来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病第7集第7集》

where Columbus landed in the 1490s.

满是山峦丘陵的小岛
Hispaniola--that is, what is modern Haiti

伊斯帕尼奥拉岛也就是现代的
and the Dominican Republic.

海地和多米尼加共和国
And as we know from today's news, Haiti has a long history

我们从新闻里可以得知海地素来就有
of natural and manmade catastrophes,

许多自然和人为的灾难
and the arrival of Columbus was certainly one.

哥伦布的到来显然就是其中之一
The aboriginal inhabitants,

这里的土著居民
a tribe known as the Arawaks,

属于一个叫阿拉瓦克斯的部落
are estimated, or guesstimated,

估测或者说猜测
to have numbered something like a million people in 1492.

在1492年大约有一百万人口
Columbus described Hispaniola

哥伦布几乎把伊斯帕尼奥拉岛
as almost an earthly paradise,

描述成了一个人间天堂