【英文原文】

June 20, 2001
　　
Zambezi River Canoe, Zambia, 1997
Photograph by Chris Johns
"The fire of dawn lights a path across Africa’s Zambezi River, where villagers in Zambia travel as they always have—in a dugout canoe. With the coming of political stability in southern Africa, the Zambezi opens the way to some of the continent’s most unspoiled reaches."
　　
—From "Down the Zambezi," October 1997, National Geographic magazine

【中文译文】
　　
赞比西河独木舟，赞比亚 1997年
　　
Chris Johns摄
　　
拂晓的光芒照亮了一条穿过非洲赞比西河的道路，赞比亚的村民象往常一样上路——在一个独木舟中。随着南非政治稳定的到来，赞比西河打开了通往这个大陆更多区域的道路
　　
选自“赞比西河向下” 国家地理杂志 1997年10月