The Pacific island nation of Palau has become home to the sixth largest marine sanctuary in the world.

太平洋岛国帕劳已成为世界第六大海洋保护区的所在地。

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So large is the Pacific, covering 30% of the planet's surface, that the additional energy generated by its warming is enough to touch off a series of weather changes around the world.

太平洋面积非常大，覆盖了地球表面的30%，其海水升温产生的额外热量足以引发世界各地一系列的气候变化。

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The undisputed pre-Columbian presence in Oceania of the sweet potato, which is a New World domesticate, has sometimes been used to support Heyerdahl's "American Indians in the Pacific" theories.

在哥伦布发现美洲大陆之前，大洋洲无可争议地存在着一种在新大陆被驯化的红薯，它有时被用来支持 Heyerdahl 的“太平洋上的美洲印第安人”理论。

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But during World War Two, national leaders recognized the importance of the territory to security in the Pacific.

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While he was still in Luxembourg, just before World War II broke out, he emigrated to the United States and finished his career in the Pacific Northwest where he helped make huge quantities of titanium.

他一直住在卢森堡，在二次世界大战爆发前，他移民到了美国,后半生在太平洋西北部,他制备了大量的钛结束了他的事业。

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Therefore,he said, the power that rules the Pacific will be the power that rules the world.

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For instance, sister company Carlson Wagonlit Travel is one of the world's largest travel agencies, but China forbids foreigners from providing travel-related services, so Carlson is paying a Beijing destination management company, Pacific World, to handle much of what it could do itself.

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As the fastest-growing region in the world, the Asia Pacific will shape so much of our security and prosperity in the century ahead, and it is critical to creating jobs and opportunity for the American people.

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In addition to world-class Chinese and Pacific Island displays, the museum boasts a fine Native American collection.

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