IfyoulookthroughtheSuruireserve(保护区)withGoogleEarthyouwillseeagreenareainthemiddleofyellowsurroundings.OncethePaiter-Suruitribe(部落)livedintheheartoftheAmazonrainforestinBrazil.ButafterthetribemetwithWesternersyearsagotheynearlydisappeared:diseasesbroughtbyoutsidersreducedtheSurui’snumbersfrom5000toabout250.

Todaysome1300peoplelivein23villagesacross600000acres(英亩).ThoughtheyarewearingT-shirtsandjeanstheSuruidecidetoprotectthetribalculture.Theyareindangeragain.Treesarebeingcutanimalsarebeingkilledandtheforestisbecomingsmallerandsmaller.Butthistimeit’sdifferent.TheSuruipeoplehaveputasidetheirbowsandarrowsandtakenupanewweapon(武器):theInternet.

TheideacomesfromtheleaderoftheSuruiChiefAlmirNarayamoga.“Wedecidedtousecomputerstobringattentiontooursituation”saysNarayamoga.Thefirstinhistribetogotocollegehelearnedhowtousecomputers.

ThechiefaskedaboutthepossibilityofmakingamapoftheSuruireserveusingGoogleEarth.AnonlinetourofthereservehebelievedwouldhelpprotecttheSuruibyshowingtheworldtheresultsofcuttingtreesandtheattacks(进攻)ontriballand.Itwouldalsotellthegovernmentabouttheirsituation.ThiswayNarayamogahopedtoraisemoneytoprotecttherainforestbyplantingonemilliontrees.“Trainingandeducationisnowourkindofwar”hesays.“Weknowwehavetodoso.”

Narayamoga’svisittoGooglewasagreatsuccess.TheInternetsearchcompanysentteamstotheAmazontotraintheSuruiinusingcomputerscamerasandphonestophotographtheirsurroundingswhichcouldbefoundusingGPSandthenshownonGoogleEarth.TheSuruihavenowmappedthewholereserveandrecordedtheanimalsandplantsoftherainforestwithinit.

Whiletheirworkissupported(支持)bysomeinternationalgroupsNarayamogahopestheycansupportthemselveswithintenyearswithcoffeeproductionandtourism.ThegreatthingabouttheSuruiisthattheytrytofindtheirownwaystodealwiththeproblemstheyface.

53.Howmanypeoplearestilllivinginthetribetoday?

A.About600000. B.About5000. C.About1300. D.About250.

54.WhatisthegreatestdangertheSu