If rocks confer no economic rights, then the tips of palm trees, peeping over the waves, presumably cannot either.

如果礁岩岛没有经济权利那么那拥有零星的棕榈树的在海浪中若隐若现的小岛就更不算数了。

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Most of the species live in tropical waters.Fish have been observed skipping over the waves for as long as 45 seconds at a time.

多数种类的飞鱼生活在热带水域，它们曾被观察到在水面上一次性滑翔45秒钟。

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And frustration is not to lose, but has warned you don't be lazy, to adhere to the belief, at any time with optimistic, calm to skip over the waves.

而挫折并不是到了一败涂地的境地，而是俨然警示你不要懒散，要坚持信念，随时以乐观、沉着去乘风破浪。

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However, every time Paul rolled over, huge waves covered all the coastal towns.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

"If you think about hurricanes in the Caribbean, hurricanes start their lives as waves, what we call easterly waves over Western Africa,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Prepare for a wild, wind-in-your-hair ride over the waves -- all totally worth it when you are close enough to smell a whale's breath.

BBC: A coastal Qu��bec road trip

Actor Woody Harrelson is often seen skimming over the waves near his ranch on Maui's North Shore ("He's a hazard, " one observer says), and actress Leslie Bibb has also given it a try.

FORBES: Wing and a Prayer

No British pier has gone as far as the Pier Shops at Caesar's in Atlantic City, where, in the shadow of a gigantic Roman-style casino, an enclosed street of glittering boutiques winds over the waves.

ECONOMIST: Musings on a favourite memento mori