The islanders exhibit a constant happiness with life.
这些岛民表现出一种对生活的持久的幸福感。
The islanders use a system of barter instead of money.
岛上的居民实行的是以物易物，而不是用货币。
These figures may look good on paper but are cold comfort to the islanders themselves.
这些数字理论上看来可能不错，但对岛民们却起不到安慰的作用。
The rate of liver cancers among those islanders increased sharply.
这些岛民的肝癌发病率急剧上升。
When the wood was gone and civil war began, the islanders began toppling the moai.
当森林消失，内战开始，岛上的居民开始推倒摩艾石像。
The key to the Pacific islanders' success was probably their location near the equator.
太平洋岛民成功的关键可能是他们靠近赤道的位置。
Hunt and Lipo contend that moai-building was an activity that helped keep the peace between islanders.
亨特和利波认为，建造摩艾岛的活动有助于维持岛上居民之间的和平。
The islanders' local language is still classed by UNESCO as critically endangered because only 1,000 people speak it.
岛民的本土语言仍然被联合国教科文组织列为极度濒危语言，因为只有1000人说这种语言。
Many older theories implicitly deprecated the navigational abilities and overall cultural creativity of the Pacific islanders.
许多较早的理论含蓄地贬低了太平洋岛民的航海能力和综合文化的创造力。
DNA teased from these human remains may help answer one of the most puzzling questions in Pacific anthropology: did all Pacific islanders spring from one source or many?
从这些人类遗骸中提取的DNA可能有助于回答太平洋人类学中最令人困惑的问题之一：所有太平洋岛民是来自一个源头，还是不同源头呢？
Because great numbers of people go there, the islanders have built elaborate resorts, developed harbors and airfields, improved the beaches and have expanded sea and air routes.
由于很多人去那里，岛民们建造了精心设计的度假村，开发了港口和机场，改善了海滩，并扩展了海路和空路航线。
The islanders fled and Tenedos became deserted once more.
岛民逃走了，特尼多斯岛再次被遗弃。
That used to be the staple crop of the islanders.
那以前是岛民的主要作物。
Like us, Sicilians are islanders - tough and maritime.
同我们一样，顽强的西西里人也是岛民——沿海而居。
Despite their differences, the islanders coexist peacefully.
尽管他们有差异，岛上居民还是和平共处。
The reason for the carving remains as unknown as the islanders.
雕刻的原因就如同岛上的人一样不为人所知。
The surrounding islanders cannot say for sure why the wall was built.
周围的岛上居民说不准为什么要建围墙。
Climate change will have a big impact on the health of islanders, according to a new report.
最新研究表明，气候的变换将会对生活在岛上的居民的健康状况产生很大的影响。
But it still raised a devastating tsunami (see picture above) that killed more than 400 islanders.
但是，地震随后引发了一次破坏力极强的海啸(见上图)，导致400多位岛民死亡。
The islanders have free education and health care. Their multiracial society is pretty harmonious.
不冷不热的天气，没有疟疾，岛民们享受免费教育和医疗，他们的多种族社会十分和谐。
It is now just 70 metres from the surface and islanders are already trying to come up with a name for the new island.
现在它距离海平面只有区区70米，岛上居民已经试着给将要出现的小岛起名字了。
An offshore beacon on the north side, which warned sailors of a treacherous ridge of rocks, was tended by the islanders, who never let it go out.
岛上居民好生照看着北面的海上灯塔，警告船员注意突起的岩石危险。
Increasing the proportion of locally grown, nutritious and less energy-dense traditional foods in the diets of Pacific islanders is also essential, says Waqanivalu.
在太平洋岛民的饮食中，更多地食用当地种植的有营养价值、能量密度低的传统食品也很重要，Waqanivalu说。
Following James Cook's British expedition to Tahiti in 1769, the islanders' term "tatatau" or "tattau, " meaning to hit or strike, gave the west our modern term "tattoo."
根据1769年英国人JamesCook塔希提岛的探险，这个岛上一个意为“击打“的词条“tatatau”或“tattau”，是现代西方词语“tattoo”（即纹身）的来源。
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