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Columbus records their first encounter:
哥倫布記錄了與他們的初次相遇
"The people kept calling to us and giving thanks to God,"
這些人一直呼喚我們 一直感謝上帝
"As if we had come from Heaven."
好像我們是從天堂而來"
"I presented them with some red caps and beads."
我給了他們一些紅色的帽子和珠串
"They were much delighted "And became wonderfully attached to us."
他們非常高興 開始和我們非常親近"
Living in a different eco-system for thousands of years,
在一個截然不同的生態(tài)環(huán)境下生活了數(shù)千年
The people of the Americas have no immunity
美洲的印第安人對于一個致命的威脅
to a deadly threat:Disease.
完全沒有免疫力 那就是疾病
Europeans were swimming in this bacterial and viral soup,
歐洲人生活在充滿細(xì)菌和病毒的環(huán)境中
that was utterly unlike anything over there.
而在美洲 環(huán)境卻截然不同
First contact with an invisible killer
他們首次接觸到這種隱性的殺手
That will one day change the destiny of the new world.
它終有一日會改變新世界的命運(yùn)
But columbus is on a search for treasure.
但哥倫布是為了探尋寶藏
"I kept my eyes open and tried to find If there was any gold.
我睜大眼睛四下尋找 黃金的蹤跡
"Then I saw some of them had a little piece
然后我發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的鼻子上
"Hanging from a hole in their nose.
戴著金子做的鼻環(huán)
"I gathered that by going further, I'd find a king
我收集金子并進(jìn)一步尋找 我找到了一位國王
"Who possessed in great quantities of gold."
他擁有大量的黃金"
