He presented a formal request signed by people who live on the island.

他提交了一份由民签署正式。

The problems of the people on the island quickly became, in many cases, a matter of life and death.

很多时候，民问题都迅速变成了生死攸关问题。

The people of Loyalty want only what they already have, and they are prepared to guard it fiercely.

忠诚民只想保持现有生活方式不变，因此他们准备坚定地捍卫这一切。

Yore says having a grass roof is a way for people on the islands to take responsibility for the environment.

约尔说建造草制屋顶可以增强民环保责任感。

Living on the most isolated island in the world, the Rapa Nui exploited their resources until there was nothing left.

复活节是世最偏僻屿。民把资源开发殆尽。

The islanders had been petitioning for their return. BBC news.

民一直在，要求归还这些头骨。BBC新闻。

They did not always prioritize the protection of Mauna Kea's fragile ecosystems or its holiness to the island's inhabitants.

他们并不总是把保护莫纳克亚山脆弱生态环境或维护莫纳克亚山对民而言神圣地位放在优先位置。

Fraser Island residents are worried that the attacks could threaten the island's heritage status.

弗雷泽民担心袭击会威胁到这座小文化遗产。

This would provide power for at least 250 islanders.

这将至少为250名民提供电力。

The residents of the island were evacuated to safety on nearby Iceland.

民被疏散到附近冰安全地带。

They preferred rather the gradual process of fitting the inhabitants of the islands for self-government.

他们更喜欢让民适应自治渐进过程。

The Baudelaires are approached by a couple of the island inhabitants asking for their help to mutiny against Ishmael.

民们找到波德莱尔一家，要求他们帮忙叛乱反对以实玛利。

229, which is every single person who lives on the island.

雷索卢特小镇仅有229人，他们也是唯一民。

It's a city named Fukushima. And its residents had to leave after an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

这是一个叫做福城市。民在2011年地震和海啸后不得不离开。

As only a relatively few people live on these islands, how can we hear their special dialect or accent?

而因为住在这些民相当少，我们又如何听到他们特别方言或腔调呢？

Here's one theory of the story of the Rapa Nui, the inhabitants of Easter Island, that could perhaps give us pause for thought.

复活节故事和民遭遇或许值得我们反思。

He also rules over the island's only earthly inhabitant, the dejected and demonized Caliban.

他还统治着唯一世俗民，野性而丑怪卡利班。

Yeah, by boat. This is a very small island. It's steep and hilly. There's fewer than two dozen residents who live there.

对，乘船。那是一座非常小。地势陡峭起伏。民不足24人。

In 1927, the U.S. granted American citizenship to all of the islands' inhabitants.

1927年，美国授予所有民美国公民身份。

The reason, explains one resident, might be the simple gesture of treating the island inhabitants with respect.

一位民解释说，原因可能是尊重民简单姿态。