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Washington – January 6, 2009 President George W. Bush will make marine conservation history today when he announces strong new protections for a vast area of the central Pacific Ocean that includes nine distinct tropical coral islands and their surrounding waters, ranging from Wake Island in the west to Palmyra Atoll in the east.

华盛顿- 2009年1月6日）美国总统布什宣布将保护如今的海洋历史，在当他宣布了新的强有力的措施保护了太平洋中的大部分面积，其中包括9个不同的热带珊瑚岛及其周围水域，从西方的威克岛，到东部地区的巴尔米拉环礁。

Ocean Now expedition member Adam Geiger films a blacktip reef shark, the most abundant large predator in the waters around Vostok Island.

现在海洋探险队成员亚当盖革把黑鳍礁鲨拍成电影，这最丰富的大的食肉动物在斯托克岛周围水域。

Ocean Now expedition member Adam Geiger films a blacktip reef shark, the most abundant large predator in the waters around Vostok Island.

现在海洋探险会员亚当盖格拍电影一条黑鳍礁鲨，最丰富的大型食肉动物在沃斯托克岛附近水域。

MORE than 100 Australians and New Zealanders of Cook Island descent are stranded on the remote Pacific atoll of Pukapuka in the northern Cook Islands.

在北库克岛的Pukapuka， 100多名澳大利亚人和新西兰人被困在遥远的太平洋环礁上。

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.

众所周知，Pukapuka是一个危险岛——是库克群岛中最孤立的一个环礁，有三个小岛和位于南太平洋西北方的长1150KM的沙丘组成。

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。