind, love keeps no record of wrongdoings, it does not seek for the benefit of the self, it always trusts, it always hopes, protects, perseveres.
只有当你成为父母时，你才能真正理解成为父母的快乐。 在幕后工作的乐趣，这样您的孩子就可以在聚光灯下大放异彩。 这就是爱。 爱是耐心的，爱是善良的，爱不记录错误行为，它不寻求自我的利益，它总是信任，它总是希望，保护，坚持不懈。
A form of teamwork that needs no words to be spoken. Just as siblings can say nothing, yet say everything they need to through a single glance. Just as a parent only needs to conduct a single head gesture, their thoughts instantly understood by their child. Teamwork needs no communication, teamwork needs not to benefit the self.
一种不需要言语的团队合作形式。 就像兄弟姐妹们可以什么都不说，但一眼就能说出他们需要的一切。 就像父母只需要做一个头部手势一样，他们的想法就会立即被孩子理解。 团队合作不需要沟通，团队合作不需要有益于自我。
Teamwork is that herd of elephants fending off a lion; teamwork is a tree supporting a nest of new-born hatchlings as the parent flies back with a beak full of worms; teamwork is the soft rustling sound of your mother loading the washing machine late at night to make sure your soccer uniform is fresh and clean for tomorrow’s practice.
团队合作是驱击狮子的大象群；团队合作是一棵树支撑着新生孵化的巢穴，父母带着满是虫子的喙飞回来；团队合作是母亲深夜装洗衣机的柔和沙沙声，以确保你的足球服为明天的训练而干净。
Teamwork may be the act of individuals coming together and operating as one, but love is the greatest form of teamwork imaginable.
团队合作可能是个人走到一起并作为一个人运作的行为，但爱是可以想象的最伟大的团队合作形式。
