Puerto Rico remains a US commonwealth, not a state.

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An Airborne Transport DC-3 airliner carrying 29 passengers and three crew members disappeared near the end of a scheduled flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami, Fla. on December 28, 1948.

1948年12月28日，一架载有29名乘客和3名机组人员的DC-3空中运输客机从波多黎各（Puerto Rico）的圣胡安（San Juan）起飞，前往美国佛罗里达州的迈阿密（Miami），结果却在即将抵达目的地时神秘失踪。

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In a jubilant speech in Louisiana-which holds its primary on March 24th, after Missouri, Puerto Rico and Illinois-Mr Santorum predicted he would win the nomination outright.

在密苏里州、波多黎各和伊利诺斯州之后，Santorum又来到路易斯安那州，这里在3月24号会进行提名竞选。在充满喜悦的演讲中，他称自己会赢得党内提名，但这几乎是不可能事件。

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The current largest operational radio telescope is the 300-meter-diameter Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, but FAST in Guizhou will far surpass that.

目前运行的最大射电望远镜在波多黎各阿雷西博天文台（Arecibo Observatory），直径为300米，贵州的FAST将远远超过它。

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Linda: It's Puerto Rican? Javier: Actually it's a Cuban restaurant, like the ones you might find in Miami.

Linda还以为这是一家经营波多黎各菜式的餐馆，但实际上这是一家古巴餐厅，就像那种在迈阿密经常看到的餐厅一样。

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The instrument platform of the 305-meter telescope at Arecibo Observatory overnight, according to the National Science Foundation.

美国国家科学基金会称，位于波多黎各的直径达305米的阿雷西博射电望远镜设备平台一夜之间坍塌。

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Winners: Mr Khandelwal ( centre) alongside the first runner up Fernando á lvarez ( right), 21, from Puerto Rico and second runner up Aldo Esparza Ram í rez ( left), 26, from Mexico.

获胜者：中间是Khandelwal先生，右边是来自波多黎各21岁的álvarez，左边是来自墨西哥26岁的Aldo Esparza Ramírez。

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They stopped in Puerto Rico, Suriname, and Brazil.

他们在波多黎各、里南和巴西进行停留。

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Hamilton""is a musical biography about the very white, very dead Alexander Hamilton, in which most of the cast is" other, "" including Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show's Nuyorican creator and star.

传记音乐剧《汉密尔顿》主人公是一个死了几百年、白得不能再白的白人，但剧中演员却大多是“其他”种族，包括本剧主创、主演林-马努艾尔·米兰达（Lin-Manuel Miranda），一个波多黎各裔美国人。

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We also used all our networks [ NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, telemundo, Bravo, USA, and many others], not just one.

此外，我们还利用了所有网络【NBC、CNBC、MSNBC、波多黎各电视台（Telemundo）、Bravo电视台、美国有线广播网（USA Network）等】，而不是仅限一种渠道。

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Not like that jumped-on powder they sell up in nuyorico.

不是波多黎各佬卖的假货。

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It would have been a shame to miss El Punto, since it serves authentic Puerto Rican food, includingmofongo, a mashed plantain dish that we ordered with chicken stew piled on top.

错过El Punto的话会很可惜，因为这里提供正宗的波多黎各美食，包括mofongo，这是一种把香蕉打碎后做成的菜品，我们在点这道菜的时候又在上面加了炖鸡。

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Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth, is really a self-governing American colony.

波多黎各尽管自称共和国，但实际上是有自治权的美国殖民地。

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M ó nica Puig earned Puerto Rico its first Olympic gold medal by winning the women's singles tennis final.

在网球女单决赛中胜出的莫妮卡•普格（Mónica Puig）为波多黎各赢得了首枚奥运金牌。

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But in 1974, a three-minute encoded pictogram was transmitted using the large radio antenna at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. It moves at the speed of light, 20000 times faster.

不过1974年，波多黎各的阿雷西博天文台（Arecibo）用大型无线电天线发送了一个3分钟的编码图片符号，运行速度已达光速，比之前的信息快2万倍。

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Jose Enrique, Jose Enrique, San Juan, P.R.

乔斯·安立可（Jose Enrique），Jose Enrique，波多黎各圣胡安

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The prize winner for islands and island nations is Rosa Hilda Ramos of Puerto Rico.

岛群国家的得奖者为波多黎各的Rosa Hilda。

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A series of ionospheric modification experiments were conducted at the Arecibo Observatory to research the fluctuation of the plasma lines enhanced by the high frequency electromagnetic waves.

为研究高频电磁波在电离层等离子体中激发的等离子体线的涨落，一组电离层加热实验完成于波多黎各的Arecibo射电天文台。

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This is the first time Puerto Rico faces an exodus.

这是波多黎各第一次面临迁移潮。

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It has 2800 locations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

该集团在美国、加拿大和波多黎各有2800家门店。

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The referendum will bring Puerto Rico one step closer to cutting the island's umbilical cord to the United States

这次全民公决将会促使波多黎各进一步摆脱对美国的依靠。

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