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Columbus records their first encounter:
哥伦布记录了与他们的初次相遇
"The people kept calling to us and giving thanks to God,"
这些人一直呼唤我们 一直感谢上帝
"As if we had come from Heaven."
好像我们是从天堂而来"
"I presented them with some red caps and beads."
我给了他们一些红色的帽子和珠串
"They were much delighted "And became wonderfully attached to us."
他们非常高兴 开始和我们非常亲近"
Living in a different eco-system for thousands of years,
在一个截然不同的生态环境下生活了数千年
The people of the Americas have no immunity
美洲的印第安人对于一个致命的威胁
to a deadly threat:Disease.
完全没有免疫力 那就是疾病
Europeans were swimming in this bacterial and viral soup,
欧洲人生活在充满细菌和病毒的环境中
that was utterly unlike anything over there.
而在美洲 环境却截然不同
First contact with an invisible killer
他们首次接触到这种隐性的杀手
That will one day change the destiny of the new world.
它终有一日会改变新世界的命运
But columbus is on a search for treasure.
但哥伦布是为了探寻宝藏
"I kept my eyes open and tried to find If there was any gold.
我睁大眼睛四下寻找 黄金的踪迹
"Then I saw some of them had a little piece
然后我发现他们的鼻子上
"Hanging from a hole in their nose.
戴着金子做的鼻环
"I gathered that by going further, I'd find a king
我收集金子并进一步寻找 我找到了一位国王
"Who possessed in great quantities of gold."
他拥有大量的黄金"
