Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai has died in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment. She was 71.
肯尼亚诺贝尔奖得主旺加里·马塔伊在内罗毕接受癌症治疗时逝世,享年71岁。
She was a mentor of mine, she was a friend, she died much too young, she was an extraordinary personality, a great champion of the environment: Wangari Maathai.
她是我的精神导师,也是个朋友。她死得太早,她有超凡的个性,是环境的伟大斗士:旺加里·马塔伊。
Wangari said once, "In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called upon to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground."
旺加里曾说:「在漫漫历史中,总有一段时间,人类被要求转变到新的意识状态,以达到更高的道德标准。」
Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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