5 Chapter 4 The Chimps

Chapter 4 The Chimps Jane was discouraged by how little progress she was making with the chimps. Then, to make matters worse, she and Vanne both got sick. Very sick. Most likely both women had come down with malaria. They had no drugs with them to treat the disease. Jane had been told that there was no malaria at Gombe, so she didn't take medicine along. Jane blamed herself for that!

第四章黑猩猩简和黑猩猩相处的进展甚微，这使她感到沮丧。 然后，更糟糕的是，她和凡妮都生病了。 非常恶心。两名妇女很可能都染上了疟疾。 他们没有携带治疗这种疾病的药物。 简被告知贡贝没有疟疾，所以她没有带药。 简为此责怪自己!

MALARIA MALARIA IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDESPREAD DISEASES IN THE WORLD. PEOPLE CATCH IT FROM BEING BITTEN BY A CERTAIN KIND OF MOSQUITO. MALARIA DOES DAMAGE TO THE LIVER AND TO BLOOD CELLS. THE SYMPTOMS ARE HIGH FEVERS, VOMITING, CHILLS, AND BAD HEADACHES. PEOPLE IN AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA DESERT ARE MOST AT RISK FOR MALARIA. INSECT SPRAYS CAN KILL INDOOR MOSQUITOES. DRUGS CAN TREAT THE DISEASE. BUT AS OF YET THERE IS NO VACCINE TO PREVENT MALARIA. MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE STILL DIE OF IT EVERY YEAR. For two weeks, Jane and her mother never left their tent. All they did was lie in bed and sweat. For many days, Vanne's fever rose as high as 105 degrees.

疟疾是世界上传播最广泛的疾病之一。 人们因被某种蚊子叮咬而感染这种疾病。 疟疾会损害肝脏和血细胞。 症状是高烧、呕吐、发冷和严重的头痛。 撒哈拉沙漠以南的非洲人患疟疾的风险最大。 喷雾剂可以杀死室内的蚊子。 药物可以治疗这种疾病。 但到目前为止，还没有预防疟疾的疫苗。 每年仍有一百多万人死于疟疾。 两个星期以来，简和她的母亲从未离开过他们的帐篷。 他们所做的就是躺在床上流汗。 许多天，凡妮的高烧高达105华氏度。

Both Jane and Vanne were lucky; they recovered. The minute she felt well enough, Jane returned to the forests. At last, her patience paid off. It was October. Vanne had gone home to England. Jane was on her own. She began exploring an area she called the Peak. Every day, rain or shine, she climbed up the steep slope of the Peak into the forest. Little by little, the chimps became used to Jane watching them. One day she saw a female hold out her hand to a male, who kissed it! She saw two baby chimps play tug-of-war with a twig. Jane could tell many of the chimps apart, and she gave them names. Flo was an old female chimp. Jane liked Flo a lot. She was a very popular chimp, although—to Jane, at least—Flo was funny-looking. She had a big round nose and torn ears. Flo had a baby. Jane

简和凡妮都很幸运;他们恢复。 简一感觉好起来，就回到了森林里。 最后，她的耐心得到了回报。 那是十月。凡妮已经回英国了。 简只能靠自己了。她开始探索一个她称之为“山顶”的地区。 每天，无论晴雨，她都爬上陡峭的山顶，进入森林。 渐渐地，黑猩猩们习惯了简看着它们。 有一天，她看到一只雌性向一只雄性伸出手，雄性吻了一下!她看到两只小黑猩猩用一根小树枝玩拔河游戏。 简能把许多黑猩猩区分开来，并给它们起了名字。 弗洛是一只年老的雌性黑猩猩。 简很喜欢弗洛。她是一只非常受欢迎的黑猩猩，尽管——至少对简来说——弗洛长得很滑稽。 她有一个大圆鼻子和撕裂的耳朵。 弗洛生了个孩子。简

called her Fifi. And she called Fifi's older brothers Faben and Figan. Flo was a caring mother. She protected Fifi from the rain. She carefully groomed her young. (Grooming means cleaning their fur.) Flo was a playful mother, but she was also firm. She never let her children get out of line! Olly was Flo's friend. Olly was also a female. Her face was very long, and her lips jiggled a lot. Another chimp—a male—looked a lot like Olly. Jane was quite sure he was Olly's brother. She named him William. In animal studies, animals are usually given numbers, not names. In fact, many scientists think it's a bad idea to name animals that are being studied. They worry that it will make the animals seem too human.

叫她菲菲。她叫菲菲的两个哥哥法本和费根。 弗洛是一位有爱心的母亲。她保护菲菲不被雨淋。 她细心地给孩子打扮。 (修饰意味着清理它们的皮毛。)弗洛是一个顽皮的母亲，但她也很坚定。 她从不让她的孩子们越界!奥利是弗洛的朋友。 奥利也是一只雌性。她的脸很长，嘴唇不停地抖动。 另一只雄性黑猩猩长得很像奥利。 简很肯定他是奥利的弟弟。 她给他起名叫威廉。在动物研究中，通常给动物编号，而不是名字。 事实上，许多科学家认为给正在研究的动物命名是个坏主意。 他们担心这会让动物看起来太像人类。

Jane definitely did not think of the chimps as humans. But she did see the chimps as individuals. They had different personalities. William was timid and fearful. Gilka was a show-off, always looking for attention. Frodo was a bully, a dangerous bully. One time Jane had been watching Frodo when suddenly he charged. He beat and kicked her.

简绝对不认为黑猩猩是人类。 但她确实把黑猩猩视为个体。 他们有不同的性格。 威廉胆小又害怕。 吉尔卡是个爱炫耀的人，总是想引人注意。 佛罗多是个恶霸，危险的恶霸。 有一次，简正看着佛罗多，突然他冲了过来。 他又打又踢她。

Frodo started to leave, then came back, beat Jane more, and dragged her to the edge of a cliff. What did Frodo do next? He threw her over the side. It was a steep drop, but luckily there were bushes that stopped Jane's fall. Even so, she was banged up pretty bad.

佛罗多开始离开，然后又回来，继续打简，把她拖到悬崖边。 佛罗多接下来做了什么?他把她从一边扔了下去。 这是一个陡峭的落差，但幸运的是，有灌木丛阻止了简的坠落。 即便如此，她还是伤得很重。