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Jane Goodall. Written by Karen Mokler.
简·古道尔 作者:卡伦·莫克勒
The Watcher Jane Goodall was born in England in 1934. As a child, she liked to learn about animals. She liked to watch how they behaved. Jane loved to read colorful stories about jungle animals. She dreamed of living in Africa. Jane was sure that one day she wanted to live with animals and write stories about them.
观察者简·古道尔1934年出生于英国。 小时候,她就喜欢了解和动物有关的知识。 她喜欢观察动物的行为举止。 简很喜欢读关于丛林动物的精彩故事。 她梦想着能住在非洲。 简坚信,总有一天她要和动物生活在一起,还要写关于它们的故事。
Off to Africa. When Jane finished school, she went to work in an office. She saved the money she earned. When she had saved enough, Jane took a trip to Kenya in Africa. In Kenya, she met Dr. Louis Leakey. Leakey was a scientist who wanted to learn how apes might be like humans.
前往非洲。 简毕业后,在一间办公室工作。 她把赚来的钱都存了起来。 等钱攒够了,简就去了非洲的肯尼亚旅行。 在肯尼亚,她遇到了路易斯·利基博士。 利基是一名科学家,他想研究类人猿和人类的相似之处。
Dr. Leakey hired Jane to work with him. One day, he talked about doing a new kind of study. The study would be about chimpanzees in Tanzania. Dr. Leakey was looking for a person to help him. That person would watch how the chimps lived and write reports. He asked if Jane would like to do the study with him.
利基博士聘用了简和他一起工作。 有一天,他说起要开展一项新的研究。 这项研究会研究坦桑尼亚的黑猩猩。 利基博士正在找合适的人帮忙。 这个人要观察黑猩猩的生活方式,还要撰写报告。 他问简是否愿意和他一起开展这项研究。
Into the Forest Jane moved to Gombe, a forest in Tanzania. She watched the chimps every day. She wrote careful notes about what she saw. Jane saw that the chimps lived in family groups. In her notes, she gave each family member a name.
进入森林 简搬到了贡贝,那是坦桑尼亚的一片森林。 她每天都观察黑猩猩。 她会把自己看到的内容认真记录下来。 简发现黑猩猩是以家庭为单位群居的。 她在笔记里给每个黑猩猩家庭成员都取了名字。
the Gombe Gang. At first, many of the chimps were afraid of Jane. An older chimp she named David trusted Jane. One day, David let Jane meet his family group. She watched them and wrote reports on how they behaved. Her reports upset many old beliefs.
贡贝帮派。 一开始,很多黑猩猩都怕简。 一只她取名叫大卫的年长黑猩猩很信任简。 有一天,大卫允许简见他的家庭成员。 她观察着他们,把他们的行为写成报告。 她的报告推翻了很多旧的认知。
