"The Gift of Pachamama" is about a little boy in Bolivia. He travels with his father and a herd of llamas to trade salt.

《巴佳妈妈的礼物》是关于一个玻利维亚小男孩的故事，他和自己的父亲一起赶着一群骆驼外出贩盐。

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He points to the brightest stars and describes how to use them to navigate to the Bilma oasis in the eastern desert, where they would trade Onions and garlic for salt.

他指着那些最明亮的星星，讲述怎么利用它们找到位于沙漠东部的比尔马绿洲，在那儿，他们用洋葱和大蒜换盐。

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Private salt trade was one kind of spectacular social economic phenomenon in Chinese tradition.

私盐贩运是中国传统社会中令人注目的一种经济现象。

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Its low interest rates, which drag down the currency, can entice arbitrageurs to borrow yen and buy higher-yielding notes elsewhere (see the crushing run-up in the Kiwi dollar) in what is called the carry trade, while favorably priced imports of Japanese manufacture, especially autos, are rubbing salt in wounded places like Detroit.

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In the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644), Huizhou merchants began to make a name for themselves for their trading prowess, dealing first in locally produced timber and tea and then expanding into the lucrative salt trade.

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During its golden age, Timbuktu was a thriving desert trading town at the heart of important trade routes for gold and salt, and a major intellectual and spiritual center, which played a key role in the spread of Islam in Africa.

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