汤加群岛

Tonga, Niue and Nauru, three miniscule islands in the Pacific Ocean, have quit offshore banking to avoid the cost of meeting international standards, as, in effect, have the Cook Islands.

汤加、纽埃岛以及瑙鲁，这三个坐落在太平洋上的小岛国，已经退出离岸银行业务行业来避免为了那些达到国际标准所需要承担的花销，正如之前的库克群岛一样。

The Federated States of Micronesia (91.1 percent), the Cook Islands (90.9 percent), Tonga (90.8 percent) and Niue (81.7 percent) rounded out the WHO top five, while the United States came in at number nine, with 74.1 percent overweight or obese.

瑙鲁与密克罗尼西亚联邦（91.1%），库克群岛（90.9%），汤加（90.8%），以及纽埃岛（81.7%）成为世界卫生组织列出的五大肥胖国，而美国以74.1%的肥胖率名列第九位。

In the United States alone, the combined direct and indirect costs of obesity were estimated to be $123 billion in 2001. In 2004 in the Pacific Islands, the economic consequences of noncommunicable diseases, mainly obesity and diabetes, amounted to $1.95 million — almost 60% of the health care budget of Tonga.2

仅在美国，2001年肥胖造成的直接和间接经济损失达1230亿美元。2004年，在太平洋群岛，由非感染性疾病-主要是肥胖症和糖尿病造成的经济损失为1950000美元，几乎是汤加医疗预算的60%。

On Tuesday, a magnitude 8.0 quake-triggered tsunami killed at least 111 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga.

12日，一个8.0级地震引发的海啸造成至少111人在萨摩亚群岛和汤加。

The capital of Avarua, population 970, located in north-central island of Rarotonga, is the Islands main port.

首府阿瓦鲁阿，人口970，位于拉罗汤加岛的中北部，是群岛的主要港口。

Pukapuka - also known as Danger Island - is the most isolated atoll in the Cooks group, and comprises three islets and a sandbank 1150km northwest of Rarotonga.

Pukapuka是一个危险的岛屿，也是Cooks群岛中最为隔离的一个岛屿。他是由三个小岛和离拉罗汤加岛西北1150千米的一个沙洲组成。

Pukapuka - also known as Danger Island - is the most isolated atoll in the Cooks group, and comprises three islets and a sandbank 1150km northwest of Rarotonga.

Pukapuka，众所周知的危险岛，是Cooks 群岛中最孤立的珊瑚岛，由三个小岛和和一个沙丘拉组成，距拉罗汤加岛西北1150公里。

Pukapuka - also known as Danger Island - is the most isolated atoll in the Cooks group, and comprises three islets and a sandbank 1150km northwest of Rarotonga.

Pukapuka，众所周知的危险岛，是库克群岛中最孤立的珊瑚岛，由三个小岛和一个沙丘组成，距拉罗汤加岛西北1150公里。

Pukapuka - also known as Danger Island - is the most isolated atoll in the Cooks group, and comprises three islets and a sandbank 1150km northwest of Rarotonga.

Pukapuka——也叫危险岛——是库克群岛中最孤立的一个岛屿，由三个小岛和一座沙丘组成，距离拉罗汤加岛1150公里。

Pukapuka - also known as Danger Island - is the most isolated atoll in the Cooks group, and comprises three islets and a sandbank 1150km northwest of Rarotonga.

以危险而著名的普卡普卡岛是库克群岛中最偏远的，它由三个小岛和拉罗汤加西北的1150公里的沙滩组成。

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。