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It's kind of the way that a wealthy person
這就是富人的行事作風
might bet 100 bucks on poker,
撲克時花一百美金做賭注
without much expectation but you could afford it.
不抱贏的希望但負擔得起這筆錢
After five weeks at sea, close to starvation,
在海上航行了五周之后 瀕臨糧絕
Thousands of miles from his target,
哥倫布離他的目的地還差十萬八千里
He reaches land... which he believes is Japan.
他抵達了一片陸地 他相信這就是日本
In fact, it's the Bahamas Off the coast of a vast new world:The Americas.
事實上 這是巴哈馬群島 沿海的一個巨大的新世界 美洲大陸
Two worlds, isolated from each other for 10,000 years.
兩個世界 相互隔絕了近萬年
It's not only a huge event in history,
這并不僅僅是歷史上的一個重大事件
but it's a huge event in the history of life.
更是生命史上的一個重大事件
The Bahamas are home to the Taino people.
巴哈馬群島是泰諾人的家園
He sees these people for the most part by European standards
按照歐洲的標準哥倫布認為他們
as very tall, very healthy, very good looking,living in a state of abundance.
身材高大 身體健康 形貌昳麗 生活富裕
