University of American Samoa, for Christ sake?

In 1789, the Bounty was the setting for a now-legendary mutiny, when crewmembers enchanted by the idyllic life of the native Pacific islanders overthrew their commander, burned their ship in a nearby bay, and settled on Pitcairn.

1789年，慷慨号发生了现在看来具有传奇色彩的叛变：船员迷恋上太平洋岛屿原住民的美好生活，罢免了船长，并且在皮特凯恩群岛附近一个海湾烧毁了船只，定居在皮特凯恩岛上。

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The Pitcairn Islands have a population of a few dozen people, the descendants of the mutineers from the HMS Bounty.

皮特凯恩岛上只有几十人，都是当年英国皇家海军“邦蒂号”上的叛变船员的后裔。

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In fact, no total eclipse for the next thousand years will pass over the Pitcairn Islands at the right time of day to end the streak.

事实上，在接下去的几千年里皮特凯恩岛上空都不会发生日全食，也就不会终结大英帝国的日不落神话。

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Pitcairn Island is a tiny speck of land located nearly dead in the center of the southern Pacific Ocean. Its closest neighbors are the Gambier Islands and Tahiti to the West, but even these are several hundred miles away.

皮特凯恩岛，是孤悬在太平洋中南部的小岛，其近邻分别是西边的甘比尔群岛和塔希提岛，虽然说是距离最近的，但是也相距700多英里。

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Eventually-many millennia in the future-an eclipse will come for the island, and the Sun will finally set on the British Empire.

最终在几千年后的某一天，皮特凯恩岛上空将会发生日全食，长久以来挂在大英帝国上空的太阳也就终于会落下。

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This island is one of Society Islands, French Polynesian Archipelago.

该岛是法属波利尼西亚群岛中社会群岛链之一部分，火山活动可分三期：早期（1.71.3Ma），中期（1.30.6Ma）和晚期（0.60.3Ma）。

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Celebrated as the "island of love," Tahiti is the French territory's administrative and commercial backbone.

大溪地塔希提岛有着“爱情岛”的美称，是法属波利尼西亚群岛的政治和经济中心。

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Mom-to-be Katie Holmes and fianc é Tom Cruise stay close at hand while walking on a bridge over the lagoon at the Le Taha'a Private Island& Spa resort in February ( left).

就要当妈妈的凯蒂·赫尔姆斯与未婚夫汤姆·克鲁斯在法属波利尼西亚的一处度假胜地（左）。

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A volcanic island of French Polynesia in the Leeward group of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. You start messengers around the island to the fishers and farmers everywhere, even to the mountain goat hunters.

波拉岛法属波利尼西亚的一个火山岛，位于南太平洋的社会群岛的里沃列岛你去发动邮差，到岛上的各个角落去，通知渔民、农夫，甚至山里的牧羊人。

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This is one of the magical islands that make up French Polynesia in the South Pacific.

这是构成位于南太平洋法属波利尼西亚神奇的岛屿之一。

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Couples at this local marriage Mecca are arriving from as far away as Great Britain, Canada, Hungary, French Polynesia and Singapore.

到这一结婚圣地举行婚礼的有从英国、加拿大、匈牙利远道而来的情侣，也有来自法属波利尼西亚和新加坡的情侣。

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Like a baby bird embarking on its first flight, a just-hatched turtle, flippers outspread and eyes wide, swims just below the ocean's surface in the waters of French Polynesia.

一只刚孵化的海龟像开始第一次飞翔的小鸟一样睁大眼睛张开脚蹼，在法属波利尼西亚海域水面以下游泳。

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I would go to French Polynesia, or even Haiti.

我会去法属波利尼西亚，甚至海地。

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In a world of clouds and crystalline blue, a pair of stingrays glides just below the surface in the waters of French Polynesia's Tuamotu archipelago.

图片美术馆。在无数的云彩和水晶般的蓝色，一对黄貂鱼滑动恰好深入在法属波利尼西亚的土木土群岛水域。

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This unique juxtaposition makes Tahiti one of the most diverse islands in French Polynesia.

多风貌并存，特色鲜明，是法属波利尼西亚最富多样性的岛屿。

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Being French I felt I couldn't really put French men on the list as it could be judged unfair... but I couldn't resist to French Polynesia!

作为一个法国人，我不能够把法国列入榜单，以免被人批评偏私……但是我对法属波利尼西亚却没有抵抗力！

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Later waves of settlers arrived by the 12th century, this time from Tahiti. An island of the southern Pacific Ocean in the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia.

此后，从12世纪开始，大批人从塔希提岛来此定居。塔希提岛南太平洋一个岛屿，位于法属波利尼西亚的社会群岛中迎风群岛上。

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John Ashe, Antigua and Barbuda's UN ambassador, compiled the texts as head of a group looking at future cuts in emissions by rich nations.

驻联合国的安提瓜和巴布达大使约翰·阿什担任案文汇编组的负责人，寻找督促富国削减排放量的办法。

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An island in Antigua and barbuda.

位于安提瓜岛和巴布达的一个岛。

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On the smaller partner in the two-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, the six-bungalow Barbuda Belle opened in June on a 17-mile undeveloped stretch of pink sand beach.

在双岛国家——安提瓜和巴布达那个面积较小的岛屿上，由6栋小屋组成的巴布达百丽酒店，于6月在一片蜿蜒17英里的未开发粉色沙滩上盛大开业。

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