太平洋

Snickers, the cocker spaniel is on his way to a new home after being abandoned on a remote Pacific island for four months.

在被遗弃在一个遥远的太平洋小岛上长达四个月后，这只名叫 Snickers的可卡犬来到了它的新家。

To Pacific peoples the coconut palm is the Tree of Life, and life itself often depends on its presence.

对于太平洋海岛上的居民来说，椰子树是生命之树。海岛上的生活离不开它们。

Scientists may have theories, but most Pacific islanders believe that the coconut palm is of supernatural origin.

或许科学家们在理论上有所解释，但大多数太平洋群岛上的住民都认为椰子树是超自然物种。

There are also sub species found of the Coelacanth but the real Coelacanth is found today in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and even the South Pacific.

还发现了腔棘鱼的一些亚种存在，不过真正的腔棘鱼现在只在南非、肯尼亚、坦桑尼亚和南太平洋。

As proof of its strong ties with Japanese government and industry, the US aerospace company last year released a glossy coffee-table book entitled Pacific Partners: 50 years of Boeing in Japan

去年，波音公司公开发行题为《太平洋伙伴：波音在日本50年》(Pacific Partners： 50 years of Boeing in Japan)的精装图文集，足以证明公司与日本政府和航空业间的紧密联系。

From the Pacific Northwest to New England, it's a cold and snowy start to winter.

从太平洋西北部到新英格兰，寒冷多雪的冬天开始了。

And that's exactly what happened Thursday night at Pacific Coliseum.

周四晚上在太平洋体育馆确实发生了这样的事情。

The people on the Pacific islands have successfully fought against colonial rule.

太平洋岛屿上的人民成功地进行了反对殖民统治的斗争。

After a mission of 8 hours and 40 minutes, the command module splashed down in the Pacific north west of Hawaii.

指挥舱经过一次八小时又四十分钟的任务以后，在夏威夷西北的太平洋上降落了。

Although he speaks of the Far East between the 15th and 18th centuries as a single world-economy, he says it in fact comprised three "gigantic world-economies: Islam, overlooking the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and controlling the deserts stretching across Asia from Arabia to China; India, whose influence extended throughout the India Ocean, both east and west of Cape Comorin; and China, at once a great territorial power- striking deep into the heart of Asia-and a maritime force, controlling the seas and countries bordering the Pacific."

尽管他把15到18世纪的远东说成一个"单一的世界经济系统"，但他说实际上这个系统包含了三个"巨大的世界经济系统：伊斯兰系统，它从红海和波斯湾俯瞰印度洋，控制着横跨阿拉伯到中国的中亚沙漠；印度系统，它的影响力遍及科摩林角的东西两面的整个印度洋；还有中国系统，它曾经是一个有着广阔领土的强大势力，直插亚洲心脏——它也是一个海上霸主，控制着太平洋沿岸的海域和国家。"

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。