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1、WadeDavis:Scientist,ExplorerandWriter(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ThisisMaryTillotson.VOICETWO:WadeDavisAndthisisSteveEmber.Todaywetellaboutscientist,explorerandwriterWadeDavis.Heisworkingtotrytosaveculturesthroughouttheworldthatareindangerofdisappearing.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Wad
2、eDavishasbeenexploringthemostlyunknownareasoftheworldformorethantwenty-fiveyears.HehastraveledfromthemountainsofTibettothedesertsofNorthAfrica…fromtheCanadianArctictotherainforestsofBorneo.“LightattheEdgeoftheWorld”ishislatestbook.ItispublishedbytheLightattheEd
3、geoftheWorldNationalGeographicSociety,whereheisanExplorer-in-Residence.ThebookincludespicturesMisterDavishastakenofthesehiddenplacesoftheworld,placeswhichfacemanythreats.Thepicturesarebeautifulandunusual.Someoftheimagesremaininyourmemorylongafteryouclosethebook
4、.OnepictureshowsaguardleaningoutawindowinabrightorangewallofaBuddhistreligiouscenterinTibet.Inanother,theyellowlightofthesunisjustbeginningtoappearoverthemorningfogintheforestsoftheWaoranipeopleinEcuador.Anotherpictureshowsacaribouwalkingalongahugeexpanseofwhit
5、esnowinBritishColumbia,Canada.Inanother,anAriaalwomanofKarareinKenya,wearingmanybrightrednecklaces,carriesalargeloadoffirewoodonherback.VOICETWO:Otherpicturesshowevidenceofadisappearingwayoflife.Forexample,onepictureisoffallentreesbyariverthatflowsthroughthefor
6、estsoftheMalaysianstateofSarawak.Alargeyellowmachinerestsontheclearedland.Ayoungwomantriestowashinthenowpollutedriver.ItisevidenceofwhatishappeningtothehomeofthePenanpeopleinBorneo.Theylivedbyhuntingandgatheringfoodastheymovedthroughtheforests.However,MisterDav
7、issaystheMalaysiangovernmentispermittingcompaniestocutthetreesonmorethanseventypercentofthePenanterritory.Asaresult,thetraditionalwayoflifeofthePenanisgone.Andalltheirhistory,whichispartoftheforest,islost.VOICEONE:In“LightattheEdgeoftheWorld,”WadeDaviswritesabo
8、utwhatnativegroupscouldteachaboutdifferentwaysoflivingandthinking.Hedescribestheirdailylives,andthethreatstotheirtraditionalways.Heexplainstheirstrongrelationshiptothelandth
