, on a Galápagos island off of Ecuador’s west coast. But sometime in the early hours of June 24 this year, George died. Giant land tortoises are rare. Among them, Lonesome George became quite an ……

.A Nüshu museum opened in Puwei Island, Jiangyong county, Hunan province in May 2007. This beautiful island was home to many famous Nüshu authors. This year, according to Xinhua, many tourists visited ……

-school dropout is part of a fast-growing class surviving just above the poverty line in a nation... the 1970s and 1990s, the island's economy grew at 8 per cent a year on average. Wages rose just as fast ……

where the *contestants appear completely unclothed, each episode sees a Dutch couple planted on an idyllic island off the coast of Panama. Cameras follow the lovebirds around as they *frolic in the ocean ……

This mushroom glows (发光) 24 hours a day. It is bright enough to read by at night. It grows on an island in Japan. ……

在人工小岛上晒晒太阳吧。This man is sitting on a man-made island in a harbor (港口) in Copenhagen, Denmark (丹麦). The island has an area of about 25 square meters, with a small tree, Lonely Planet reported ……

希腊小岛禁止超重游客骑驴There is an island called Santorini (圣托里尼) in Greece. Tourists often ride donkeys to travel on the island. Tired donkeys work long hours every day. Now the island makes a new rule: If you ……

other surviving whales. Whereas in the past local authorities were able to quickly mobilize (调动... teams and any other surviving whales. Due to these factors, the whales that managed to survive ……

take power when dictator Fulgencio Batista, who had been backed by the United States, flees the island... island on flimsy boats, many perishing in shark-infested waters between Cuba and Florida. Washington ……

his long-lost grandfather.Hank helps Sean work out the code. It tells them to look for an island. When they get there, they find the animals on the island are very big! Big lizards (蜥蜴) run after them ……

after strong winds hit, claimed the surviving captain. Premier Li Keqiang arrived at the ship wreck....Wreck多指船只在海上“失事、遇难”。也可做动词，如：The ship was wrecked by an explosion。“翻船”可用动词capsize或overturn。 ……

their dogs to Trash Island, an island that is made out of garbage. Koyu Rankin, 12, is the mayor’s nephew (侄子). His dog Spots has to go to the island. Rankin misses his dog. He steals (偷) a small plane ……

.Next, they reach an island with a large cave. They find out that the cave is the home.... Odysseus and his men are sent to a strange island. Some of the ship’s crew eat a magical fruit ……

;s ice sheet.Territorial claims (领土主张) in the Arctic depend on whether the land is in fact an island or just a bank that could disappear with changing sea levels. An island should remain above sea level ……

and Tahiti.He had sailed around Cape Horn once before in a slightly larger boat — an experience that left... Guernsey since his departure was a postcard he sent to his wife from Catalina Island — 26 miles (25 ……