Costa Rica ranks top among middle-income countries, thanks in part to extensive volunteer networks that support public services, according to the EIU.

Costa Rica already has a free-trade agreement with the U.S., and U.S. companies like Intel Corp. INTC+ 3.95% have sizable operations there.

哥斯达黎加已跟美国签署了自由贸易协定，英特尔（Intel Corp.）等美国公司在该国有相当大的业务规模。

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The University of Georgia is also helping farmers in Costa Rica increase their income through tourism. Professor Quint Newcomer directs this program. He says students help design tour routes through coffee farms.

乔治亚大学也帮助哥斯达黎加农民通过旅游创收，Quint Newcomer教授指导该项目的实施，她说，学生们帮助设计咖啡农场旅游线路。

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We tracked two different species in the jungle, one in Vietnam, one in Costa Rica, and then we sequenced the DNA from their stool.

我们分别对丛林中（生活的）两个不同物种进行了追踪研究，一个物种在越南，一个在哥斯达黎加，我们用它们的粪便进行了DNA测序。

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Trull was first introduced to the wonderful world of sloths in 2013 after arriving in Costa Rica to work for a small wildlife rehabilitation clinic called Kids Saving the Rainforest.

特鲁尔在2013年到哥斯达黎加的一个小型野生动物复原诊所工作，该复原诊所被称为“Kids Saving the Rainforest”。在那之后，她首次见识了树懒的奇妙世界。

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As examples, the authors cite the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment in India and the EARTH University in Costa Rica.

他们提到，印度的Ashoka生态与环境研究基金会和哥斯达黎加的地球（EARTH）大学就是这方面很好的例子。

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There are racks of sweaters from the Northern Marianas Islands whose labels politely inform you that it is a United States territory.

还有几排北马里亚纳群岛的毛衣，它们的标签非常有礼节性，标明那是美国的领地。

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Despite this, American Samoa has not endured the worst average losses.

尽管如此，美属萨摩亚的平均每场失球数还不是最高的。

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The waters are in US territory between Hawaii and American Samoa.

这片海域属于美国领土，位于夏威夷和美属萨摩亚群岛之间。

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Unsurprisingly, the tropical lands of South America, the Caribbean, Africa, south-east Asia and the South Pacific dominate, with Suriname, Micronesia, Palau, Gabon, Guyana, American Samoa and the Solomon Islands all in the top 10.

不出所料，南美洲的热带地区、加勒比地区、非洲、东南亚和苏里南、密克罗尼亚、帕劳、加蓬、圭亚那、美属萨摩亚和所罗门群岛等南太平洋国家位列前十。

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Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: India to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales, Australia.

东印度洋与西太平洋：印度到美属萨摩亚，北至日本南部，南至澳洲新南威尔斯。

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Officials say they will soon begin the process of long-term recovery, as American Samoans begin to heal their wounds.

官员们指出，虽然美属萨摩亚人的伤口开始痊愈，他们将会很快开始长期的恢复进程。

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American Samoa was reportedly hit by four separate waves.

据报导，美属萨摩亚遭四次海啸侵袭。

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Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

印度-太平洋：东非到美属萨摩亚，北至琉球群岛，南至大堡礁与新加勒多尼亚。

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A port in American Samoa.

美属萨摩亚的一个港口。

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Samoa Air, the Pacific national airline which flies domestically and last week began connecting Samoa to American Samoa, allows passengers to nominate their weight and then measures them on scales at the airport.

萨摩亚航空是一个太平洋地区的国内航空，上周开始了萨摩亚和美属萨摩亚之间的航线。乘客们先自己报体重，然后在机场进行测量。

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The university of American Samoa. Oh.

是美属萨摩亚大学

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Prior to joining WHO, Dr Lee worked for two years at the LBJ Tropical Medical Centre in American Samoa.

在加入世卫组织之前，李博士在美属萨摩亚LBJ热带医学中心工作了两年。

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American civil service rules specifically state that only United States citizens and nationals ( residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) may compete for, and be appointed to, competitive service jobs.

美国公务员法特别规定，只有美国公民和国民（美属萨摩亚和斯温斯岛的居民）才能参与竞争上岗的政府公职的竞选并担任这样的职务。

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The Department of port administration in American Samoa said last week it was awaiting approval from the US Coast Guard for a local vessel, the MV sili, to sail to Pukapuka in the cook islands.

美属萨摩亚港口管理部表示上周他们正在等待美国海岸警卫队为本地的一艘船只的许可，以便前往普卡普卡岛。

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And, of course, the United States does have Daylight Saving Time, unless you live in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands or as mentioned before, Hawaii and Arizona.

还有，当然，美国的确有使用日光节约时间，除非你住在波多黎各、维京群岛、美属萨摩亚、关岛、北马里亚纳群岛，或是先前提过的，夏威夷和亚利桑那州。

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