12-08-07 Fires on Spain's Canary Islands have destroyed more than 4,000 hectares of land, including part of a UN World Heritage site. 西班牙加纳利群岛发生火灾,4000多公顷土地被毁坏,其中有一部分属于联合国世界遗产。 Forests are prone to fires after the driest...
12-07-20 Firefighters have been battling forest fires across the Portuguese island of Madeira for more than two days. 葡萄牙马德拉岛上的消防员与森林大火的对抗已持续了两天多的时间。 Dozens of people have abandoned their homes as the wildfires, which began on...
12-06-21 The billionaire boss of technology giant Oracle is to buy 98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai, Hawaii's governor says. 夏威夷州长称,科技巨头甲骨文公司亿万富翁老板将购买拉奈岛98%的土地。 Larry Ellison is one of the richest businessmen in the world L...
12-03-14 Do a Google image search for Greece. Before you find pictures of the Parthenon or Acropolis, you'll see several beautiful photos of Santorini, the picturesque(独特的,生动的) island in the Aegean Sea. The British Broadcasting Company named it the...
11-03-16 Far out in the sea there was an island, on the rocky edge of which lived three Sirens, the three sisters of magic song. Half human and half bird, the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers, singing in voices that excited the hearts of men. The attr...
10-04-10 因海平面不断上升,印度洋岛国马尔代夫将在2100年面临陆沉,大批国民将可能无处安身。为了应对这一危机,马尔代夫政府于上月跟一家荷兰公司签约,打算建造一片海上家园,解决海平面上升后国民的安置问题。 This aerial picture taken on September 7, 2009 shows the a...
10-01-03 Trouble struck paradise this week when a British man who has the Best Job in the World as the caretaker of a tropical Australian island was stung by a potentially lethal jellyfish. 天堂在本周也遇到了麻烦。世界最好工作获得者、澳大利亚一热带岛屿的护岛...
09-09-26 Taiwan will not allow exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer to visit the island as she had planned, a government official has said. 台湾政府官员称,台湾不会允许被流放的维吾尔活动分子热比娅计划对宝岛的访问。 China accuses Rebiya Kadeer of inciting vio...
09-09-15 The authorities in Zhuhai, southern China, have announced a detailed blueprint of plans to develop Hengqin island. 南中国城市珠海当局宣布发展横琴岛的详细蓝图。 Macau is known for its casinos The island, home to about 4,000 people, is very close to M...
09-08-03 A huge forest fire is out of control on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, forcing the evacuation of up to 4,000 people, including tourists. 加那利群岛一场巨大的森林火灾已经失去控制,包括游客在内的4000多人被迫疏散。 Military aircraft are...