阿瓦什发现曾居于此地的当地人已经开始利用铲车和挖掘机破除土墙,并且持续不止。
Alwash found the local people who had stayed had already begun to break up the walls with shovels or earth diggers, and they have continued to do so.
当思绪飞回中阿瓦什地区,我意识到自己在晚饭之前还有一百万年的时光需要去跨越。
Back in the Middle Awash, I still had a million years to walk before supper.
阿甘图尔一处闻起来有些酸臭到处都是灰尘的村庄,就坐落在阿瓦什河的泛滥平原上。
Adgantole was a sour-smelling, dusty village beside the Awash River floodplain.
“达谷(dagu)”是阿瓦什人最传统的问候礼节,其主要形式是见面吻手并交换新闻。
The Afar traditionally greet each other with dagu—a flurry of hand kissing and exchange of news.
阿瓦什是一名土木工程师,他设立了伊拉克自然保护协会,组织培训大学生帮助进行监管工作。
Alwash, a civil engineer, set up Nature Iraq and has organised training for graduates who help with monitoring work.
阿瓦什河:一条发源于埃塞俄比亚东部的河流,流程约805公里(500英里),向东北注入达纳·基勒沙漠。
A river of eastern Ethiopia flowing about 805 km (500 mi) northeast to the Danakil Desert.
从阿瓦什的那处远眺点俯视出去,我们还可以看到整个研究区域的西部边缘,那里是悬崖的前陆,属于更古老的史前时代。
From that overlook in the Awash, we could also look west, farther into the past to the foothills of the escarpment forming the western margin of the study area.
“我们靠枪杆子来进行保卫,不过最危险的部分是在巴格达和湿地间的公路上,”阿瓦什说到,“一旦我进入湿地后就比较安全了。”
"We take guards with us with Kalashnikovs, but the most difficult part is the road between [the capital] Baghdad to the marsh," said Alwash. "Once I'm inside the marshes it's relatively safe."
埃莱玛是我们的另一个护身符:作为一位地方行政长官,这位鲍里-姆代图的酋长在中阿瓦什地区的所有阿法尔部落中都享有极高的威望。
Elema would be another advantage: as a district administrator, the Bouri-Modaitu chief also commanded the respect of all the Afar clans in the Middle Awash.
埃塞俄比亚的中阿瓦什(MiddleAwash)是地球上最早有人类活动的地区,我们祖先的一支曾在此生息繁衍,并深埋于此600万年之久。
The Middle Awash area of Ethiopia is the most persistently occupied place on Earth. Members of our lineage have lived, died, and been buried there for almost six million years.
在阿法(Afar)部落的牧人注视下,一个国际考古队在阿瓦什河(Awash River)附近的沉积物中寻找化石,前面是生长在地平线上的小树。
Scouting for fossils under the gaze of an Afar tribesman, an international team scours sediments near the Awash River, beyond the trees on the horizon.
对于该项目的协同队长蒂姆·怀特(Tim White)和阿法部落的酋长艾哈迈德·阿尔玛(AhamedElema)来说,共同的欢笑是中阿瓦什地区一天的工作中,不可或缺的一部分。
Shared laughs are part of a day's work in the Middle Awash for project co-leader Tim White and Afar clan chief Ahamed Elema.
从1998年起,阿尔瓦利德先后在面积10万英亩(约40,470公顷)的图什卡农业项目上投入1.27亿美元。
Since 1998 Alwaleed has invested $127 million in 100, 00 acres (40, 470 hectares) of land in the Nile River delta Tushka agricultural project (also known as Toshka).
从1998年起,阿尔瓦利德先后在面积10万英亩(约40,470公顷)的图什卡农业项目上投入1.27亿美元。
Since 1998 Alwaleed has invested $127 million in 100, 00 acres (40, 470 hectares) of land in the Nile River delta Tushka agricultural project (also known as Toshka).
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