(英会話リスニングスクリプト)
After a scandal, he left the army and risked
his life to become one of the first Europeans to enter Mecca,
the place where Muslims go to pray.
Soon after that, he tried to find out where
the River Nile started.
The first time, his group was attacked by
Africans and most of his men were killed.
The second time, he got near the source
of the Nile, but nearly died through illness and had to
turn back.
When he was 43, he got married and, later
in his life, he spent most of his time writing and translating.
He was the first westerner to translate
"A Thousand and One Nights" and other Arabic and
Indian books.
Unfortunately his wife was very religious
and after he died in 1890 she burned a lot of his books
and papers.
Not long ago a film was made about his life
in Africa.
It was called, "The Mountains of the
Moon."
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