Day35 ムェアの遊び方 Mwea

ケニア2日目
The second day in Kenya

研究所が地元の大学と共同研究をしているとのことで

This institute is collaborating with the university.

車で1時間移動してチュカ大学へ

I followed them to go to Chuka university.

 昨日のように見学気分でついていったけど

I was supposed to just take a look like yesterday, but

作業が大変そうだったので手伝うことに

the work looked so hard and I decided to help them.

今日はカボチャの成長測定

Today's mission was the mesurement of the pumpkins.

なんと108個体

God, they have 108 pumpkins to measure.

カボチャの測定なんてしたことないけど

I've never tried to measure pumpkins,

まず生え放題の葉っぱの中からいつも測定している茎を探し出す

I helped to look for the stem which they used to follow to measure. 

赤いリボンがつけてあるのだがこれを探すのに一苦労

The stem has a red ribbon, but it's so hard to find because of the leaves around.

茎を探す人、葉っぱの光合成量を測定する人、数値を記録する人と分担して進める

The person who looks for the stem, the person who measures the photosynthesis, the person who takes notes.

真昼間の作業で日差しが暑かった

Under the sun, it was hot.

研究所に帰るはずの13:00に終わりお腹ペコペコ

We've finished at 13:00 which is supposed to be back to the institute.

帰り道に今が旬のスイカを買ってみんなで食べた

We're very hungry and we had some water melons on the way back.

食べ終わると運転手が車からスイカの皮を捨てようとしてた

When the driver finished to eat it, he tried to throw away the water melon's skin.

日本歴6年の友人が「ごみは研究所まで持って帰りましょう」と

My Kenyan friend who lived in Japan for six years said "we should take them back to the institute."

「僕達は道路を汚したくない」と。感動！！

"We don't want to let the road dirty." I was so impressed!!

今日の夜は持ち寄りパーティー

Tonight we had a potluck party.

パスタに、日本米に、魚に、豆に、デザートのケーキ

We had pasta, Japanese rice, fish, beans, and chocolate cake.

ごちそうさまでした

Thank you so much.