3 Chapter 2 An Invitation

Chapter 2 An Invitation In 1956, a letter came that changed Jane Goodall's life. It was from an old school friend named Clo. Clo's family had bought a farm in Kenya, Africa. Clo wanted Jane to visit. Did Jane think twice about going? Of course not!

1956年，一封信改变了简·古道尔的一生。 是一个叫克洛的老同学寄来的。 克洛的家人在非洲肯尼亚买了一个农场。 克洛想让简来看她。简想过要去吗? 当然不是!

Traveling to Africa was expensive. Living in London was expensive, too. So Jane moved back home with her mother in Bournemouth. She saved up money for the trip by working as a waitress. Jane was a very good waitress. She could carry as many as thirteen plates balanced on her arms!

去非洲旅游很贵。 在伦敦生活也很昂贵。 于是简搬回了伯恩茅斯的家，和母亲住在一起。 她靠当服务员攒钱去旅行。 简是个很好的女服务员。 她的胳膊能平衡地拿13个盘子!

On March 13, 1957, Jane's African adventure began. She was turning twenty-three. In England, she boarded a ship that arrived in Kenya three weeks later. From the city of Mombasa, she took a train inland. It was April 3—her birthday! After a long drive on dirt roads, Jane reached the farm in time for dinner and birthday cake.

1957年3月13日，简的非洲冒险开始了。 她快23岁了。 在英国，她登上了一艘三周后抵达肯尼亚的船。 她从蒙巴萨市坐火车到内陆。 那天是4月3日，她的生日!在土路上开了很长一段车后，简及时赶到农场吃晚饭和生日蛋糕。

That very first day, Jane saw a giraffe. It wasn't in a cage. It was running by the side of a road. She could hardly believe it! What a terrific birthday present that was! Jane knew that she couldn't stay at the farm for more than a few weeks. She was a guest, after all. She didn't want to overstay her welcome.

就在第一天，简看到了长颈鹿。 它不在笼子里。它在路边跑着。 她简直不敢相信!这是一份多么棒的生日礼物啊!简知道她在农场呆不了几个星期。 她毕竟是客人。 她不想待得太久。

What she needed was a job that would keep her in Africa. Jane was in luck. At a party, she met someone who arranged a meeting between Jane and the famous scientist Louis Leakey. He and his wife Mary were British citizens. But Kenya was their home. LOUIS LEAKEY LOUIS LEAKEY WAS BORN IN AUGUST 1903 IN KENYA. HIS PARENTS HAD BEEN BORN IN GREAT BRITAIN. THEY WENT TO AFRICA TO TEACH THE

她需要的是一份能让她留在非洲的工作。 简很幸运。在一次聚会上，她遇到了一个安排简和著名科学家路易斯·利基见面的人。 他和他的妻子玛丽是英国公民。 但肯尼亚是他们的家。Louis leakey于1903年8月出生于肯尼亚。 他的父母出生在英国。 他们去非洲教

CHRISTIAN RELIGION TO THE KIKUYU TRIBE. LOUIS'S VERY FIRST HOME WAS A TINY HUT WITH A DIRT FLOOR. THE ROOF WAS MADE OF THATCH AND LEAKED. GROWING UP, HE FELT MUCH MORE AFRICAN THAN BRITISH. HIS FRIENDS WERE ALL AFRICANS, AND WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER, THE KIKUYU PEOPLE HONORED HIM WITH MEMBERSHIP IN THEIR TRIBE. AT THIRTEEN, LOUIS FOUND SOME STONE TOOLS MADE BY EARLY HUMANS. THIS DISCOVERY SPARKED A LIFELONG CAREER STUDYING THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN BEINGS. ALONG WITH HIS SECOND WIFE, MARY LEAKEY, HE HUNTED FOR FOSSILS OF HUMAN ANCESTORS. THE LEAKEYS WORKED IN AN AREA CALLED OLDUVAI GORGE IN TANZANIA. (AT THE TIME, THE COUNTRY WAS CALLED TANGANYIKA.) BESIDES BEING A FAMOUS FOSSIL HUNTER, LOUIS LEAKEY WORKED HARD TO PROTECT THE WILDLIFE OF AFRICA. HE ALSO HELPED THE CAREERS OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN WHO WANTED TO STUDY WILD ANIMALS IN AFRICA. ONE WAS JANE GOODALL. THE OTHER WAS DIAN FOSSEY, WHO BECAME FAMOUS FOR HER WORK WITH GORILLAS. GORILLAS IN THE MIST IS A MOVIE ABOUT DIAN FOSSEY AND HER WORK.

基督教对基库尤部落的影响。 路易斯的第一个家是一间泥地小茅屋。 屋顶是茅草盖的，漏水。 在成长过程中，他觉得自己更像非洲人，而不是英国人。 他的朋友都是非洲人，当他十几岁的时候，基库尤人很荣幸地让他成为他们部落的一员。 十三岁时，路易斯发现了一些早期人类制造的石器。 这一发现激发了他毕生研究人类起源的事业。 他和他的第二任妻子玛丽·利基一起寻找人类祖先的化石。 leakey夫妇在坦桑尼亚一个叫做olduvai峡谷的地区工作。 (当时，这个国家被称为坦噶尼喀。)除了是一位著名的化石猎人外，路易斯·李基还努力保护非洲的野生动物。 他还帮助了两名想在非洲研究野生动物的年轻女性。 一个是简·古道尔。另一位是dian fossey，她因研究大猩猩而出名。 《雾中的大猩猩》是一部关于戴安娜·弗西和她的工作的电影。