斯里兰卡泰米尔人，其南印度的祖先曾在岛上居住数世纪，占人口12%，主要住在北部和东部。
Sri Lanka Tamils, citizens whose South Indian ancestors have lived on the island for centuries, total about 12% and live predominantly in the north and east.
瑞典一个遍布岩石的岛屿曾在18和19世纪发现了四种稀土元素，对岛上一座废弃露天矿的造访也未能奏效。
A visit to an abandoned opencast mine on a rocky Swedish island where four rare earths were found in the 18th and 19th centuries fails to bear fruit.
而日本则指出，在19世纪，它们曾在这座小岛上采集过海鸟的羽毛和粪便。
Japan points to 19th century use on the island to collect seabird feathers and guano.
1999年，一头两岁的象海豹在这个海滩上被拖上岸来，它身上有一个标牌，表明它以前曾在西北方向2 500英里外的另外一个岛上被人发现过。
In 1999 a two-year-old elephant seal was hauled out on this beach bearing a tag which identified it as having been previously spotted on another island 2,500 miles northwest.
我曾在马绍尔群岛上的一个网吧呆过，那里上网是通过同步轨道卫星的。
I've been at an Internet cafe in the Marshall Islands that accessed the web via a geosynchronous satellite.
我知道，对于古巴岛上的一些古巴人来说，那些离开古巴的人士曾在某种程度上支持过古巴的旧秩序。
I know that for some Cubans on the island, there may be a sense that those who left somehow supported the old order in Cuba.
我知道，对于古巴岛上的一些古巴人来说，那些离开古巴的人士曾在某种程度上支持过古巴的旧秩序。
I know that for some Cubans on the island, there may be a sense that those who left somehow supported the old order in Cuba.
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