High expectations based on what I'd learned as being the ambassador for Natural Diamond Council. I knew the story of the diamond mines in Botswana and the impact that they have on the country, but seeing it firsthand was really completely beyond what I expected and the profound nature of it really hits home once you're in Botswana.
基于我作为天然钻石协会大使所了解到的情况，我对它期望很高。我知道博茨瓦纳钻矿的故事以及它们对这个国家的影响，但亲眼看到它时真的完全超出了我的预料。一旦你到了博茨瓦纳，它的深刻本质就会真正击中你的心。
Well, I feel so lucky and it's so incredible to be here and to learn from OP, our guide about all the work they're doing here. And it's breathtaking.
我感到非常幸运，能够来到这里，向我们的工作导游了解他们在这里所做的一切工作，真是不可思议。真的令人感到非常震撼。
（This place is called Phala Center and this is one of our main waterhole where animals drinks.）
（这个地方被称为法拉衷心，这是动物们饮水的主要水坑之一。）
It's the work they do is so incredible. And over this trip, getting to see right now the conservation and how they're protecting the animals.
他们做的工作真的太了不起了。这趟旅行中，我看到了现在的保护工作以及他们是如何保护动物的。
When I landed into a Orapa, you see the mine. The first thing that hit me when I went to this mine was there was Eira, the CEO, who is so inspiring. She has been at that mine since the very beginning, was the one that saw the potential and they’ve mined rocks, out there. Their specialty is these big raw diamonds. And she is running things alongside Naseem, who’s the manager of the mine. And they were just so incredibly powerful.
当我降落在奥拉帕矿场时，看到的就是矿井。当我靠近矿井的时，最先触动我的是这里的CEO艾拉，见到她让人非常激动。她是最早来到这个矿井，最先看到这个矿井潜力的人。他们的专长是开采大生钻。她和矿井经理纳西姆一起工作。他们是强强联合。
We went to De Beers headquarters, which was the vault of Botswana and within there they have all these rough diamonds. I was led round by this woman, Pat and two other women who are completely the highest senior positions.
我们去了戴尔比斯总部，那里是博茨瓦纳的金库，这些生钻都保存在金库里。一名名叫帕特的女士和另外两名女士带领我参观了金库，他们都是公司的高级职员。
She was just telling me how when she looks at a mine, she sees the future, she sees schooling, she sees this... she's witnessed the growth of Botswana and how it's changed since these mines were discovered.
她告诉我，当她看到矿井时，她看到的是未来，她看到学校，她看到......她见证了这些钻矿被开发后博茨瓦纳的发展和改变。
I was walking around having this incredible tour and seeing all these rough diamonds in their pure form, and they are being sorted into size and color and into typed, it was incredible holding them. You feel this energy.
这趟旅行真的是太棒了，我四处参观，看到了这些粗糙的生钻，它们按照大小和颜色被分类，当你把它们拿在手里时，那种感觉真的是太棒了。你可以感受到能量。
I toured around KGK, which is a polishing and cutting facility for diamonds. It's in Botswana, they're doing it all on site, bringing the business into Botswana, the country of the mining. Their ambition is for locality to employ as many people from Botswana.
我参观了KGK集团，它是一个生产抛光切割钻石设备的公司。在博茨瓦纳，他们都在现场进行（指导），把生意带到博茨瓦纳这个矿业之国。他们的目标是在当地雇用尽可能多的博茨瓦纳人。
They have an education system on site, which I saw, which is training up students to be able to... and they're hundred percent absorbed into the company, so they've got guaranteed work. It was incredible witnessing the skill and the technology that goes into these diamonds.
我看到他们有现场培训学习系统，那是在培训员工，让他们能够......而且他们都会被吸收进公司，所以他们的工作是有保障。亲眼目睹这些钻石加工技能和技术，真是太不可思议了。
This facility has its own gardens, which feeds the employees, run by this incredible woman who's so passionate about the vegetables. They have solar panels, they're recycling the water.There's a creche, so that if mothers are working there, they are able to bring their small children. And I also went and visited these incredible kids, like two year olds.
这个工厂有自己的菜园，供蔬菜让员工食用，菜园由一位对蔬菜充满高度热情的女士管理。工厂内还有太阳能电池板，水可以循环利用。那边有一个托儿所，如果妈妈们在这里工作，她们还可以照看自己的小孩。我还去看望了几个非常优秀的两岁的孩子。
One of my favorite experiences was visiting a school in Orapa. And I met this class of 10 and 11 year old kids, and they were just so bright, so ambitious. I was asking them all what they wanted to do. And there was presidents, there was vets, doctors, rappers. And I just felt so privileged to share in that day with them.
这次旅途我最喜欢的一部分是参观了奥拉帕的一所学校。我遇到了一班10-11岁的孩子，他们很聪明，很有抱负。我问他们都想做什么，他们有的想当总统，有想当兽医，有的想当医生，有的想当说唱歌手等等。和他们一起共度的一天我感到非常荣幸。
And their amazing teacher, Emily, who just dedicates everything to these kids. She calls them her babies. And that the school is incredible. The children in Botswana have access to free education.
他们的老师艾米丽非常了不起，她把一切都奉献给了这些孩子。她称他们为自己的宝贝，这所学校也非常的棒，博茨瓦纳的孩子们可以接受免费教育。
The experience I've had in in Botswana and witnessing these schools, hospitals, and conservation, and really the communities has really increased the value of these diamonds. There's such depth and emotion and meaning and a story behind them.
我在博茨瓦纳的经历，见证了这些学校、医院和保护，以及社区，它们背后的深度、情感、意义和故事，确实增加了这些钻石的价值。
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