Wow! But how far could they drive that way?
但他们那样能走多远呢？
Well, like I said, the northeastern region is interconnected by rivers and streams and the ocean at the coast. The canoes allow them to travel over a vast area that today it would take a few hours to fly over. You see, the Native Americans made canoes of all types, for travel on small streams or on large open ocean waters. For small streams, they made narrow, maneuverable boats, while large canoes were needed for the ocean. They could travel throughout the area only occasionally having to portage, to carry the canoe over a land short distance to another nearby stream. And since the canoes were so light, this wasn't a difficult task. Now how do you think this affected their lives?
正如我说，北美东北地区通过河流和小溪连接到大海。独木舟能使得他们穿过很大一片地区，即使在今天，同样的路程也要飞上好几个小时。你看看，本土美国人做各种各样的独木舟，有适合小溪中穿行的，也有适合在大海中穿行的。在小溪中，他们使用窄的，可操作的独木舟，而大海中则使用大型独木舟。他们偶尔需要水路联运，将独木舟通过陆地转移到另一条临近小溪。因为独木舟很轻，这也不难办到。你觉得独木舟是怎样影响他们生活的呢？
Well if they could travel so easily over such a large area, they could trade with people from other areas which I guess would lead them to form alliances?
如果他们很容易就在这么大一片区域中走动，那么他们一定会跟其他地区的人有贸易往来。我猜甚至还会结盟。
