1·"If you would have asked an anthropologist or archaeologist how many people lived in these Amazon uplands, they'd say almost zero," he said.
他说：“如果你去问一个人类学家或者考古学家，多少人曾居住在这些亚马逊高地，他们会说几乎为零。”
2·No less important to some people are bracken's effects on threatened habitats and on the use of uplands for recreational purposes, even though many appreciate its beauty.
尽管许多人欣赏蕨类植物的美丽，但对一些人来说，蕨类植物对受威胁的栖息地以及对高地娱乐用途的影响同样重要。
3·It initially surprises us that many of their cities were not built next to the rivers but instead on high terrain in rolling uplands.
最初让我们感到惊讶的是，他们的许多城市并不是建在河边，而是建在地势较高的起伏的高地上。
4·Instead of the colourless air of the uplands the atmosphere down there was a deep blue.
这儿和高地无色的空气不同，在山谷里，那儿的大气是一种深蓝色。
5·The human brain, probably uniquely in the whole of evolutionary history, can see across the valley and can plot a course away from extinction and towards distant uplands.
人类的大脑——或许在整个进化史上都是独一无二的——能够做到穿越峡谷并且设想出免于灭绝的办法，向着远方的高地前进。