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Access to salt determined whether you were powerful or not.

对盐的占有决定了 实力的强弱

I can't send an army across the water or great distances without provisions,

没有食物补给 就无法派军 渡水抢滩或者长途远征

and their provisions are gonna go bad if they're not salted.

而未经腌渍的食物很快就会变质

The Tuareg have discovered a rich supply...

图阿雷格部族发现脚下的土地

Under their feet.Millions of years ago, the Sahara was a sea.

蕴藏着丰饶盐矿 数百万年前 撒哈拉地区曾经被海水淹没

As the water evaporated,It left behind huge salt deposits.

随着水分被蒸发掉 盐分逐步沉积下来

The salt trade is the Tuareg's livelihood.

图阿雷格部族依靠贩盐维持生计

They mine it at Taghaza in the middle of the Sahara,

他们在位于撒哈拉中部的塔阿扎采盐

Then trek hundreds of miles south

随后向南跋涉数百里

To the markets in the great cities of the Mali Empire:

将盐贩运到马里帝国管辖下各大城市的市场上

Djenne, Gao and Timbuktu.

主要是杰内 加奥与廷克巴图

But it is a dangerous journey in a deadly landscape.

在这种恶劣环境下长途跋涉总是险象环生

The greatest fear of every traveler...A sandstorm.

最让旅行者闻风丧胆的...就是沙尘暴

重点讲解

1、determine

是…的决定因素

The size of the chicken pieces will determine the cooking time.

鸡块的大小将决定烹饪时间的长短。

Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.

社会地位很大程度上是由家里经济支柱的职业决定的。

确定;查明

The investigation will determine what really happened.

调查会查明到底发生了什么事情。

Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.

需要进行检测以确定其对人的长期影响。

决定;敲定

The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future.

波罗的海各国人民有权决定自己的未来。

The final wording had not yet been determined.

最终措辞仍未敲定。

2、discover

发现(以前不知道的事实)

She discovered that they'd escaped.

她发现他们已经逃跑了。

I discovered I was pregnant.

我发现自己怀孕了。

(第一个)发现

the first European to discover America.

第一个发现美洲大陆的欧洲人

In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California.

19 世纪时，在加利福尼亚发现了金子。

初次接触(某活动并乐在其中)

I wish I'd discovered photography when I was younger.

我要是早点接触到摄影技术就好了。

Discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht.

体验私人游艇的乐趣和奢华。