065 采集蒙戈果

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Mandy and Twi joined some women, who greeted Mandy with smiles

曼迪和特威加入了几个妇女，她们微笑着向曼迪打招呼。

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Twi gave Mandy a cloth bag to hang over her shoulder

特威给了曼迪一个布袋，让她挂在肩上。

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" You put the nuts in here," said Twi

“你把坚果放在这里面。”特威说。

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The women headed off into the bushes

妇女们朝着灌木丛走去。

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Mandy looked for Vinnie, but he had already left

曼迪寻找维尼，但他已经离开了。

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The women and girls reached some tall trees and then split up

妇女和女孩们来到一些高大的树下，然后分开了。

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Each woman worked under a tree, collecting the nuts on the ground

每位妇女都在一棵树下干活，捡拾地上的坚果。

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" I'll be over there,"

“我去那边。”

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grinned Twi, pointing to a nearby tree

特威笑着说，指向附近的一棵树。

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" Wait! What do the nuts look like?" cried Mandy

“等等！坚果长什么样？”曼迪喊道。

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" Look," smiled Twi, as she picked up an egg-shaped nut

“看，”特威微笑着，捡起一个蛋形的坚果。

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" This is the mongongo."

“这就是曼贡果。”

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Then Twi left Mandy to gather the strange nuts

然后特威离开，让曼迪自己采集这些奇怪的坚果。

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" Well," thought Mandy," at least I'm not doing anything horrible like hunting."

“嗯，”曼迪想，“至少我没在做像打猎那样可怕的事情。”

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Meanwhile, Vinnie was watching Kashe as he reached into a small cloth bag

与此同时，维尼正看着卡谢把手伸进一个小布袋里。

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" Pay attention," said Kashe, holding up an arrow

“注意看，”卡谢说着，举起一支箭。

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" We will add the poison now."

“我们现在要涂上毒药。”

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" Poison?" asked Vinnie, nervously

“毒药？”维尼紧张地问。

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" Hold this arrow, Vinnie," said Kashe

“拿着这支箭，维尼，”卡谢说。

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Vinnie held the arrow carefully

维尼小心翼翼地拿着箭。

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" These are beetle larvae,"

“这些是甲虫幼虫，”

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explained Kashe, holding up some small yellow things

卡谢举起一些小黄色的东西解释道。

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" They contain poison."

“它们含有毒液。”

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He squeezed some liquid from one larva

他从一只幼虫里挤出了一些液体。

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Then he put it on the arrow

然后把它涂在箭上。

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" We shoot the animal and the poison goes into the blood," said Kashe

“我们射中动物，毒液就会进入血液，”卡谢说。

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" Soon, the animal dies."

“很快，动物就会死掉。”

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Another man named Gau came running up

另一个名叫高的男人跑了过来。

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" We have spotted the birds," he said

“我们发现鸟群了，”他说。

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" Do you shoot birds?" asked Vinnie

“你们射鸟吗？”维尼问。

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Kashe shook his head

卡谢摇了摇头。

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" Birds circle in the sky above a dying animal

“鸟儿在濒死的动物上空盘旋。

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We are close to an animal we shot yesterday

我们离昨天射中的动物很近了。

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We must go and carry it back to the village."

我们必须去把它抬回村子。”

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Meanwhile, Mandy was thinking that picking nuts wasn't much fun

与此同时，曼迪觉得采坚果没什么意思。

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" Mandy, how many have you got?"

“曼迪，你采了多少？”

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Twi walked over to her

特威走到她身边。

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Twi's bag was overflowing with nuts

特威的袋子装满了坚果。

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Mandy only had a few

曼迪只有几个。

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" How did you get so many so fast?" asked Mandy

“你怎么采得这么快这么多？”曼迪问。

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" We learn how to pick mongongo nuts when we are very young," said Twi, grinning." Watch!"

“我们很小的时候就学会捡曼贡果了，”特威笑着说，“看着！”

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She bent down

她弯下腰。

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Her hands moved quickly back and forth on the ground

她的双手在地面上快速地来回移动。

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Then she stood up, smiled, and used only her toes to pick up a nut

然后她站起身，微微一笑，只用脚趾就捡起了一颗坚果。

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Mandy laughed and clapped her hands

曼迪笑了，拍起手来。

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" That's amazing!"

“太神奇了！”

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The other women gathered together and emptied their bags on the ground

其他女人聚到一起，把袋子里的东西倒在地上。

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" The nuts are heavy

“坚果很重。

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So we crack the shells off here," explained Twi

所以我们在这里把壳敲掉，”特威解释道。

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" Then our bags are much lighter for the journey home."

“这样回去的路上袋子就轻多了。”

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" Good idea!" said Mandy

“好主意！”曼迪说。

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" Oh, while we're here," Twi said," I want to show you something."

“哦，正好我们在这儿，”特威说，“我想给你看样东西。”

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Mandy followed Twi to a small cave

曼迪跟着特威来到一个小岩洞。

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At the opening, they found a rock with some paintings on it

在洞口，他们发现了一块上面有画的岩石。

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" These are drawings my ancestors made," said Twi

“这些都是我的祖先画的，”特威说。

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" They tell a story about our people."

“它们讲述了我们族人的故事。”

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Mandy could see animals and dancing men on the rock

曼迪能看到岩石上有动物和跳舞的人。

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The men had animal features too

那些人也有动物的特征。

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Some had horns

有的长着角。

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Others had lion's legs

另一些长着狮子的腿。

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" This is the object in the photo!" shouted Mandy

“这就是照片里的东西！”曼迪喊道。

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" What do you mean?" cried Twi

“你什么意思？”特威叫起来。

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" So why am I still here?" thought Mandy

“那我为什么还在这里？”曼迪心想。