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Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai was born in 1940 in a village in Kenya. In 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The judges valued "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”. She was also a member of Kenya’s Parliament. She served as Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources between 2003 and 2005.
1940年，旺加里·馬塔伊博士出生在肯尼亞村莊。2004年，她成為了首位獲得諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)的非洲女性。評委認(rèn)為她對可持續(xù)發(fā)展、民主和和平做出了重大貢獻(xiàn)。她還曾是肯尼亞議會(huì)成員。2003-2005年，她擔(dān)任肯尼亞環(huán)境和自然資源部助理部長。
Maathai left Kenya after high school to study biology in the USA. She got both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and returned to Kenya. She became the first Kenyan woman to earn a Ph.D. In 1971, she became a professor at the University of Nairobi. In 2002, Maathai accepted a position at Yale University's Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry.
高中畢業(yè)后，馬塔伊前往美國學(xué)習(xí)生物。并在美國獲得學(xué)士和碩士學(xué)位，之后返回肯尼亞。她也是首位獲得博士學(xué)位的肯尼亞女性。1971年，她擔(dān)任內(nèi)羅畢大學(xué)教授。2002年，她在耶魯大學(xué)森林環(huán)境學(xué)院獲得職位。
Her environmental roots were planted in 1977. She founded the Green Belt Movement, a non-governmental organization whose mission was to plant trees across Kenya to prevent soil erosion. It has planted over 40 million trees to date and earned her the nickname of "The Tree Mother of Africa." This experience sparked her keen interest in protecting the environment and saving the planet.
而她的環(huán)保事業(yè)是從1977年開始的。那年，她建立了非營利組織“綠帶運(yùn)動(dòng)”，該組織的目的是要在肯尼亞種樹，防止水土流失。目前，該組織已經(jīng)種植了4000萬棵樹木，而她也獲得了“非洲樹媽媽”的稱號。這樣的經(jīng)歷更激發(fā)了她保護(hù)環(huán)境，拯救地球的決心。
Dr. Maathai became more involved in environmental and women's issues. Her politician husband divorced her because of this. He said she was too strong-minded for a woman. Amazingly, the divorce judge agreed and jailed her! Dr. Maathai was a member of the Nobel Women's Initiative and campaigned globally for peace with justice and equality. She died of cancer aged 71 on September 26, 2011.
馬塔伊博士更加投身于環(huán)保和女性問題上。由于這些問題，身為政治家的丈夫選擇離開她。他認(rèn)為作為女性，她顯得太有主見了。令人驚訝的是，離婚法官同意了這一說法，并將她監(jiān)禁。馬塔伊博士曾是“Nobel Women's Initiative ”的成員，并在全球宣傳正義與平等。2011年9月26日，馬塔伊因癌癥去世。
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