He says up to three-quarters of the island's "body mass" -or sediment-is star sand, and he believes the beach project will help regenerate it naturally.

他表示图瓦卢岛近四分之三都是由星沙构成的，他相信这个海滩计划将有助于这个岛的自然再生。

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There are currents at work that have cut away, within one hundred years, at least three quarters of a mile of fringing beach and upland.

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As The Economist went to press, the two remaining counties had produced an additional 139 votes for him, with around three-quarters of the precincts in Palm Beach still to be tallied.

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