当干旱来临，老人们会到几英里外旱情不是那么严重的地方去协商放牧权。牛群会赶到更远的部落亲戚家去放养。

When drought came, elders would be sent miles away to negotiate grazing rights in places not so seriously hit, and cattle would be sent to relatives in distant communities.

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几乎从文明出现开始，尤其是，第一胎儿子就有优先权——几无例外地，已经形成了准则。

For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy-enforced through the rights of the firstborn son-has been the organizing principle, with few exceptions.

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几乎从文明出现开始，尤其是，第一胎儿子就有优先权——几无例外地，已经形成了准则。

For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy-enforced through the rights of the firstborn son-has been the organizing principle, with few exceptions.

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