班图语族起源于西非,大约五千年前开始向南迁徙,逐渐取代至今仍是采猎民族的布什曼人。
Bantu speakers originated in West Africa and began to migrate southward some 5, 000 years ago, displacing the Bushmen, who were until recently hunter-gatherers.
一些部族迁徙到了其他的地方从事耕作,然而阿拉伯人却坚守传统的生计——游牧是这一民族文化的中心。
A few tribes drifted elsewhere or took up farming, but the Arab herders stuck to their fraying livelihoods-nomadic herding was central to their cultural identity.
我们现代人不愿承认过去的历史是一种变迁的记录,无论是气候、大迁徙、还是民族的兴衰,然而,我们的所作所为却好像现在是最后的篇章一样。
We moderns have grudgingly accepted that the past is a record of shifts in climate, great migrations, the rise and fall of nations, yet we act as if our present is the final chapter.
我们现代人不愿承认过去的历史是一种变迁的记录,无论是气候、大迁徙、还是民族的兴衰,然而,我们的所作所为却好像现在是最后的篇章一样。
We moderns have grudgingly accepted that the past is a record of shifts in climate, great migrations, the rise and fall of nations, yet we act as if our present is the final chapter.
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