We're back on the main atoll of Tarawa.

我们现在回到塔拉瓦岛的主要环礁。

The population is set to double on Tarawa over the next 20 years.

塔拉瓦的人口在未来20年里将翻倍。

Six shipping companies from Hamburg have offices on Tarawa, supervised by Andrew Hinesen.

来自汉堡的六家航运公司在塔拉瓦设有办事处，由安德鲁•希内森(Andrew Hinesen)监督。

Abaiang atoll, around 50 kilometers to the north of Tarawa is a different world.

塔拉瓦以北大约50公里的阿拜昂环礁则是另一个世界。

In addition to climate change, overpopulation is one of the biggest problems on Tarawa.

除了气候变化，人口过剩是塔拉瓦岛最大的问题之一。

Almost every square meter of land on Tarawa has now been built on.

塔拉瓦岛上几乎每一平方米的土地都被建了房。

When night falls on Tarawa, the fishermen sometimes recall a centuries-old fishing method.

当夜幕降临塔拉瓦岛时，渔民们有时会想起一种古老的捕鱼方法。

A Mangrove forest in the south of Tarawa.

这是塔拉瓦南部的一片红树林。

The people of Tarawa have already planted more than 50,000 mangroves on the beaches of the atoll.

塔拉瓦人已经在环礁的海滩上种植了5万多棵红树林。

More than half its hundred thousand residents live on the Tarawa Atoll, but for how much longer?

其10万居民中有一半以上居住在塔拉瓦环礁上，但他们还能住多久呢？

The island of Tarawa proved particularly  deadly—the small island would claim about 1,000 American lives before the Japanese were  driven out.

事实证明，塔拉瓦岛特别致命——在日本人被驱逐之前，这个小岛将夺去大约 1,000 名美国人的生命。

The college was started in a small town that was then known as Tarawa Springs, but it is now known as Wilberforce.

学院始建于一个小镇， 当时被称为塔拉瓦斯普林斯，但现在被称为威尔伯福斯。

Marine biologist Arranante Takeo has been investigating the health of the coral reefs around Tarawa and the surrounding atolls for more than ten years.

海洋生物学家 Arranante Takeo 十多年来一直在调查塔拉瓦岛周围的珊瑚礁和环礁的健康状况。

The names of these islands became well-known: Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. Truk in the Marshall Islands. Saipan in the Marianas, and other islands including Guam and Tinian.

吉尔伯特群岛的塔拉瓦，马绍尔群岛的特鲁克，位于马里亚纳群岛之中的塞班岛，以及包括关岛和天宁岛在内的其他岛屿。

The hope is that these Mangroves on Ambo Beach will grow into a forest like the one that helps defy storm surges in the south of Tarawa.

人们希望安博海滩上的红树林能长成一片森林，就像塔拉瓦南部的那片森林一样，帮助抵抗风暴潮。