However, because Ascension occupies a "hot spot" on the ridge, its volcano is especially active.

Ascension was discovered by the Portuguese in 1501.

阿森松岛是葡萄牙人于1501年发现的。

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When he spoke, the town had only 20 coffins left.

就在他说话的时候，东松岛市只剩下20口棺材可用。

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They created a self-sustaining and self-reproducing ecosystem in order to make Ascension Island more habitable.

他们创造了一个自我维系和自我繁殖的生态系统，让阿森松岛更适合人类居住。

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The town will need the consent of family members before proceeding.

东松岛市在掩埋尸体之前将需要征得家属的同意。

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Not all the information that washes across Ascension is picked up by electromagnetic means .

并不是所有横扫阿森松岛的信息都是由电磁手段获取的。

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Researchers suggest that the base of Pine Island Glacier once sat on the ridge, but recently became detached from the feature.

研究人员认为，松岛冰川原先就坐落在海脊上，但最近却游离分开。

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Aboard HMS Beagle, he called in at Ascension. En route from another remote volcanic island, St Helena, Darwin wasn't expecting much.

达尔文乘坐小猎犬号勘察船，在去另一个遥远的火山岛-圣赫勒拿岛途中造访了阿森松岛，当时并没有多大期望能发现什么。

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Pine Island Glacier is rapidly retreating, accounting for a large part of West Antarctica's ice loss.

由于南极洲西面失去大块的冰，松岛冰正在快速地退缩。

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One sign that the Antarctic Plate is moving is a recent huge crack across the Pine Island Glacier there.

南极洲板块在运动的一个迹象是最近横穿松岛冰川的巨大裂缝。

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In the case of the Pine Island Glacier it may already be occurring.

在松岛冰川，这种情况可能已经发生了。

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In Higashi-Matsushima, a coastal town in Miyagi Prefecture that was hit hard by the tsunami, fishermen are doing more than just rebuilding.

在东松岛市，石卷市管辖下一个被海啸沉重打击的港口市，渔民正在做的绝不仅是重建而已。

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As the 19th century waned, steam and the Suez Canal meant that there was less and less call on Ascension for services to shipping.

伴随着19世纪的结束，蒸汽机和苏伊士运河相续出现，这意味着停靠阿森松岛进行补给和维修的船舶数量越来越少。

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This is the unio mystic and the ascension sought by Christian mystics and saints ever since the resurrection of the Master Jesus.

这是联盟的阿森松岛神秘和基督教神秘主义者所追求和圣人以来复活的主耶稣。

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Birthing large icebergs is nothing new for the Pine Island Glacier.

对松岛冰川来说，巨大冰山的形成并不是新鲜事儿。

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Pine Island glacier (PIG) is one of many at the fringes of the West Antarctic ice sheet.

松岛冰川是位于南极西陲冰原上众多冰川中的一个。

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Like an alien planet rearranged for human life, he wrote, Ascension Island had been "terraformed" .

他说，就如同重新改造一个外行星以使之适于人类生存一样，阿森松岛已经“仿地成形”了。

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Near this town's decimated waterfront, Shigenobu Kimura pushed thick sludge out the front door of his funeral home.

就在东松岛市遭受重创的海边附近，木村重信（ShigenobuKimura）将厚厚的淤泥从他经营的殡仪馆前门拉出去。

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The fact that Ascension has always found new uses to replace old ones does not mean the trick can be carried on indefinitely.

一种作用失去后，人们总是能为阿森松岛找到新的用途，但这并不意味这种状况可以永远进行下去。

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With the help of Kew Gardens - where Hooker's father was director - shipments of trees were to be sent to Ascension.

在英国皇家植物园的帮助下-胡克的父亲是该植物园的主管-开始向阿森松岛发送树木。

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"We know we live on a rock, but the poor people of Ascension live on a cinder, " the residents of St Helena had joked before his departure.

“我们知道我们生活在岩石上，但阿森松岛可怜的人们是生活在火山灰渣上，”圣赫勒拿岛的居民在他离开之前曾开玩笑说。

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