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Dian Fossey was an American zoologist1 who studied gorillas3 in Africa. Her research and life in the mountain forests of Rwanda made her famous. She wrote a book about her work, ‘Gorillas in the Mist’. A major Hollywood studio paid her a million dollars for the movie rights. Her brutal4 murder in 1985 had to be added to the film.
Fossey was born in 1932. She became interested in animals from a very early age and enrolled5 on a veterinary course. At university, she studied occupational therapy, which would help her later research. She became interested in Africa in her late twenties. She took out a loan and went to Tanzania, where she met the man who would change her life, anthropologist6 Dr. Louis Leakey.
Fossey was encouraged by Dr. Leakey to carry out long-term research on mountain gorillas. In 1967, she set up the Karisoke Research Centre in the remote Rwanda rainforest. She became an international celebrity7 in 1970 after appearing on the cover of ‘National Geographic’ magazine. It brought huge publicity8 for her campaign to protect the mountain gorillas and save them from extinction9.
Fossey was strongly opposed to zoos. In 1978, she tried to stop two young gorillas from being taken from Rwanda to a zoo in Germany. Twenty adult gorillas were killed during their capture. She also disagreed with “conservation tourism”, which disturbs the animals’ natural habitat. Many believe she was killed by those who wanted to make big money from gorilla2 tourism.
1 zoologist | |
n.动物学家 | |
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n.大猩猩,暴徒,打手 | |
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3 gorillas | |
n.大猩猩( gorilla的名词复数 );暴徒,打手 | |
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adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的 | |
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adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起 | |
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6 anthropologist | |
n.人类学家,人类学者 | |
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n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望 | |
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n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告 | |
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9 extinction | |
n.熄灭,消亡,消灭,灭绝,绝种 | |
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