Getting there today is far easier, but the island is still very far afield.

如今去那里就简单多了，但是这个岛仍然非常偏远。

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The beaches are exceptional but the island is also home to over 12,000 hectares of tropical forest which rise steeply from the shoreline.

那里的海滩是异乎寻常的，但这个岛屿有着12,000多公顷热带森林，这些森林沿着海岸线陡峭地升起。

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Neither side wanted to give up the island, but they knew they had to do something.

双方都不想放弃这个岛，但他们知道必须做点什么。

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But in the end, he was killed on the Big Island in seventeen seventy-nine.

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But the crime did not stop people from continuing to live on the island.

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But by nineteen ninety, an island important to the birds was sinking.

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Jamaica was spared a direct hit by Emily, but the island still suffered flooding and landslides.

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But the island has kept its title as the highest rated offshore jurisdiction, and is at number 28.

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Mrs Veron said it was a "highly unlikely scenario", but the island needed to be ready just in case.

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