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.

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。

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。

American Samoa was reportedly hit by four separate waves.

据报导，美属萨摩亚遭四次海啸侵袭。

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。

A port in American Samoa.

美属萨摩亚的一个港口。

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。

The university of American Samoa. Oh.

是美属萨摩亚大学

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。

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。

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。

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。

University of American Samoa, for Christ sake?

美属萨摩亚大学，我的老天

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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）。

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。

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）。