And it slowly dawned on me that Socotra was my Yemen project.

我渐渐明白了索科特拉岛就是我的也门项目。

But then I was told that Socotra, a Yemeni island, was safe once you got there.

但其后我知道了索科特拉岛，一个也门岛屿，在那里会比较安全。

And that got me really excited, because look at Socotra's proximity to Africa.

这让我非常兴奋，因为看看索科特拉岛与非洲的距离。

But Socotra, for those of you who know it, well, let's just say you probably know it for a completely different reason.

但是索科特拉岛，对于知道它的人，或者我们说你或许因为一个完全不同的原因知道它。

Yemen has declared a state of emergency on the island of Socotra as a tropical storm intensified, flooding the villages and capsizing boats.

也门索科特拉岛上的热带风暴还在加剧，淹没村庄，倾翻船只，该岛屿已宣布进入紧急状态。

I'm telling you, research done in unstable places with local collaborators can lead to incredible discoveries, and that is what we are hoping upon hope to do in Socotra.

我跟你们讲，在不安定地区与当地人员的合作研究可以带来令人惊讶的科学发现，那就是我们期待的在索科特拉岛所行所为。

People on Socotra, some of them still live in caves, and that is really exciting, because it means if a cave is prime real estate this century, maybe it was a few thousand years ago.

索科特拉岛的人们，有些仍然居住在洞穴，非常令人兴奋，因为这意味着如果洞穴是这个世纪的主要住宅，或许几千年前就存在了。