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On his fifth and last expedition to Africa,
在他第五次也是最后一次非洲之行中，
on which he embarked January 30, 1926, Akeley planned to collect the material for five of the large groups of African Hall.
時(shí)間是1926年1月30日，阿克利計(jì)劃為非洲館的五組展品采集標(biāo)本。
He was probably making collections for the gorilla group as the last bit of work he did in Africa,
或許這次采集大猩猩標(biāo)本是他在非洲做的最后一點(diǎn)貢獻(xiàn)，
for he passed away on the slopes of Mount Mikeno in the heart of the gorilla country.
在這片非洲原野深處，他在米克諾山的山坡上去世了。
His fearless wife, Mary Jobe Akeley, remained in Africa to direct the completion of his work.
他勇敢的妻子瑪麗·阿克利繼續(xù)留在非洲完成他的工作。
Although Akeley could not live to see his dream of African Hall come true,
盡管阿克利沒(méi)能完成非洲館的夢(mèng)想，
fortunately he had trained, and trained well, other men who will be able to do the work as he had planned it,
但幸運(yùn)的是他培養(yǎng)了許多優(yōu)秀的標(biāo)本技師，他們可以繼續(xù)完成他的計(jì)劃，
and these men will be inspired to a great work as a memorial to their master.
這也會(huì)激勵(lì)他們制作更好的作品紀(jì)念他們的老師。
African Hall will be a complete record for all time of the animal life,
非洲館將會(huì)成為史上最全的動(dòng)物記錄館，
the native customs, and the beautiful scenery of a large continent, a thing of great heauty,
當(dāng)?shù)亓?xí)俗，廣袤無(wú)垠的自然風(fēng)光，一片靚麗的景色，
as well as accuracy, just as Carl Akeley dreamed it should be.
還有阿克利一直在追求的準(zhǔn)確。
CARL AKELEY, conservationist
卡爾·阿克利，環(huán)境保護(hù)者
It has been more than thirty years since Carl Akeley first went to Africa.
自從阿克利第一次去非洲已經(jīng)過(guò)去30多年了。
At the time and on later trips he realized that the magnificent game animals of that continent were
在那次以及之后的旅程中，他意識(shí)到在非洲大陸上，狩獵動(dòng)物正在
certain to decrease and even to disappear if something were not done to save them.
銳減，如果不采取措施，它們甚至?xí)А?/div>
Akeley always was a conservationist; he collected specimens of wild life only to preserve them in American museums.
阿克利還是環(huán)境保護(hù)者，他收集野生動(dòng)物標(biāo)本只是為了在美國(guó)博物館保存它們。
In that way he accomplished his great task of bringing Africa to America.
他通過(guò)這種方法完成了將非洲帶入美國(guó)的壯舉。
But Akeley wished, above all, to preserve in Africa the native wild life of that continent.
但最重要的是，阿克利希望保護(hù)非洲的野生動(dòng)物。
