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When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest.
当她1960年最初到贡贝时，对女性来说，住进大森林还是很稀罕的事情。
Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.
她母亲头几个月来帮过她的忙，这才使她得以开始了自己的计划。
Her work changed the way people think about chimps.
她的工作改变了人们对黑猩猩的看法。
For example, one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat.
比方说，她的一个重要发现是黑猩猩猎食动物，。
Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts.
在此之前，人们一直认为黑猩猩只吃水果和坚果。
She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it.
她曾经亲眼看到过一群黑猩猩捕杀一只猴子，然后把它吃掉。
She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other,
她还发现了黑猩猩之间是如何交流的，
and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system.
而她对黑猩猩身势语的研究帮助她勾勒出黑猩猩的社会体系。
For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals.
40年来，简·古道尔一直在呼吁世人了解并尊重这些动物的生活。
She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements.
她主张应该让野生动物留在野外生活，而不能用于娱乐或广告。
She has helped to set up special places where they can live safely.
她还为黑猩猩建起了可以安全生活的专门的保护区。
She is leading a busy life but she says: "Once I stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories.
她的生活是忙忙碌碌的，然而正如她所说的：“我一旦停下来，所有的一切都会涌上心头。我就会想起实验室的黑猩猩。
It's terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps.
太可怕了。每当我看着野生黑猩猩时，这个念头总是萦绕着我。
I say to myself, 'Aren't they lucky?"
我会对自己说＂难道它们不幸运吗？＂
And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong.
然后我就想起那些没有任何过错却被关在笼子里的小黑猩猩。
Once you have seen that you can never forget..."
一旦你看到这些，你就永远不会忘记……”
She has achieved everything she wanted to do:
简已经得到了她所想要得到的一切：
working with animals in their own environment, gaining a doctor's degree and showing that women can live in the forest as men can.
在动物的栖息地工作：获得博士学位：还向世人证明女人和男人一样能够在森林生活。
She inspires those who want to cheer the achievements of women.
她激励着人们为妇女们的成就而欢呼喝彩。
