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Writer Andrew McCarthy journeyed to Moorea and nearby isles to dive for a black pearl for his mother's birthday.

作家安德鲁麦卡锡启程前往莫雷阿岛和附近小岛潜水，为他母亲的生日采摘黑珍珠。

It is worth recalling that as late as 1800 one of every three men in the British Isles was Irishman.

值得提及的是，迟至1800年时，不列颠群岛每三人中就有一个爱尔兰人。

In the folklore of the British Isles, fairies are not the innocuous Tinkerbell creatures they are usually thought to be today.

在不列颠群岛的民间传说中，仙灵并不是我们今天认为的没有危害的小仙女。

The world revolves around the sun. Not the British isles.

地球是围绕着太阳旋转，而不是英国。

The bays, cliffs, variety of the finest sandy beaches in the British Isles and forever changing landscape make it a spectacular place.

海湾，悬崖，多变的美好沙滩在不列颠和永远多变的视景让他成为一个很特别的地方。

And a ship without rudder may wander aimlessly among perilous isles yet sink not to the bottom.

即使没有舵，船只也只是在险岸边漂摇不定，而不会沉沦海底。

I hope to persuade you of this, by looking at my five favourite traditional dishes from across the British Isles .

我希望在你了解一下不列颠岛上这五道传统菜肴后就会同意我这个观点。

Until 1954 the huge majority of the inhabitants of the British Isles had not even realized that he possessed a middle name.

1954年前，不列颠群岛上大多数居民甚至不知道他有一个中间的名字。

A land area about the size of the British Isles could have to be abandoned in the wake of a catastrophic accident.

一块大约是不列颠群岛面积大小的陆地不得不因为一次灾难性的事故而放弃。

The British Isles are made up of two large islands-Great Britain (the larger one) and I reland, and hundreds of small ones.

不列颠群岛由两个大岛—大不列颠岛（较大的一个）和爱尔兰岛，及成千上万个小岛组成。

Twenty years ago, if you wanted to run a hedge fund in the British Isles, you probably had to do it in London.

20年前，如果你想在英伦三岛经营一只对冲基金，你或许不得不在伦敦开展相关业务。

To connect isles with bridges and to connect Zhoushan directly with the mainland, it had been a generations-old dream of the local people!

桥连岛，岛连桥，舟山直通大陆，成了舟山人代代相承的一个梦想！

A quadriplegic woman sailor set off on a solo journey around the British Isles June 16, 2008 in a boat she controls with her breath.

一位四肢痲痹的女船手6月16日用她的呼吸控制一艘风帆，将独自绕英伦三岛环行一周。

Jekyll Island, one of Georgia's Golden Isles, was one of the most exclusive resorts for America's richest families during the Gilded Age.

格鲁吉亚的黄金岛之一杰基尔岛是镀金时代美国最富裕家庭最独特的度假胜地之一。

When used to catch trout in the British Isles, it is called trout tickling.

在不列颠群岛被用来钓鲑鱼时，被称为挠鲑。

In the British Isles and Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland) special knives and forks are used for eating fish.

在不列颠诸岛和斯堪的那维亚（包括挪威，瑞典，丹麦和冰岛）在吃鱼时都有专用的刀和叉。

Its history explains how English came to be used in parts of the world distant from the British Isles.

其历史可了解在远离英伦三岛的国家是怎样运用英语的。

The British isles refer to the main islands and several thousand small ones as well, which you can see on the map.

不列颠群岛指的是能在地图上看到的主要岛屿和几千个小岛屿。

In winter, many European birds migrate to the British Isles in search of a more temperate climate.

欧洲的许多鸟类在冬天迁徙到不列颠群岛，寻找更温和的气候。

Do you know the difference between the United Kingdom and Great Britain? And what exactly are the British Isles?

你知道英国与大不列颠的区别吗？不列颠群岛究竟是什么？