岛上居民

Rainy season doesn't last for more than two months, but the rain is a constant visitor, and the island is in intimate terms with the rain - despite not so willingly by most of the residents inhabiting here, the exterior of buildings on the island bear the print of rain, a blackish and moldy look, it adds on the face of the city a nostalgic feeling, as if you are looking at a photo in an old postcard - this is especially apparent in Taipei, I was there two weeks ago, when I got the first glimpse of the city on a train, that color on buildings out of the window brought back all my memory and fantasy that I'd ever had of the city, a feeling that could bring tears.

雨季不超过两个月，而居民们不情愿雨的经常造访，可是其它时候雨水仍不期而至。它与岛屿的关系如此亲密，使得岛上建筑的外观带着雨的印记，那是一种发黑的霉的颜色，把城市染上怀旧的奇异色彩，像旧明信片。我再度穿行于城市里，对过去的回忆与曾经有过的一切想像刹时涌现心头，觉得泫然欲泣。

No discussion about Easter Island would be complete without Thor Heyerdahl's theory of its population by ocean travelers from Peru.

托尔·海尔达尔认为岛上的居民是由海路而来的秘鲁人，如果没有这一理论，任何有关复活节岛的争议都不完整。

The Galapagos Islands took their name from one of their famous residents, the Galapagos giant tortoise.

加拉巴哥群岛这个名字取自岛上一种名闻遐迩的居民──加拉巴哥巨龟。

As one of East Asia's religious spectaculars, the traditional event celebrates the islander's deliverance from famine centuries ago and is meant to placate ghosts and restless spirits .

据说18世纪，岛上发生瘟疫，死了不少平民，后得到玄天上帝指引才停止。居民为了酬谢神恩，扮成神柢在大街上游行驱赶瘟神，以后每年举行，成为&太平清醮&。

Less than 24 hours later another major earthquake shook communities in another part of the island Thursday, triggering more panic among local residents and tourists.

不到二十四小时后，周四另一个大地震摇晃了岛上的另一部分，引发当地居民与游客恐慌加剧。

Although Canada is next door, the inhabitants of St Pierre et Miquelon send a deputy not to Ottawa, but to the Assemblée Nationale in Paris, and one to the French upper house.

尽管和加拿大相邻，圣皮埃尔和密克隆岛上的居民却没有让代表去渥太华，而是去巴黎的国民议会，还有一个去了法国上议院。

Three thousand inhabitants, some eight thousand reside in Lerwick, the capital.

岛上共有居民2.3万人，其中8000人住在首府勒威克。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。