巴西的亚马逊雨林深处有很多个原住民部落。
最近，其中一个部落的生活被公布出来。
他们的生活被巴西的原住民保护基金会用自动相机拍了下来。
这个部落叫Massaco，位于亚马逊森林砍伐最严重的州之一。
外界只能以这个部落生活的河流来命名，但是我们对他们真正的名字、语言、文化、信仰等一无所知。
这个部落的人口约200至250人，会使用弓箭狩猎，随着季节变化在森林中迁徙。
他们的人数比1990年代增加了至少一倍，但是外界的伐木、走私毒品等活动仍然威胁着他们的生活。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 巴西 | Bā xī | Brazil |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 亚马逊 | Yà mǎ xùn | Amazon |
| 雨林 | yǔ lín | rainforest |
| 深处 | shēn chù | abyss / depths / deepest or most distant part |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 原住民 | yuán zhù mín | indigenous peoples / aborigine |
| 部落 | bù luò | tribe |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 公布 | gōng bù | to announce; to make public; to publish |
| 出来 | chu lai | (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) |
| 他们的 | tā men de | their |
| 保护 | bǎo hù | protection |
| 基金会 | jī jīn huì | foundation (institution supported by an endowment) |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 自动 | zì dòng | automatic |
| 相机 | xiàng jī | camera |
| 拍 | pāi | to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 下来 | xià lái | (completed action marker) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 位于 | wèi yú | to be located at / to be situated at / to lie |
| 森林 | sēn lín | forest |
| 砍伐 | kǎn fá | to hew / to cut down |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 州 | zhōu | prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |
| 之一 | zhī yī | one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) |
| 外界 | wài jiè | the outside world |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 以 | yǐ | by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at |
| 河流 | hé liú | river |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 命名 | mìng míng | to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 语言 | yǔ yán | language |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 信仰 | xìn yǎng | firm belief / conviction |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 一无所知 | yī wú suǒ zhī | (idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population / people |
| 约 | yuē | approximately |
| 至 | zhì | to / until |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of |
| 弓箭 | gōng jiàn | bow and arrow |
| 狩猎 | shòu liè | to hunt |
| 随着 | suí zhe | along with / in the wake of / following |
| 季节 | jì jié | time / season / period |
| 变化 | biàn huà | change; variation |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 迁徙 | qiān xǐ | to migrate / to move |
| 人数 | rén shù | number of people |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century / age / era / period |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least / (to say the) least |
| 倍 | bèi | (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double |
| 伐木 | fá mù | tree-felling / lumbering |
| 走私 | zǒu sī | to smuggle / to have an illicit affair |
| 毒品 | dú pǐn | drugs; narcotics |
| 活动 | huó dòng | (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver |
| 仍然 | réng rán | still; as before; yet |
| 威胁 | wēi xié | to threaten; to menace |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |