Every Waorani child knows the story of the boa(蟒蛇)’s mouth. How the snake inches forward, watching, its movements almost imperceptible(难以察觉的), before it strikes, swallowing its victim whole(将猎物整个吞下).
每个瓦欧拉尼孩子都听过蟒蛇之口的故事：那条蛇如何缓缓向前蠕动，窥视着，动作几乎难以察觉，然后猛然出击，将猎物整个吞下。
Nemonte Nenquimo knows the boa’s bite(尝过蟒蛇咬噬的滋味). Beguiled as a young girl by the blue eyes and bright dresses of an American missionary(传教士) child in her Amazon village in Ecuador, she consented(同意) to be baptised and left home to study at a church school.
内蒙特·嫩基莫尝过蟒蛇咬噬的滋味。少女时代，她被厄瓜多尔亚马逊村庄里一位美国传教士孩子的蓝眼睛和鲜艳衣裙所迷惑，同意接受洗礼，并离家去教会学校读书。
“My grandfather used to tell me that the global system of money and material things is like the boa. It attracts people, it bewitches,” the 41-year-old Indigenous activist says.(我祖父过去常对我说，全球的金钱与物质体系就像那条蟒蛇。它吸引人，迷惑人。) “It’s a fact, I’ve lived it.”
“我祖父过去常对我说，全球的金钱与物质体系就像那条蟒蛇。它吸引人，迷惑人，”这位41岁的原住民活动家说，“这是事实，我亲身经历过。”