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A Student of African Wildlife
非洲野生動物研究者
It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Park in East Africa.
清晨5點(diǎn)45分，太陽剛從東非的貢貝國家公園的上空升起。
Following Jane's way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest.
按照簡研究黑猩猩的方法，我們一行人準(zhǔn)備去森林里拜訪它們。
Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans.
簡研究這些黑猩猩家族已經(jīng)很多年了，她幫助人們了解了黑猩猩跟人類的行為是多么的相似。
Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.
我們當(dāng)天的首項(xiàng)任務(wù)就是觀察黑猩猩一家是如何醒來的。
This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before.
這意味著我們要返回前一天晚上我們離開時黑猩猩一家睡覺的大樹旁。
Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off.
大家坐在樹蔭下等待著，這時候猩猩們睡醒了，準(zhǔn)備離開。
Then we follow as they wander into the forest.
然后這群黑猩猩向森林深處漫步而去，我們尾隨其后。
Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family.
在大部分的時間里，黑猩猩或互相喂食，或彼此擦身，這在它們家族里是表達(dá)愛的方式。
Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right.
簡預(yù)先提醒我們，到下午的時候我們就會又臟又累。她說對了，。
However, the evening makes it all worthwhile.
但是到傍晚的時分我們就覺得這一切都是值得的。
We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree.
我們看到黑猩猩媽媽跟它們的幼子們在樹上玩耍，。
Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night.
后來看見他們一起回窩睡覺了。
We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family.
我們明白了猩猩家族成員之間的聯(lián)系像人類家庭一樣緊密。
Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour.
在簡之前沒有人全面了解黑猩猩的行為。
She spent years observing and recording their daily activities.
她花了多年的時間來觀察記錄黑猩猩的日常活動。
Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment.
從孩童時代起，簡就想在動物生活的環(huán)境中研究它們。
However, this was not easy.
但是，這不是一件簡單的事。
