And at the tip of it, a few feet out into the water, was a tiny island, hardly bigger than a dining table.

Yes, it is easier to serve 5m people on a tiny island than 309m Americans on a vast landmass.

是的，相比于为一片广袤大陆上的3亿9百万美国人服务，让5百万的小岛居民满意是较容易的。

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Example: The tiny island nation experienced a significant economic takeoff when an airport was built, enabling tourists to visit it conveniently.

机场的建立使得游客能够方便地来此游览，这个面积很小的岛国的经济出现了重大的飞跃。

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When the children see the giant, The giantess stands on her tiny island.

小朋友看到巨人时，这位巾帼巨人站在小小的岛上。

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When you live on a tiny island like Manhattan, the odds of bumping into the one who broke your heart are incredibly high.

如果你住在曼哈顿这样的小岛上，遇见前男友的几率就会出奇的高。

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A team came from Gibraltar, a tiny island in the Mediterranean owned by Britain.

参赛队有来自地中海小岛英属直布罗陀；

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The Spanish armed forces ousted the Moroccan detachment from the tiny island early on July 17.

17日凌晨，西班牙军队将摩洛哥士兵逐出该小岛。

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Napoleon isolates himself on the tiny island of Saint helena.

拿破仑将自己孤立在圣海伦娜小岛上。

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It was less than a year ago that the tiny island nation was on the brink of default and forced to take a bailout with deep austerity measures attached.

不到一年前，这个小小的岛国还濒于违约，不得不接受附带大幅紧缩举措的救助方案。

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If a tiny island such as Hongkong can absorb so many people, and attract still more people, it is good for a reason.

香港地方小，却能容纳那么多人，而且仍吸引着很多人。说它好，肯定是有理由的。

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Pentecost, a tiny island in the South Pacific, has recently been voted the happiest place on earth.

南太平洋的一个小岛彭特科斯特最近被评为地球上生活最快乐的地方。

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It appeared that the hermit had lived by himself on this remote and tiny island for thirty years, and when opportunity occurred provisions were sent to him by kindly souls.

原来，这位隐士已在那个偏僻而极小的岛上独自生活了30年之久。一有机会，一些好心人就给他捎些吃的。

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Many are hoping that, after dominating the headlines for almost two weeks now, the tiny island of Cyprus will soon return to virtual obscurity in the global financial media.

连续占据媒体头条近两周之后，许多人渴望弹丸之地的塞浦路斯岛不久之后即从全球金融媒体的视线中悄然淡出，恢复从前的隐秘。

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The story of a tiny island which had sent forth her sons to conquer the world.

关于一个小岛派出自己的子弟去征服世界的故事。

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The tiny island nation has set aside 500,000 square kilometres-80 percent-of its maritime territory, for full protection.

这个小岛国划出50万平方公里进行全面保护，占其海洋领域的80%。

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a tiny island hidden under the "A" in "Atlantic" called Swallow Falls

那个隐藏于大西洋中“大”下的小岛，它叫Swallow Falls。

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It's a tiny island adrift in a huge ocean.

这是漂浮在浩瀚汪洋中的一座小岛

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Imagine that you are alone on a tiny island.

想像你独自在一个小岛上。

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A tiny island nation in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar, Mauritius is far and away the highest-ranking nation of Sub-Saharan Africa;

毛里求斯只是印度洋中，马达加斯加东面的一个小小岛国，但在撒哈拉以南非洲国家中排名遥遥领先；

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Some of the tiny island states that speckle the map of the Pacific also make uncomfortable neighbours.

散布于太平洋版图上的狭小岛国中，也有一些变成了令人不安的邻居。

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What promise did the tsunami make to the tiny island?

海啸对小岛做出了什么承诺？

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