【BBC南太平洋】漂流者 21
Hint:Lapita
Tonga
New Guinea
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201302/201302211145449686302.mp3The Lapita's first voyages into the unknown must have appeared suicidal. Although many were lost at sea, some Lapita did reach new islands, thanks to their extraordinary navigation skills. This man can interpret the direction of land by reading wave and swell patterns. Like his ancestors, he carries in his head a complex wind map detailing the various seasonal winds that serve as a compass. And at night, he can navigate by the stars. In craft like these, the Lapita reached the islands of Tonga, 2,000 miles east of New Guinea, in the heart of the South Pacific. Further east, the odds of a castaway making land drop steeply as the islands become fewer and even more isolated.拉皮塔人最初去往未知的航行看起来肯定就像是自取灭亡。尽管确实有许多人葬身大海，但多亏了他们非凡的航海技巧，一些拉皮塔人还是成功到达了新的岛屿。这个男人能通过解读海浪和浪涌的模式得出陆地的方向。同他的祖先一样，他的脑中有一幅能用于解读不同季节风的复杂风图，这幅风图就像罗盘一样发挥着作用。夜晚他则能靠星星进行导航。驾着这种独木舟，拉皮塔人到达了新几内亚以东两千英里、位于南太平洋中心地带的汤加群岛。再往东，随着岛屿变得更加稀疏偏僻，漂流者登陆的可能性陡降。
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