He said, with a great show of cheerfulness: "I bet there's been pirates on this island before, boys."

他露出充满兴趣的样子说：“伙计们，我敢说这个岛上以前一定有过海盗。”

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Will you please tell me if, on this island, there are places where one may eat without necessarily being eaten?

请问在这个岛上，是否有什么地方可以吃东西，又不至于被吃掉？

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If there'd been a halfway decent house for rent on this island, I would have taken it. But it was no dice.

如果这座岛上有稍微像样的房子出租，我就租下来了。但连那样的房子都租不到。

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This is Mary Tillotson. And this is Steve Ember. to tiny Howland Island Join us again next week for another EXPLORATIONS program on the VOICE OF AMERICA.

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This guy named John says, "I was on the Island of Patmos. I was in--the Lord's Day.

这个叫约翰的人说，“我来自拔摩岛，主日那天。

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And in the ancient world, the reason for this was that this very small rectangle--;it's about 150 miles long and 70 miles wide, about the size of Rhode Island--this very small rectangle lies on the way to anywhere worth going in the Ancient Near East.

在古代，战争的原因是,这小块矩形，长150公里，宽70公里，与罗德岛大小相当，这小块矩形处于要道,这条路通向古代近东的任何地区。

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The writers of the letter said they believed the victims were being held "somewhere on this island".

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What began on this island would inspire millions throughout the continent of Europe and across the world.

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Actually, I think passion - intensity of feeling, action and expression - has always been an essential part of the national character on this island.

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