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。

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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。

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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。」

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Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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Kenyan national Wangari Maathai won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in the Green Belt Movement, an organization that engages in tree-planting activities and environment conservation.

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BBC: Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai dies aged 71

Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai has died in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment.

BBC: Kenya's Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai dies aged 71