英国女孩“嫁”给亚马逊土著_BEC初级作文

英国女孩“嫁”给亚马逊土著

敌对状态始于1956年，当时来自美国的五名福音派传教士来到这里，试图让瓦欧达尼族居民归顺基督教，后被杀。这一事件被广泛报道。

It is said to have been the first documented time the tribe was contacted by the outside world.

这是记录该部落和外界联系的最早文献。

Nowadays contact with outsiders is more common - some tribe members have taken to wearing western clothing - but is still not always for the right reasons.

如今，这里与外界的联系越来越频繁，部分居民开始穿上西方的衣服。但这些联系并不总是基于正当理由。

As well as oil there are mineral reserves beneath the rainforest and it is a target for illegal loggers. Several roads have been built into Huaroani territory.

除了石油，在雨林下还有矿产储备，这成了非法采伐的目标。数条公路已被建成，直通瓦欧达尼族的栖息地。

Tribe members told a BBC documentary in 2011 that they could no longer grow food on river banks because they feared contamination would wash downstream.

部落的成员曾在2011年的BBC纪录片中表示，因为害怕自己所处的下游受到污染，他们已不敢在河岸上种植粮食作物。

And last year the charity Survival International, which campaigns for indigenous people's rights, said two Huaroani members were killed by fellow tribespeople as competition for land increased.