The rate of liver cancers among those islanders increased sharply.
这些岛民的肝癌发病率急剧上升。
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 islanders were astonished. They had known him as an amiable beekeeper.
岛上的居民都感到吃惊。他们只知道他是个和蔼可亲的养蜂人。
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。
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。
A strong continuity of tradition and custom had guided the redoubtable islanders of the far east across the centuries.
传统和习俗的牢固延续，曾经引导这些可畏的远东岛民度过许多世纪。
Tourists are unlikely to overrun this speck in the South Atlantic Ocean, but the islanders are building a 32-room hotel just in case.
这个南大西洋的小岛上不会游客泛滥，不过为了以防万一，岛民正在修建一家有32间房的宾馆。
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。
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.
北面的一座近海灯塔，提醒海员们注意充满危险的暗礁海脊，由岛上居民照管，他们从不让它熄灭。
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。
You get a glimpse of the islanders' carefree lifestyle from the common scene of small clusters of farmers enjoying a leisurely chat by the paddy fields, having laid down their hoes.
巴厘人的悠闲，从青青稻田中，卸下锄头的农夫，三五闲聚集可看出一斑。
Multiple theories exist as to how these massive statues—thought to represent the spirits of the islanders' ancestors or chiefs—were moved into position miles from where they were quarried.
这些雕塑被认为是岛上居民的祖先或酋长的精神象征，关于古人是如何将这些笨重巨大的雕塑从几英里外的采石场运过来的，存在着多种理论。
Pacific Islanders realize the problem.
太平洋岛原住民意识到了这个问题。
Islanders have campaigned for the abolition of one of the three tiers of municipal power on the island.
岛民们已经发起了运动，要废除该岛3级市政权力中的1级。
The wide diversity of Asian Americans was overlooked; there was very little mention of South Asians or Pacific Islanders, for example.
亚裔美国人的多样性被忽视了；比如，很少有人会提到南亚裔或太平洋岛民这种说法。
Amidst these struggles, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have contributed in great and significant ways to all aspects of society.
在这些艰苦的奋斗中，亚裔和太平洋岛民对社会的各个方面都作出了重大的贡献。
Islanders from all over the Pacific learned to use the stars for navigation, and they passed this knowledge down from generation to generation.
来自太平洋各地的岛民学会了用星星来导航，并且他们将这一知识代代相传。
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