Following on the successful completion of other offshore artificial island communities like the Palm Islands, Dubai's World Islands was intended to be even more ambitious, not to mention larger.

当棕榈岛这样的近海人工岛建成之后，迪拜的世界之岛除了规模更大之外，气势更宏伟。

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Archaeological finds of nuts from the extinct Easter Island palm show tiny grooves, made by the teeth of Polynesian rats.

从已灭绝的复活节岛棕榈坚果的考古发现中可以看到由波利尼西亚老鼠的牙齿形成的小凹槽。

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Many small island nations, for instance, have abundant coconut trees, which serve as sources of wood, coconut, copra and palm oil for the local population.

例如，许多小岛屿国家拥有大量椰子树，为当地居民提供了木材、椰子、干椰子肉和棕榈油。

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The latest victim on Palm Island of the H1N1 virus is a pregnant woman, who lost her unborn child after contracting the disease.

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This Five-Star resort is tucked away on seven oceanfront acres on the southern tip of Palm Beach Island, and the Ritz Kids AquaNuts facility is decidedly ocean-inspired the ceiling is blue and the room is decked out with fish nets, crab and fish rugs and has large murals of underwater scenes on the wall.

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The location, out on the man-made Palm Island, may leave you feeling a little cut off from the shopping malls, beaches and indoor ski slopes but if and when the stalled development on the Palm is completed you may never need venture onto the mainland again.

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The main island, Apo Island -- not to be confused with the better known island of the same name off the island of Negros in the central Philippines -- is a palm-fringed beauty, ringed by golden sand and home to an emerald-green interior lagoon embraced by mangroves.

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